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The biblical Ur is mentioned four times in the Torah or Hebrew Bible, with the distinction "of the Kasdim"—traditionally rendered in English as "Ur of the Chaldees". The Chaldeans had settled in the vicinity by around 850 BC, but were not extant anywhere in Mesopotamia during the 2nd millennium BC period when Abraham is traditionally held to ...
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 .
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.
These funny Bible riddles have a mix of everything—including easy riddles, riddles for kids, tricky riddles, and even a few math riddles thrown into the mix. (Yes, even Jesus had to do math ...
Dudael is also implied to be the prison of all the fallen angels, especially the evil Watchers, the entrance of which is located to the east of Jerusalem. [1] The way this place is described, Dudael is sometimes considered as a region of the underworld , comparable to Tartarus [ 2 ] [ 3 ] or Gehenna .
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."
The Ohio Hell is Real billboard, put up in 2004, has become such a landmark it has its own GPS coordinates. (For those looking: 39.7375N, 83.347778W.) It birthed the name of the soccer rivalry ...
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