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Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of [[Phoenicia(EBD)|Phoenicia]], in the [[Tribe (EBD)|tribe ]] of [[Asher (EBD)|Asher]], but never acquired by them (Judg. 1:31). It was known to the ancient [[Greek (EBD)|Greeks ]] and [[wikipedia:Ancient Rome|Romans ]] by the name of Ptolemais, from [[wikipedia:Ptolemy |Ptolemy]] the [[King (EBD)|king ]] of [[Egypt (EBD)|Egypt]], who rebuilt it about B.C. 100. Here [[Paul (EBD)|Paul ]] landed on his last journey to [[Jerusalem (EBD)|Jerusalem ]] (Acts 21:7). During the [[wikipedia:Crusades|crusades ]] of the Middle Ages it was called Acra; and subsequently, on account of its being occupied by the [[wikipedia:Knights Hospitallers|Knights Hospitallers ]] of Jerusalem, it was called St. Jean d'Acre, or simply Acre.

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