A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . y. They madly burntits famous library of 700,000volumes, A. D. 642. Nu-merous Jews resided here,engaged in trade and com-merce ; 50,000 of whomwere murdered, under theEmperor Nero. When theArabs took it as above, theyfound 40,000 Jews who paidtribute. In a ship belongingto Alexandria, Paul sailedfor Rome. Acts xxvii. was early plant-ed in this place. Mark theEvangelist is said to havefirst preached here. HereApollos was born. Actsxviii. 24. It is now dwind-led to a v
A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . y. They madly burntits famous library of 700,000volumes, A. D. 642. Nu-merous Jews resided here,engaged in trade and com-merce ; 50,000 of whomwere murdered, under theEmperor Nero. When theArabs took it as above, theyfound 40,000 Jews who paidtribute. In a ship belongingto Alexandria, Paul sailedfor Rome. Acts xxvii. was early plant-ed in this place. Mark theEvangelist is said to havefirst preached here. HereApollos was born. Actsxviii. 24. It is now dwind-led to a village, with noth-ing remarkable but the ru-ins of ancient grandeur. ALLEGORY, a simili-tude carried out to morelength than a iv. 24,31. ALMS. Bounty to thepoor. Matt. vi. 1. ALMUGTREE. Somesuppose it to be coral, whichgrows in the shape of a probably the is thought to be the samewith the Shittah, or Shit-tim-tree. 1 Kings x. 11. ALOES. Tournefortreckons fourteen kinds ofthe aloe-tree. The Amer-ican aloe is famous for itsfine flowers,whichareofthelily kind ; the Asian for the. THE ALTAR OF BUR^T-OFFERIXG.
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