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People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Candace (kăn'da-sç or kan-dâ'sç, Eng.,kan'dâs), sovereign of slaves? The name is a title of Ethiopian queens. Acts 8:27. Her chamberlain or treasurer, a eunuch, was met by Philip the evangelist on the road between Jerusalem and Gaza, and converted. Her kingdom was Upper Nubia.

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