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Ptolemais

Phoenicia · New Testament · 3 verses

A coastal port city north of Mount Carmel, known in the Old Testament as Accho. The name appears in Judges, 1 Samuel, Acts in the King James text.

About Ptolemais

A coastal port city north of Mount Carmel, known in the Old Testament as Accho.

Its place in the story

Ptolemais was a stop on Paul's journey by sea toward Jerusalem. He stayed a day there and greeted the believers.

Ptolemais in Scripture (KJV)

“Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:”
Judges 1:31 (KJV)
“And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.”
1 Samuel 14:14 (KJV)
“And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.”
Acts 21:7 (KJV)

Where it leads

At Ptolemais Paul greeted fellow believers in Christ during his voyage toward Jerusalem.

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Where is Ptolemais in the Bible?

A coastal port city north of Mount Carmel, known in the Old Testament as Accho. The name appears in Judges, 1 Samuel, Acts in the King James text.

What happened at Ptolemais?

Ptolemais was a stop on Paul's journey by sea toward Jerusalem. He stayed a day there and greeted the believers.

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