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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - 1 Samuel 11:9

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were gl...

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Jacob's Well in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(pege tou Iakob): 1. Position of Well: In Jn 4:3 ff we read that our Lord "left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs pass through Samaria. So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph: and Jacob's well was there." When Jacob came to Shechem on his return f...

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Jebus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

treading under foot; manger...

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Jericho in Easton's Bible Dictionary

place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that river was crossed by the Israelites (Josh. 3:16). Its site was near the 'Ain es-Sultan, Elisha's Fountain (2 Kings 2:19-22), about 5 miles west of Jordan. It was the most important city in the Jordan vall...

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Italy in Naves Topical Bible

-General scriptures concerning Ac 27:2; Heb 13:24 -Aquila and Priscilla expelled from Ac 18:2...

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Italy Scripture - Acts 27:6

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein....

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Jabbok River Scripture - Numbers 21:24

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] strong....

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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - Judges 21:10

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children....

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Jacob's Well in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ's time and Nablus at the present day). It was probably dug by Jacob whose name it bears. On the curb of the well Jesus sat and discoursed with the Samaritan woman. Joh 4:5-26 It is situated about half a mile southeast of Nablus, at the foot of Mount Gerizim. It is about nine fee...

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Jabesh Gilead in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(dry). 1. Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. 2Ki 15:10,13,14 2. Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 27:21 as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, Nu 32:1-42 east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first men...

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