Excerpt from A Dictionary of the Scripture Proper Names: Wherein the Words Are Accentuated, and Divided Into Syllables; With the Pronunciation and Meaning Annexed
An Appendix 13 added, containing some Tables, nea cessary in reading the Holy Scriptures.
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