OF

SCRIPTURE GEOGRAPHY

AND

HISTORY:

ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORICAL PORTIONS OF THE

Old and New Testaments.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE READING.

BY

EDWARD HUGHES, F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S.;

HEAD MASTER OF THE ROYAL NAVAL LOWER SCHOOL, GREENWICH HOSPITAL;
AUTHOR OF OUTLINES OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; AN ATLAS OF
PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, AND COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY;

ETC. ETC. ETC.

"THE LORD IS THE GOVERNOR AMONG THE NATIONS."

LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
EDINBURGH: A. & C. BLACK. DUBLIN: HODGES & SMITH,

1853.

201.9.39.

PREFACE.

WHETHER to elucidate the narrative, or throw light upon the prophecies relating to different nations and countries, no department of sacred literature can be of greater assistance to the Biblical student than a correct knowledge of Scripture Geography. Though abundant information on this subject has been accumulated by the learning of English and Foreign Divines, it has hitherto been inaccessible to the general reader, from the number, size, and costliness of the volumes through which it is scattered.

In the present work, the author has endeavoured to bring together the results of recent as well as early researches in the lands of the Bible; diligent reference, therefore, has been made to the writings of Rosenmüller, Winer, Von Raumer, Röhr, Jahn, Robinson, Kitto, &c., and in the historical portion the excellent "Historical Geography" of Coleman has been strictly adhered to.

Extracts from the travels and researches of Olin, Durbin, Wilson, Stephens, Messrs. Kirby and Mangles, Burckhardt, Lamartine, Buckingham, and Lavard have been introduced,

wherever they have appeared to explain or verify passages, or show the fulfilment of prophecies in the sacred writings.

The physical features, climate, and productions of the "Glory of all Lands" will be found to have received very close attention, since they have exercised an important influence on the former condition of the Jewish people.

To render the work complete in all that regards the countries of which it treats, chapters have been added on the "Crusades" and "Modern Syria," and the illustrative Maps have been carefully reduced from the large Maps of Kiepert, Wilson, and Robinson.

Finally, the author has spared no labour in the effort to make the work a complete Handbook of Scripture Geography and History, and he now submits it to the pastor, the parent, the teacher, and the pupil, in the hope that it will be found a useful companion in enabling them to "search the Scriptures."

E. H.

Royal Naval Schools,

Greenwich Hospital,

January 1853.