The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... mentioned by this or any similar name in the Hebrew writings . A'CHOR , a valley between Jericho and Ai , which received this name ( signifying trouble ) from the trouble brought upon the Israelites by the sin of Achan ( Josh . vii . 24 ) ...
... mentioned by this or any similar name in the Hebrew writings . A'CHOR , a valley between Jericho and Ai , which received this name ( signifying trouble ) from the trouble brought upon the Israelites by the sin of Achan ( Josh . vii . 24 ) ...
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... mentioned by Josephus as extend- ing between Shechem and Jericho , but it is not mentioned in Scripture . ACRE . [ ACCHO . ] ACTS OF THE APOSTLES . title of one of the canonical books of the New This is the Testament , the fifth in ...
... mentioned by Josephus as extend- ing between Shechem and Jericho , but it is not mentioned in Scripture . ACRE . [ ACCHO . ] ACTS OF THE APOSTLES . title of one of the canonical books of the New This is the Testament , the fifth in ...
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... mentioned in Neh . vii . 61 , being towns in the land of captivity , from which those who returned to Palestine were unable to shew their father's house , or their seed , whether they were of Israel . ' This , pro- bably , means that ...
... mentioned in Neh . vii . 61 , being towns in the land of captivity , from which those who returned to Palestine were unable to shew their father's house , or their seed , whether they were of Israel . ' This , pro- bably , means that ...
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... mentioned , toge with Anammelech , ia 2 Kings xvii . 31 , as one of the idols whose worship the inhabitants of Sepharvaim established in Samaria , when they were transferred thither by the king of Assyria , and whom they worshipped by ...
... mentioned , toge with Anammelech , ia 2 Kings xvii . 31 , as one of the idols whose worship the inhabitants of Sepharvaim established in Samaria , when they were transferred thither by the king of Assyria , and whom they worshipped by ...
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... mentioned as being now cultivated in Palestine ; but , as their names do not occur in Scripture , we cannot with certainty know which of them were grown there in the ancient times . Anciently , as now , in Palestine and the East the ...
... mentioned as being now cultivated in Palestine ; but , as their names do not occur in Scripture , we cannot with certainty know which of them were grown there in the ancient times . Anciently , as now , in Palestine and the East the ...
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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