The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... inhabitants captives into Assyria ( 2 Kings xv . 29 ) . A'BEL - BETH - MAA'CAH , that is , Abel near the house or city of Maacah : the same as Abel . A'BEL - CARMA'IM ( place of the vineyards ) , a village of the Ammonites , about six ...
... inhabitants captives into Assyria ( 2 Kings xv . 29 ) . A'BEL - BETH - MAA'CAH , that is , Abel near the house or city of Maacah : the same as Abel . A'BEL - CARMA'IM ( place of the vineyards ) , a village of the Ammonites , about six ...
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... inhabitants ( Judg . i . 31 ) . In the Tal- mud it is called CHEZIB . The Greeks called it ECDIPPA ; and it still survives under the name of ZIB . It is upon the Mediterranean coast , about ten miles north of Acre . It stands on an ...
... inhabitants ( Judg . i . 31 ) . In the Tal- mud it is called CHEZIB . The Greeks called it ECDIPPA ; and it still survives under the name of ZIB . It is upon the Mediterranean coast , about ten miles north of Acre . It stands on an ...
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... inhabitants of every vicinage . make wine with the fruit ( Gen. ix . 20 ) . There are few agricultural notices belonging to the patriarchal period , but they suffice to show that the land of Canaan was in a state of cultivation , and ...
... inhabitants of every vicinage . make wine with the fruit ( Gen. ix . 20 ) . There are few agricultural notices belonging to the patriarchal period , but they suffice to show that the land of Canaan was in a state of cultivation , and ...
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... inhabitants , broke up the ground with hoes , or simply dragged the moist mud with bushes after the seed had been thrown upon the surface . To this cultivation without ploughing Moses probably alludes ( Deut . xi . 10 ) , when he tells ...
... inhabitants , broke up the ground with hoes , or simply dragged the moist mud with bushes after the seed had been thrown upon the surface . To this cultivation without ploughing Moses probably alludes ( Deut . xi . 10 ) , when he tells ...
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... inhabitants confounded the Jews and Jewish Christians , the former put for- ward Alexander to speak on their behalf , but he was unable in the tumult to obtain a hearing ( Acts xix . 33 ) . 6. ALEXANDER , a coppersmith or brazier ...
... inhabitants confounded the Jews and Jewish Christians , the former put for- ward Alexander to speak on their behalf , but he was unable in the tumult to obtain a hearing ( Acts xix . 33 ) . 6. ALEXANDER , a coppersmith or brazier ...
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Abimelech Abraham Acts Ahaz altar Ammonites Amorites ancient animals Apostle appears Arabia Arabs Asia Assyria Babylon called Canaan Christ Christian Chron church comp Damascus David death denote Deut divine East Edom Egypt Egyptian epistle Euphrates Exod Ezek Ezra father favour Greek Hebrew Hebron high-priest holy inhabitants Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Josephus Josh Judæa Judah Judg king land latter Lord Luke Matt means ment mentioned Meroë Moses mountains nations natural occurs Palestine passages Paul period Persian persons Philistines possession present priests probably prophet reign rendered Roman sacred Scripture seems Solomon species stone supposed Syria temple Testament thou tion town tree tribe tribe of Judah viii word worship writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvii