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Earth. Psalms 24:1. Besides the ordinary acceptation of the word, as in the passage cited, it is used by the sacred writers to denote only a particular country. Thus, the phrase, Ezra 1:2, "all the kingdoms of the earth," means only Chaldea and Assyria; and it is often restricted to Judæa only.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Earth'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​e/earth.html. 1893.
 
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