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Smyrna
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Smyrna (smir'nah), myrrh. An ancient Ionian city on the western coast of Asia Minor. Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:8. Smyrna has been repeatedly overthrown by earthquakes. Some few of the ruins of ancient Smyrna are still visible to the south of the modern city. The first cotton-seeds were conveyed to the United States from Smyrna, and planted in 1621.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Smyrna'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/s/smyrna.html. 1893.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Smyrna'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/s/smyrna.html. 1893.
