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20 unified studies in Place.
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Arabia
A vast country of Asia, extending one thousand five hundred miles from north to south, and one thousand two hundred from east to west; containing a surface equal to four times that of France. Arabia is rendered in the installed Bible Names
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Assyria
A kingdom of Asia, of the extent, origin, and duration of which very different accounts have been given by ancient writers. Ctesias and Diodorus Siculus affirm, that the Assyrian monarchy, under Ninus and Semiramis, comprehended the greate
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Babylon
2 Kings xxiv, 1. The capital of Chaldea, built by Nimrod, Gen. Babylon is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “same as Babel.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records
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Bethlehem
A city in the tribe of Judah, Judges xvii, 7; and likewise called Ephrath, Gen. This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Capernaum
A city celebrated in the Gospels, being the place where Jesus usually resided during the time of his ministry. It stood on the sea coast, that is, on the coast of the sea of Galilee, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, Matt. Capernaum
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Corinth
A celebrated city, the capital of Achaia, situated on the isthmus which separates the Peloponnesus from Attica. This city was one of the best peopled and most wealthy of Greece. Corinth is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as
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Damascus
A celebrated city of Asia, and anciently the capital of Syria, may be accounted one of the most venerable places in the world for its antiquity. It is supposed to have been founded by Ux, the son of Aram; Damascus is rendered in the instal
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Egypt
A country of Africa, called also in the Hebrew Scriptures the land of Mizraim, and the land of Ham; by the Turks and Arabs, Masr and Misr; Egypt is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “that troubles or oppresses; anguish.” Th
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Ephesus
A much celebrated city of Ionia, in Asia Minor, situated upon the river Cayster, and on the side of a hill. It was the metropolis of the Proconsular Asia, and formerly in great renown among Heathen authors on account of its famous temple o
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Galilee
_Sea of_. This inland sea, or more properly lake, which derives its several names, the lake of Tiberias, the sea of Galilee, and the lake of Gennesareth, from the territory which forms its western and south-western border, is computed to b
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Horeb
A mountain in Arabia Petræa, a part of which, or near to which, was Sinai. At Horeb God appeared to Moses in the burning bush, Exod. Horeb is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “desert; solitude; destruction.” This unified s
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Jericho
His moon; his month; Jericho is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “his moon; his month; his sweet smell.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Jerusalem
Formerly called Jebus, or Salem, Joshua xviii, 28; Heb. Jerusalem is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “vision of peace.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Jordan
The largest and most celebrated stream in Palestine. It is much larger, according to Dr. Jordan is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “the river of judgment.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories witho
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Judea
A district of Asia Minor, which is described both by ancient and modern geographers under a great variety of names, and with great diversity of extent. In the most extensive application of the name, it comprehends the whole country possess
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Nazareth
A little city in the tribe of Zebulun, in Lower Galilee, to the west of Tabor, and to the east of Ptolemais. This city is much celebrated in the Scriptures for having been the usual place of the residence of Jesus Christ, during the first
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Nineveh
This capital of the Assyrian empire could boast of the remotest antiquity. Tacitus styles it, _Vetustissima sedes Assyriæ_; Nineveh is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “handsome; agreeable.” This unified study connects 8 i
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Rome
Strength; power Rome is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “strength; power.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Samaria
One of the three divisions of the Holy Land, having Galilee on the north, Judea on the south, the river Jordan on the east, and the Mediterranean Sea on the west. It took its name from its capital city, Samaria; Samaria is rendered in the
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Sinai
A famous mountain of Arabia Petræa, on which God gave the law to Moses, Exod. xix, 1; Sinai is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “a bush; enmity.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacin