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2. Ur of the Chaldees - Wikipedia

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   Another possible location for Ur of the Chaldees (Ur Kasdim) is the ancient Assyrian and Seleucid city Edessa, now called Şanlıurfa. According to some Jewish traditions, this is the site where Abraham was cast into a furnace by Nimrod as punishment for his monotheistic beliefs, but miraculously escaped unscathed.

3. Ur - Wikipedia

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   Ur [a] (/ ʊr / or / ɜːr / [3]) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar [b] (Arabic: تَلّ ٱلْمُقَيَّر, lit. ' mound of bitumen ') in Dhi Qar Governorate , southern Iraq .

4. List of biblical places - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Ashdod (ancient city) - Wikipedia

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   Ashdod (Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *ʾašdūd; Hebrew: אַשְׁדּוֹד, romanized: ʾašdōḏ; Arabic: أسدود, romanized: ʾasdūd) or Azotus (Koinē Greek: Ἄζωτος, romanized: azōtos) was an ancient Levantine metropolis situated at Tel Ashdod, 'Mound of Ashdod', an archaeological site located a few kilometers south of the modern Ashdod in present-day Israel.

6. Salem (Bible) - Wikipedia

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   Salem is referenced in the following biblical passages: Genesis 14:18: "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God." [3] Psalm 76:1–2: "In Judah, God is known, his name is great in Israel. His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.

7. Aram-Naharaim - Wikipedia

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   Aram-Naharaim (Hebrew: אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם ʾĂram Nahărayīm) 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.

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9. Gehenna - Wikipedia

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   The 16th century Tyndale and later translators had access to the Greek, but Tyndale translated both Gehenna and Hades as same English word, Hell. The 17th century King James Version of the Bible is the only English translation in modern use to translate Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna by calling them all "Hell."