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== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18358" /> == | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18358" /> == | ||
<p> [[By]] far the most frequent mention of [[Africa]] in the [[Bible]] has to do with [[Egypt]] (see EGYPT; GOSHEN; NILE). The land of [[Ethiopia]] is also mentioned frequently, sometimes under the name of [[Cush]] (see ETHIOPIA). Other [[African]] nations mentioned in the Bible are [[Libya]] (2 [[Chronicles]] 12:3; 2 Chronicles 16:8; [[Daniel]] 11:43), [[Put]] (Jeremiah 46:9; [[Ezekiel]] 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5; [[Nahum]] 3:9), and [[Lud]] (Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:5). (For additional New [[Testament]] references to Africa see ALEXANDRIA; CYRENE.) </p> | <p> [[By]] far the most frequent mention of [[Africa]] in the [[Bible]] has to do with [[Egypt]] (see EGYPT; GOSHEN; NILE). The land of [[Ethiopia]] is also mentioned frequently, sometimes under the name of [[Cush]] (see ETHIOPIA). Other [[African]] nations mentioned in the Bible are [[Libya]] (2 [[Chronicles]] 12:3; 2 Chronicles 16:8; [[Daniel]] 11:43), [[Put]] (Jeremiah 46:9; [[Ezekiel]] 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5; [[Nahum]] 3:9), and [[Lud]] (Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:5). (For additional New [[Testament]] references to Africa see ALEXANDRIA; CYRENE.) </p> | ||
