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In the Christian Bible, the Euphrates River is mentioned in Revelation 16:12, in the final book of the New Testament. Author, John of Patmos writes about the Euphrates river drying up as part of a series of events that foretell the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. [68] The river Phrath mentioned in Genesis 2:14 is also identified as the Euphrates ...
Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. [18] "From the east": translated from the Greek phrase with literal meaning "from the rising of the sun" here in the sense of 'a geographical direction' (cf. Revelation 7:2; 16:12; 21:13).
Rivers of Paradise flowing underneath the feet of Lamb of God (mosaic in Santi Cosma e Damiano, ca. 530 AD). Following Saint Ambrose [2] (per Cohen, [11] the association was established earlier, in a letter by Cyprian in 256 AD) the rivers are interpreted as four evangelists (or Gospels), with Water of Life flowing from the word of Christ (the Fountain of Life [11]) to bring salvation.
The Bible contains three geographical definitions of the Land of Israel: The first definition (Genesis 15:18–21) seems to define the land that was given to all of the children of Abram , including Ishmael, Zimran, Jokshan, Midian, etc. It describes a large territory, "from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates".
The Euphrates Tunnel was a legendary tunnel purportedly built under the river Euphrates to connect the two halves of the city of Babylon in Mesopotamia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first underwater tunnel known certainly to have been built was the Thames Tunnel , completed in 1841.
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.
Pethor or Petor (פְּתוֹר) in the Hebrew Bible is the home of the prophet Balaam. In the Book of Numbers, Pethor is described as being located "by the river of the land of the children of his people". [1] The Bible usually uses the name "the River" to the Euphrates; the rest of the
The Land of Kir is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, where the Arameans are said to have originated. It is also the place to which Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria carried the Aramean captives after he had taken the city of Damascus and conquered the kingdom of Aram-Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7).