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What is the significance of the city of Petra in the Bible?



    
    

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Shea S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries
The city of Petra is not mentioned in the Bible by that name; rather, it is called by its Hebrew name, Sela in Isaiah 16:1 and 2 Kings 14:7. Both Petra and Sela mean "rock," an appropriate name, si...

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