Bible Cities

Ancient Ebal - Map of New Testament Israel

E`BAL (ancient heaps), i. A son of Joktan (1 Chron. 1:22), also of Shobal (Gen. 35:23). ii. Mount Ebal, on which the cursings of valley and town of Shechem between. Its base is full of caves and sepulchral excavations....

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Ancient Idumea - Map of New Testament Israel

ID`U-ME`A, Greek name of Edom, Isa. 34:5-6; Matt. 3:8....

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Hananiah Scripture - 1 Chronicles 3:21

And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah....

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Hananiah Scripture - 1 Chronicles 3:19

And the sons of Pedaiah [were], Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:...

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Rosetta in Wikipedia

Rosetta (Arabic: ÑÔíÏý Rashid, French: Rosette) is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is located 65 km (40 miles) east of Alexandria, in al-Buhayrah governorate. It was founded around AD 800. With the decline of Alexandria following the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, Rashid boomed, only to wane in importance after Alexandria's...

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Beersheba in Smith's Bible Dictionary

(well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Israel which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, Jos 15:28 and then to Simeon, Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28 In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," Jud 2...

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Thessalonica in Wikipedia

After the fall of the kingdom of Macedon in 168 BC, Thessalonica became a city of the Roman Republic. It grew to be an important trade-hub located on the Via Egnatia, the Roman road connecting Byzantium (later Constantinople), with Dyrrhachium (now Durres in Albania), and facilitating trade between Europe and Asia. The city became the capital of on...

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Ziklag Scripture - 2 Samuel 4:10

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:...

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Ziklag Scripture - 1 Chronicles 4:30

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,...

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