Excerpt from A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History: With Numerous Illustrations and Maps, Engraved Expressly for This Work There are three books which ought to be found in every household, the Bible, an English Dictionary, and a Bible Dictionary. The necessity of the first two is universally admitted; and a moment's consideration will show the almost equal importance of the third. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.