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3 days ago · He faced the enormous task of restoring a rapidly crumbling empire, one facing threats on multiple fronts. Hard-won control of Coele-Syria was threatened by the Jewish Maccabee rebels.
1 day ago · Given her ancestral relations with the Seleucids, she was granted the region of Coele-Syria along the upper Orontes River. She was even given the region surrounding Jericho in Palestine, but she leased this territory back to Herod.
2 days ago · †Coele-Syria During the Roman period "Palestine" was not the only geographical term for the region. For example, Strabo, in his description of Jerusalem and Judea, uses the term "Coele-Syria" ("all Syria"), and Pliny (as above) uses both terms. Pliny (Naturalis Historia 5.74, 77) and Strabo (16.2.16.754) do draw a distinction between the ...
May 20, 2024 · Pakistan. Syria. Iraq. Seleucid empire, (312–64 bce ), an ancient empire that at its greatest extent stretched from Thrace in Europe to the border of India. It was carved out of the remains of Alexander the Great ’s Macedonian empire by its founder, Seleucus I Nicator. ( See also Hellenistic Age .)
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May 17, 2024 · More specifically, Paul states that he saw the Lord (1 Corinthians 9:1), though Acts claims that near Damascus he saw a blinding bright light. Following this revelation, which convinced Paul that God had indeed chosen Jesus to be the promised messiah, he went into Arabia—probably Coele-Syria
May 10, 2024 · One of the biggest battles of its era, it involved around 150,000 fighters and nearly 200 elephants. The conflict was over the Coele Syria region, which is now part of modern Syria and Lebanon.
May 22, 2024 · Lebanon was part of the region known as Coele Syria and Phoenice during the Roman Empire. The land of present-day Lebanon was included in these imperial provinces. What did God say to Moses about Lebanon? In the Bible, God promised Moses that every place that the sole of his foot would tread upon would be given to him.
