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The battle for Nish was not one, but five different battles. The first engagement was a battle against a small garrison in Nish and the Crusaders captured, pillaged, and burned the town. [12] This was followed by three battles against three different Ottoman armies advancing on Nish.
Hammolekheth – possibly rules over portion of Gilead. I Chronicles [60] Hamutal – Wife of Josiah and mother of "ungodly" sons Jehoahaz and Mattaniah. II Kings, Jeremiah [61] [62] Hannah – A worshipper at Jerusalem. Mother of Samuel. I Samuel [63] Hazzelelponi – daughter of Etam, tribe of Judah I Chronicles [64] Helah – I Chronicles [65]
Niš, a city in Serbia's Nišava District, is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and Europe, and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West. The Paleo-Balkan Thracians inhabited the area in the Iron Age , and Triballians dwelled here prior to the Celtic invasion in 279 BC which established the Scordisci ...
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
Niš was known as Нишь [10] or Ньшь [11] (Nyšь) in Old Serbian and Old Bulgarian. Nāissus is the Ancient name of the city. [12] Naissus is itself probably a derivative of the older *Nāviskos, from *Nāvia ("trough valley"), the Celtic name of the Nišava River, which flows through the city.
'the stone of help') is a location that is mentioned by the Books of Samuel as the scene of battles between the Israelites and Philistines. It is specified as having been less than a day's journey by foot from Shiloh , near Aphek , in the neighbourhood of Mizpah , near the western entrance of the pass of Bethoron .
Aram-Naharaim (Hebrew: אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם ʾĂram Nahărayim) is the biblical term for an ancient land along the great bend of the Euphrates River. [1]It is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible [2] or Old Testament.
The Battle of Niš was fought on 24 September 1689, [3] near the city of Niš in southern Serbia, between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War. The Austrian commander, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden , defeated the Ottomans and captured the city.