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What were ancient cities like? This is what ancient Bible cities look like now – the tel at Mamshit. This is how an ancient city was set out. Yes, it’s an aerial photograph of a medieval city in France. But it shows the way ancient cities were designed.
Apr 2, 2019 · A man came to my home and said that scriptures got the name bible from a prostitution city called Byblos near Tyre. He said that Byblos means "city of bastards" and it was deceptively put on the bible by some as mockery because Mary was with child without a human husband.
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Philadelphia. Under Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285–247 BC), Amman was rebuilt and renamed Philadelphia. In 63 BC, Philadelphia became part of the Decapolis set up by Pompey. In AD 106, Philadelphia was included in the Roman province of Arabia by the Emperor Trajan.
Ammon became the ancestor of the Ammonites. He is on the Biblical Timeline around 1900 BC. Just like the Moabites, Ammonites were usually in conflict with the Israelites. The Bible relates an incident when the Ammonites refused to let the Israelites pass through their land.
May 24, 2022 · Jordan’s capital city of Amman, which was referred to as "Ammon" and "Philadelphia" in the holy Bible, has had immense importance throughout history. During the Iron Age, present day Amman was known as “Rabbath-Ammon” and it was the capital city of the ancient Ammonite people.
John Calvin (/ ˈ k æ l v ɪ n /; Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin [ʒɑ̃ kalvɛ̃]; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
As punishment he is sent to the island of Pontius, whose inhabitants he subjugates, thus acquiring the name Pontius Pilate. King Herod hears of this accomplishment and asks him to come to Palestine to aid his rule there; Pilate comes but soon usurps Herod's power.
