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Galilee Scripture - 1 Kings 9:11

([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee....

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Galilee Scripture - Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict [her by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations....

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Fair Havens in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a harbor in the island of Crete, Ac 27:8 though not mentioned in any other ancient writing, is still known by its own Greek name, and appears to have been the harbor of Lasaea....

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Gadara in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(gad' uh ruh) Place name for home of Gadarenes used in TEV (Matthew 8:28). See Gadarenes....

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Fair Havens in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a harbour in the south of Crete, some 5 miles to the east of which was the town of Lasea (Acts 27:8). Here the ship of Alexandria in which Paul and his companions sailed was detained a considerable time waiting for a favourable wind. Contrary to Paul's advice, the master of the ship determined to prosecute the voyage, as the harbour was de...

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Gadarenes in Hitchcock's Bible Names

men of Gadara...

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Fair Havens in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(fayr hay' vihss) An open bay on the southern coast of Crete near the city of Lasea. Protected only by small islands, it did not appear to be a safe harbor for winter, so the sailors of the ship carrying Paul to Rome decided to try to reach Phenice. They refused to listen to Paul's warnings and were caught in a ferocious storm (Acts 27:8-20)....

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Gadarenes Scripture - Luke 8:37

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again....

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Fair Havens Scripture - Acts 27:8

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea....

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Gadarenes Scripture - Luke 8:26

And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee....

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