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High Place at Petra

High Place at Petra


‎Pagan shrines and altars could be built anywhere, but were most often found on the tops of mountains and ridges. Petra, in an area originally settled as early as 1550 B.C., was in the area of the Old Testament kingdom of Edom though the city itself was founded by the later Nabateans.
‎Num 23:3, 1 Kgs 11:1–8, 2 Chr 25:20, Amos 7:9

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