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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONS;

A GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PLACES:

A LITERAL, CRITICAL AND SYSTEMATICAL
DESCRIPTION OF OTHER OBJECTS,

HETHER NATURALS ARTIFICIA
IAL, CIVIL, RELIGIOUS OR MILITARY;

AND THE

EXPLICATION OF THE APPELATIVE TERMS

MENTIONED IN THE WRITINGS OF THE

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT

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WHATEVER IMPORTANT IS KNOWN CONCERNING THE ANTIQUITIES of the HEBREW NATION AND CHURCH

OF GOD;-FORMING A SACRED COMMENTARY; A BODY OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY, CHRONOLOGY
AND DIVINITY; AND SERVING IN A GREAT MEASURE AS A CONCORDANCE TO THE BIBLE.

1841

BY THE REV. JOHN BROWN,

LATE MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT HADDINGTON. AND PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY
UNDER THE ASSOCIATE SYNOD.

FIRST ALBANY EDITION,

(FROM THE FIFTH GENUINE EDINBURGH EDITION,)

CONTAINING

THE AUTHOR'S LAST ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS,

AND FURTHER ENLARGED AND CORRECTED BY HIS SONS;

WITH A

LIFE OF THE AUTHOR;

AND AN

ESSAY ON THE EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.

TWO VOLUMES IN ONE.

ALBANY :

PRINTED BY R. C. SOUTHWICK....No. 95, STATE-STREET.

EDINBURGH, JANUARY 30th, 1807.

THE GENUINE EDITIONS of the DICTIONARY of the BÍBLE,

by the Reverend JOHN BROWN, are those printed at Edinburgh; the - first in 1768, by Messrs. GRAY and ALTON :—the second in 1778, for Mr. W. ANDERSON, Stirling :-the third in 1789, for Messrs. ANDERSON and FAIRBAIRN-the fourth, with the Author's last Improvements and Corrections, in 1797, by Messrs. MURRAY and COCHRANE:-and the present EDITION, which has been carefully corrected, and, where necessary, enlarged.--Several spurious editions have been published, containing sentiments diametrically opposite to those of the Author, and replete with inconsistency and error,

JOHN BROWN,
EBENEZER BROWN,

THOMAS BROWN,

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