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... Northern Kingdom of Israel, was military revolution, with the seizure of the throne by the successful general. As might be expected, education was confined to the upper classes, more especially ...
https://bibleatlas.org/assyria.htm
... following this up, in his 32nd, by overthrowing the army of Asnunnak. All these successes in Elam and its dependencies probably made the kingdom of Babylon supreme in the land. But ...
https://bibleatlas.org/elam.htm
... , who was a warm friend of the Athenians (Isocrates, Euag.) and a successful champion of Hellenism. In 306 a second great naval battle was fought off Salamis, in ...
https://bibleatlas.org/salamis.htm
... from Jerusalem to Nablus), crosses the water-parting close to the lofty Tell Ashur and runs successively down the Wady Sanieh and the Wady `Aujeh and by the eastern river `Aujeh to ...
https://bibleatlas.org/judah.htm
... . Pi-Hahiroth Some attempts toward an Egyptian etymology for it have been made, but without much success. Since the meaning of the name is unknown and no description of the place or its ...
https://bibleatlas.org/hahiroth.htm
... like that of the neighboring countries, forms a part of the history of Asia Minor. Successively it was in the possession of the Persians, of Alexander the Great, of the Seleucid ...
https://bibleatlas.org/lycia.htm
... his mother ( Genesis 27:12 ), but she reassured him; the deception was successful and he secured the blessing. Now, too late, Esau bitterly realized somewhat, at ...
https://bibleatlas.org/esau.htm
... the town. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream ...
https://bibleatlas.org/tabor_3.htm
... in the attack upon the town; but after confession and expiation, a second assault was successful, the city was taken and burned, and left a heap of ruins, the inhabitants ...
https://bibleatlas.org/aiath.htm
... in the attack upon the town; but after confession and expiation, a second assault was successful, the city was taken and burned, and left a heap of ruins, the inhabitants ...
https://bibleatlas.org/ai_2.htm
... the town. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream ...
https://bibleatlas.org/gibeath-elohim.htm
... later Octavian and his generals, Asinius Pollio and Statilius Taurus, waged war there with such success that in 27 B.C., at the partition of the provinces between Augustus and the Senate ...
https://bibleatlas.org/illyricum.htm
... the town. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream ...
https://bibleatlas.org/luz.htm
... , especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed ( 1 Kings 12:1 2 Chronicles 10:1 ) . ...
https://bibleatlas.org/beth-millo.htm
... Stephen's Gate; it was part of a twin pool and over it were erected at two successive periods two Christian churches. Later on this site was entirely lost and from the 13th century ...
https://bibleatlas.org/bethesda.htm
... : Pamphylia, unless in pre-historic times, was never an independent kingdom; it was subject successively to Lydia, Persia, Macedonia, Pergamos and Rome. Because of its comparatively isolated position ...
https://bibleatlas.org/pamphylia.htm
... New Paphos brought with it the decline of the old city, which was also ruined by successive earthquakes. Yet its temple still retained much of its old fame, and in 69 A.D ...
https://bibleatlas.org/paphos.htm
... some of the stones on the shore. The fig and the vine are still cultivated with success. Where vegetable gardens are planted they yield plentifully. A few palms are still to be ...
https://bibleatlas.org/chinnereth.htm
... Ekron. The population must have been large for the territory, which enabled them to contend successfully with the Israelites, notwithstanding the superiority of position in the hills to the advantage of the ...
https://bibleatlas.org/philistia.htm
... . Pi-Hahiroth Some attempts toward an Egyptian etymology for it have been made, but without much success. Since the meaning of the name is unknown and no description of the place or its ...
https://bibleatlas.org/pi-hahiroth.htm
... the city practically impregnable. Through the failure to watch, however, the acropolis had been successfully scaled in 549 B.C. by a Median soldier, and in 218 by a Cretan ( ...
https://bibleatlas.org/sardis.htm
... some of the stones on the shore. The fig and the vine are still cultivated with success. Where vegetable gardens are planted they yield plentifully. A few palms are still to be ...
https://bibleatlas.org/sea_of_chinneroth.htm
... trade. In Roman times, Smyrna was considered the most brilliant city of Asia Minor, successfully rivaling Pergamos and Ephesus. Its streets were wide and paved. Its system of coinage was ...
https://bibleatlas.org/smyrna.htm
... , especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed ( 1 Kings 12:1 2 Chronicles 10:1 ) . ...
https://bibleatlas.org/diviners'_oak.htm
... Seleucia to be the port of his new capital. The city was enlarged and embellished by successive kings of the Seleucid Dynasty, notably by Seleucus Callinicus (246-226 B.C.), and ...
https://bibleatlas.org/syrian_antioch.htm
