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  • Ziklag
    Ziklag was a Biblical town in the south of Judah ([[Joshua 15:31]]). {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Places]] -> [[Biblical Places Index]]
    341 bytes (40 words) - 15:19, 26 October 2008
  • Zion
    ...ings, for example, the [[Church]] as a body of people around the world, or the ultimate [[Kingdom of Heaven]]. {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Places]] -> [[Biblical Places]]
    525 bytes (74 words) - 19:11, 21 October 2008
  • Dead Sea
    topic_name = The Dead Sea | The Dead Sea is an inland sea in the Middle East.
    364 bytes (48 words) - 23:58, 11 June 2009
  • Bethany
    ...[[Jerusalem]]; which, according to the [[New Testament]], was the site of the resurrection of [[Lazarus]]. ===Other Places===
    826 bytes (114 words) - 22:35, 19 November 2009
  • Jerusalem
    * Major churches - [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] ...n Jerusalem and Christianity began there. Today, the city is split between the countries of [[Israel]] and [[Palestine]].
    1,017 bytes (123 words) - 05:22, 13 December 2010
  • Israel
    [[Image:Satellite image of Israel in January 2003.jpg|thumb|90px|center|A satellite image of Israel]]. | ...he patriach [[Jacob]] was renamed Israel by God, and from his twelve sons, the Jewish nation arose, known as Israel.
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  • Bethlehem
    * Major churches - [[Church of the Nativity]] ...], built in 330 AD, is perhaps the oldest existing Christian [[church]] in the world.
    895 bytes (113 words) - 13:12, 26 June 2008
  • Palestine
    ...which are part of the Palestinian Territories. It is a volatile region of the world with tensions often at boiling point between Palestine and [[Israel]] {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Places]] -> [[Asia]] -> [[Middle East]]
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  • Text:EBD:Bethany
    ...of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan. ...from a distance, the village has been described as "remarkably beautiful, the perfection of retirement and repose, of seclusion and lovely peace." Now a
    1,010 bytes (157 words) - 11:02, 23 October 2008
  • Text:EBD:Zion
    ...ng it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem. ...sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God's chosen Israel (Ps. 51:18; 87:5).
    893 bytes (138 words) - 11:10, 23 October 2008
  • Text:EBD:Israel
    ...," the "children of Israel" (Josh. 3:17; 7:25; Judg. 8:27; Jer. 3:21), and the "house of Israel" (Ex. 16:31; 40:38). This name Israel is sometimes used emphatically for the true Israel (Ps. 73:1: Isa. 45:17; 49:3; John 1:47; Rom. 9:6; 11:26).
    969 bytes (142 words) - 11:06, 23 October 2008
  • Text:EBD:Ziklag
    ...hills half a mile apart, some seventeen miles north-west of Beersheba, on the confines of Philistia, Judah, and Amalek. [[Category:Places in The Holy Land]]
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  • Temple Mount
    ...Judaism]] and [[Islam]] it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world. ...ecise location of the Mount's holiest spot, many Jews will not set foot on the Mount itself.
    4 KB (595 words) - 20:30, 18 October 2015
  • Text:EBD:Congregation
    ...by the sound of one trumpet (Num. 10:4), represented on various occasions the whole congregation (Ex. 3:16; 12:21; 17:5; 24:1). ...ngregation, came to be used to denote the places of worship established by the Jews. (See CHURCH.)
    2 KB (220 words) - 21:03, 26 October 2008
  • Text:EBD:Bethlehem
    ...e men," sent and slew "all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under" (Matt. 2:16, 18; Jer. 31:15). ...south of [[Jerusalem]], standing at an elevation of about 2,550 feet above the sea, thus 100 feet higher than Jerusalem.
    2 KB (367 words) - 15:36, 28 November 2008
  • Text:EBD:Hebron
    ...Absalom (2 Sam. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. ...nd by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869.
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  • Text:EBD:Dead Sea
    ...rivers that run into it (see JORDAN), is maintained with little variation. The Jordan alone discharges into it no less than six million tons of water ever ...00 feet above the present level of the Dead Sea, or slightly above that of the Mediterranean, and at that time were much less salt.
    3 KB (475 words) - 11:03, 23 October 2008
  • Text:EBD:Jerusalem
    ...ds in Palestine, and is surrounded on the south-eastern, the southern, and the western sides by deep and precipitous ravines. ...bernacle which he had prepared for it. Jerusalem now became the capital of the kingdom.
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  • Text:EBD:Palestine
    ...Pelesheth (rendered "Philistia" in Ps. 60:8; 83:7; 87:4; 108:9) occurs in the Old Testament. ...land of Canaan" (Gen. 12:5), the "land of Israel" (1 Sam. 13:19), and the "land of Judah" (Isa. 19:17).
    8 KB (1,403 words) - 08:36, 15 November 2008
  • Text:1662 Book of Common Prayer: Preface
    ...to their own private fancies and interests, than to that duty they owe to the publick. ...therein, and Additions thereunto made, as should be thought requisite for the ease of tender Consciences: whereunto His Majesty, out of his pious inclina
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