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And They Journeyed: The Ways of Travel in the Days of Old

In the days when cities were few and the wilderness vast, when men built no rails nor harnessed the fire of engines, the peoples of the earth journeyed by the strength of beast and the path of foot. From the deserts of Arabia to the hills of Judea, from the fertile lands of Egypt to the empires of the east, men took to the road—long and weary thoug...

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Ships Scripture - 1 Kings 22:49

Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not....

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Ships Scripture - Ezekiel 27:9

The ancients of Gebal and the wise [men] thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise....

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Ships Scripture - 2 Chronicles 8:18

And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon....

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Ships Scripture - Revelation 18:19

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate....

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Ships Scripture - 2 Chronicles 20:37

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish....

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Ships Scripture - Deuteronomy 28:68

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you]....

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Ships and Boats in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

I. THE HEBREWS AND THE SEA II. SHIPS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA 1. Among the Hebrews (1) In Early Times (2) During the Monarchy (3) In Later Times 2. Among Neighboring Nations (1) Egypt (2) Assyria and Babylonia (3) Phoenicia 3. General References III. SHIPS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. In the Gospels 2. In the Acts of the Apostles 3. In Oth...

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Ship in Naves Topical Bible

Built By Noah Ge 6:13-22 By Solomon 1Ki 9:26; 2Ch 8:17 By Jehoshaphat 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 20:35,36 Of gopher wood Ge 6:1,4 Of fir wood Eze 27:5 Of bulrushes Isa 18:2 Sealed with pitch (tar?) Ge 6:15 -Equipped with A helm Jas 3:4 A rudder Ac 27:40 Tackling Isa 33:23; Ac 27:19 -Sails Isa 33:23; Ac 27:1,9,17,40 -Sails embroidered E...

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Ship in Smiths Bible Dictionary

No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much information concerning the merchant-ships of the ancients as St. Luke in the narrative of St. Paul's voyage to Rome. Acts 27,28. It is important to remember that he accomplished it in three ships: first, the Adramyttian vessel which took him from Caesa...

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