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• Jordan
  ...th is 12 miles, of which the W. part is named "the plains of Jericho." The upper terrace immediately under the hills is covered with vegetation; under that ...ng, its surface being but 7 feet above sea-level. </p> <p> <strong> 4. The Upper Jordan </strong> is a convenient designation for that portion of the river
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• Idolatry
  ...hip attacked later on by Hosea. Even Isaiah can anticipate the erection in Egypt of a pillar (&nbsp; Isaiah 19:19 ) like those which [[Josiah]] in the next ...m of idolatry. Taking its rise in the plains of Chaldea, it spread through Egypt, Greece, Scythia, and even [[Mexico]] and Ceylon. Compare &nbsp;Deuteronomy
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• Aaron
  ...''(A Title Of The True God)'' , [[O]] Israel, which brought thee up out of Egypt," as also his proclamation, "Tomorrow is a feast to JEHOVAH," show that he ...the image or symbol of thy God, "which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." Moses, having hastened from the mount by the command of God, testified to
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• Africa
  ...e most frequent mention of Africa in the Bible has to do with Egypt (see [[Egypt]] ; [[Goshen]] ; [[Nile]] ). The land of Ethiopia is also mentioned frequen ...on in 1859, they counted over 300,000 souls. [[Mohammedanism]] prevails in Egypt, Tunis, Tripoli, Algeria, Morocco, Fez, and also throughout Soudan. Dieteri
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• Joseph
  ...departed for Egypt, where Herod had no authority (&nbsp;Matthew 2:14). In Egypt they were to remain till the angel brought word to Joseph (&nbsp;Matthew 2: ...and Customs of the [[Ancient]] Egyptians </i> ; Erman, <i> Life in Ancient Egypt </i> . </p>
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• Shishak
  ...year. He appears in the temple at Thebes as "lord of both Upper and Lower Egypt." The lotus and the papyrus are both upon the shields carried before him; t ...s 3:1 , and made many foreign conquests. In the palace-temple of Karnak in Egypt, the walls of which are yet standing, Sesonchis is represented in a large b
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• Tahpanhes
  <p> A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, in Lower Egypt, called by the [[Greeks]] Daphne. On the N.E. border, near Pelusium, of whi ...n. (b.c. 664 610). According to Herodotus, it was the frontier fortress of Egypt on the Asiatic side, and was garrisoned by Greeks. In its ruins was found a
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• Rehoboam
  ...on the S. side of Jerusalem, apprehending most danger from the quarter of Egypt (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:1; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:12-13; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 1 ...David" (&nbsp;1 Kings 14:31 ). He was succeeded by his son Abijah. (See [[Egypt]] .) </p>
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• Bread
  ...e [[Israelites]] as the most general and effective symbol of their life in Egypt. In the initiation of the new covenant also the same humble article of food ...unleavened bread, as a memorial that at the time of their departure out of Egypt they wanted leisure to bake leavened bread; and, having left the country wi
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• Zedekiah
  ...n in the plains of Jericho. He was taken for judgment to [[Riblah]] at the upper end of Lebanon; there Nebuchadnezzar first killed his sons before his eyes, ...usalem, and went to meet him, defeated him, and obliged him to return into Egypt; after which he resumed the siege of Jerusalem. In the mean while, the peop
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• Naphtali
  ...25). Naphtali had its portion between the coastland strip of Asher and the upper Jordan. Dan shortly after sent a number from his less desirable position ne
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• Canaan
  ...shon, the Kedron, the Besor, the Sorek, and the stream called the river of Egypt. These, also, will be found described under their respective heads. This co ...e Benefactor. It lay midway between the oldest world kingdoms, on one side Egypt and Ethiopia, on the other Babylon, Assyria, and India; then it had close b
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• Nineveh
  ...ith grand hall and chambers, paneled with slabs sculptured with trees, the upper part of the walls painted in various colors, the winged cherubim carved all ...unassailable by worms; furs and iron from Asia Minor and Armenia" (Ancient Egypt and Assyria, by G. Maspero, page 271). </p> <p> The bas-reliefs, alabaster
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• Caphtor
  ...ine came from Crete"; perhaps many of the Cherethim settlers in Crete from Egypt, when disturbed by [[Minos]] and the Hellenes, withdrew from Crete to Phili ...Cyprus. The correct theory is suggested by inscriptions of Ramses III. of Egypt ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 1200), who tells of
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• Chronology
  ...hree extant versions of his words." The traditions of Greece, Babylon, and Egypt confirm the Scripture account of the longevity of the patriarchs. [[Sprung] ...becomes a Roman province. In 63Judaea is subjected to Rome. </p> <p> In 30 Egypt becomes a Roman province. </p> <p> 40 Herod is appointed by Rome king of Ju
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• Army
  ...ws, in violation of God's prohibition (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 17:16), looked to Egypt for horses and chariots (&nbsp;Isaiah 31:1; &nbsp;Isaiah 36:9; &nbsp;Psalms ...from the spoil of the Syrians. &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:4 . Solomon, trading with Egypt, &nbsp;1 Kings 10:28,29 , enlarged their number until the force amounted to
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• Sennacherib
  ...ainst Syria and the Jews, in the third year of his reign. [[Crossing]] the upper part of Mount Lebanon, he appears to have conquered [[Tyre]] and all the ci ...Sennacherib reseated Padi on his throne. Sennacherib defeated the kings of Egypt and [[Ethiopia]] at Eltekeh. Sennacherib took 46 of Judah's fenced cities i
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• No-Amon
  ...to Sir H. Rawlinson, Esar-haddon and his son Assur-bani-pal both conquered Egypt, and the latter took Thebes twice. Cambyses, king of Persia, ruthlessly des ...cally the city of temples, in the ruins of which many monuments of ancient Egypt are preserved, The plan of the city was a parallelogram, two miles from nor
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• Hanes
  ...out.] . 660 610) Hnçs was the centre of government for the whole of Upper Egypt. The LXX [Note: Septuagint.] does not recognize the name of the city, and s ...less probably, makes Hanes to be Heracleopolis, W. of the Nile in central Egypt. </p>
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• Serpent
  ...se of by way of ornament to the statues of their gods. Thee chief deity of Egypt is said to have been Vulcan, who was styled Opas; he was the same as Osiris ...serpent as a symbol of life and health, as it having been so worshipped in Egypt. The two views have a point of contact, for the serpent is wisdom. </p> <p>
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