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# Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications ### By Unknown

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Transcriber's note:

Italic font is indicated by _underscores_. Bolded and underlined words are indicated by =equals=. The notation ^{ } indicates that the letters within the braces are superscripted.

An elongated vertical brace in the original is represented by a column of braces { or }.

The Arabic letter _hamza_ is here represented by the character ʾ (MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT HALF RING).

NAMES AND PLACES

IN THE

=Old and New Testament and Apocrypha=,

_WITH THEIR MODERN IDENTIFICATIONS_.

COMPILED BY GEORGE ARMSTRONG, AND REVISED BY COLONEL SIR CHARLES W. WILSON, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., D.C.L., R.E., AND MAJOR CONDER, D.C.L., R.E.

PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND BY ALEXANDER P. WATT, 2, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

1889.

_All rights reserved._]

PREFACE.

This Index has been compiled from the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, the alterations in the Revised Version being noted in their places; from the ‘Memoirs and Name Lists of the Survey of Western Palestine;’ from that portion which is completed (as yet unpublished) of the ‘Memoirs and Name Lists of the Survey of Eastern Palestine;’ from Smith’s ‘Bible Dictionary;’ from the list drawn up by Sir George Grove for Clarke’s ‘Bible Atlas’ (S.P.C.K.); and from Conder’s ‘Handbook to the Bible’ and ‘Primer of Bible Geography,’ with numerous references to the ‘Quarterly Statements.’ The identifications adopted are those that will be found on the new maps (to be issued about the end of this year) of the Old and New Testament, covering both sides of the Jordan, and authorized by Colonel Sir Charles Wilson and Major Conder, R.E.

The Index to the Old Testament Sites includes upwards of 1,150 names of places in the Holy Land, Mesopotamia, Edom, the Desert of Sinai, and Egypt; being, it is believed, all those that are mentioned in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha.

The Index to the New Testament Sites contains 162 names, with references to Josephus (Whiston’s), in addition to those in the New Testament. Of these names 144 are known, 10 uncertain, and 8 not identified.

The identifications suggested by Major Conder as due to the Survey are marked with a star.

There are still 290 places mentioned in the Old Testament, in the East of Jordan, the Desert and Western Palestine, which remain to be identified. Reference is made in every case to the number of the sheet of the large and small maps on which the modern name will be found. Under the heading ‘Remarks,’ etc., will be found fuller particulars of the proposed site from the ‘Memoirs of Western Palestine.’

G. A.

1, Adam Street, Adelphi, _March 22nd, 1888_.

[Illustration: Diagram shewing N^{_os_}. and relative positions of sheets of Large and Reduced Maps.

_G.A. del._ _E. Weller._ ]

OLD TESTAMENT SITES

(_Including all the Names to Sites in the Bible and Apocrypha._)

In the column ‘Modern Identification,’ those marked with a single ? are doubtful; those with double ?? are very doubtful; those marked with a star are due to the Survey. Abbreviations--‘R.V.’ is Revised Version; ‘A.V.’ is Authorized (Old) Version; ‘Mem.,’ with the letters, refers to the _Memoirs of the Survey of Western Palestine_; ‘Sh.’ is Sheet or Plan of the Large Map, with the number where the name is found; ‘B. R.,’ _Robinson’s Biblical Researches_.