Part 2

----------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-------------------- Bible and | | Modern | No. of |Remarks, References, Apocrypha | References. | Identifi- \Sheet on/ and Name. | | cation. \ ⅜-in./ No. of Sheet on | | |Map./ Large Map. ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+------------------------ =ABANA=, River |2 Kings v. 12 |_Nahr | 3 |One of the rivers of | | Abanias_, a |and| Damascus. Now called (R.V. =ABANAH= | | branch of | 4 | the Barada, rising or =AMANAH=) | | the _Nahr | | in the Anti-Lebanon, | | Barada_ | | near Zebdany, flowing | | | | through Suk Wady, | | | | Barada, receiving | | | | the waters of the | | | | copious spring of ʾAin | | | | Fijeh, and continuing | | | | its course through | | | | Damascus on to the | | | | great marsh on the | | | | plain called Bahret el | | | | Kibliyeh. | | | | =ABARIM=, |Num. xxvii. |The range |15 |Mountains beyond Mountains of | 12; xxxiii. | of _Neba_ | | Jordan, the range of | 47, 48; | (_Nebo_) | | Nebo. | Deut. xxxii. | | | | 49 | | | | | | | =ABDON= |Josh. xxi. |_Kh. ʾAbdeh_ | 6 |A city of Ashar, 10 | 30; 1 Chron. | | | miles north of ʾAkka. | vi. 74 | | | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =ABEL=, The |1 Sam. vi. 18 |_Deîr ʾAbân_ |-- |Signifying ‘The Great Stone of | | (?) near | | great stone of the | | Beth-shemesh | | meadow’ (R.V.).--M. | | | | Clermont-Ganneau. | | | | =ABEL |2 Sam. xx. |_Abl_ | 6 |Now a village, 6½ miles BETH-MAACHAH=, | 14, 15, 18; | | | west of Banias, in (R.V. =ABEL | 1 Kings xv. | | | Naphtali; also called BETH-MAACAH=) | 20; 2 Kings | | | Abel-maim. (_Mem._ I. | xv. 29 | | | 85 & 107; Sh. II.) | | | | =ABEL-CERAMIM=, |Judg. xi. 33 |_Not |-- |A place east of Jordan, (R.V. =ABEL- | | identified_ | | beyond ‘Aroer.’ CHERAMIM=) | | | | | | | | =ABEL-MAIM= |2 Chron. xvi. |_Abl_ |-- |Apparently identical | 4 | | | with Abel | | | | Beth-maachah. (Compare | | | | with 1 Kings xv. 20.) | | | | =ABEL-MEHOLAH= |Judges vii. |_ʾAin Helweh_*|10 |Jerome places it | 22; 1 Sam. | | | 10 miles south of | xviii. 19; 2 | | | Scythopolis, or at | Sam. xxi. 8; | | | the present ‘ʾAin | 1 Kings iv. | | | Helweh,’ 9½ miles | 12; xix. 16 | | | south of Beth-shean. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 231; Sh. | | | | XII.)--Conder. | | | | =ABEL-MIZRAIM= |Gen. l. 11 |_Not |-- |The threshing-floor of | | identified_ | | Atad. ‘Beyond Jordan.’ | | | | Placed by Jerome at | | | | Beth Hoglah, on the | | | | west bank. | | | | =ABEL-SHITTIM= |Num. xxxiii. |_Kefrein_, |14 |Known in the days of | 49 | at northern | | Josephus as Abila; 60 | | margin of | | stadia from the river. | | Ghôr es | | The town and palms | | Seîsebân | | have disappeared; | | | | but an extensive | | | | acacia-grove and some | | | | ruins still remain on | | | | the plain now called | | | | Seîsebân. (Conder’s | | | | _Heth and Moab_, p. | | | | 148.) | | | | =ABEZ=, (R.V. |Josh. xix. 20 |_Kh. el | 6 |A town of Issachar, =EBEZ=) | | Beida_ (?)* | | named between Kishion | | | | and Remeth. Possibly | | | | the ruin el Beida = | | | | ‘white,’ at north | | | | limit of the plain of | | | | Esdraelon. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 309; Sh. V.)--Conder. | | | | =ABRONAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- | (Ebronah) | 34, 35 | identified_ | | | | | | =ACCAD= |Gen. x. 10 |_Nisibis_ (??)|-- |One of the cities in | | | | the land of Shinar. | | | | Nisibis, a city on | | | | the Khabour river | | | | at the north-east | | | | part of Mesopotamia, | | | | and midway between | | | | Orfa and Nineveh, is | | | | generally believed to | | | | occupy the ancient | | | | site. | | | | =ACCARON= |1 Macc. x. 89 | |-- |_See_ Ekron. | | | | =ACCHO=, (R.V. |Judg. i. 31 |_ʾAkka_ | 6 |St. Jean d’Acre. The =ACCO=) | | | | Ptolemais of the 1st | | | | Book of Maccabees. A | | | | seaport town. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 145, 153, 160; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =ACHOR=, Valley |Josh. vii. |_Wâdy Kelt_ |14 |Now Wâdy Kelt, the of | 24, 26; xv. | | | deep ravine south of | 7; Is. lxv. | | | Jericho. (_Mem._ III. | 10; Hos. ii. | | | 167; Sh. XVIII.) | 15 | | | | | | | =ACHSHAPH= |Josh. xi. 1; |_Kefr Yasîf_ | 6 |The present village, | xii. 20; | (?)* | | ‘Kefr Yasîf,’ 6 | xix. 25 | | | miles north-east of | | | | ‘Accho.’--Conder. | | | | Named between Beten | | | | and Alammelech, a city | | | | in Asher. Kh. Iksâf | | | | (Sh. II., p. 119), and | | | | Haifa (Sh. V.), have | | | | also been proposed. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 169; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =ACHZIB= (1) |Josh. xv. 44; |_ʾAin Kezbeh_ |14 |A city of Judah, named | Micah i. 14 | (?)* | | with ‘Keilah’ and | | | | ‘Mareshah.’--Conder. | | | | _See_ Chezib. | | | | =ACHZIB= (2) |Josh. xix. |_ez Zîb_ |-- |The Ecdippa of | 29; Judg. i. | | | Josephus. The present | 31; v. 17 | | | town, ‘Ez Zîb,’ 8½ | | | | miles north of ‘Akka’ | | | | in ‘Asher.’ (_Mem._ I. | | | | 155; Sh. III.) | | | | =ADADAH= |Josh. xv. 22 |_ʾAdʾadah_ |14 |One of the cities in | | | | the south of Judah, | | | | named with ‘Dimonah’ | | | | and ‘Kedesh.’ Probably | | | | the present ruin | | | | Adâdah in the desert | | | | east of Beersheba. | | | | =ADAM= |Josh. iii. 16 |_ed Dâmieh_ |10 |‘A city on the Jordan, | | (?) | | beside Zarthan.’ The | | | | name is probably | | | | preserved in that of | | | | Tell Dâmieh, near the | | | | ford of ed Dâmieh. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 387; Sh. | | | | XV.) | | | | =ADAMAH= |Josh. xix. 36 |_ed Dâmieh_* | 6 |One of the fenced | | | | cities of Naphtali. | | | | Now the ruin ‘ed | | | | Dâmieh,’ 5 miles west | | | | of Tiberias. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 365; Sh. VI.) | | | | =ADAMI=, (R.V. |Josh. xix. 33 |_Kh. Admah_* |10 |A place named as being =ADAM-NEKEB=) | | | | on the border of | | | | Naphtali. The present | | | | ruin ‘Admah,’ 5 | | | | miles south-west of | | | | the Sea of Galilee. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 89; Sh. | | | | IX.)--Conder. | | | | =ADAR=, or |Josh. xv. 3; |_Not |-- |A place on the south =HAZAR ADDAR= | 1 Macc. vii. | identified_ | | boundary of Palestine. (R.V. =ADDAR=) | 40-45 | | | ‘Jebel Maderah,’ | | | | in the desert, is | | | | proposed for this | | | | site. (_Quarterly | | | | Statement_, p. 61, | | | | 1881.) | | | | =ADASA= | |_Kh. ʾAdaseh_ |14 |According to Josephus | | | | (12 Ant. x. 5; 5 Wars | | | | xi. 5) was 30 stadia | | | | from Beth-horon. Now | | | | the present ruin | | | | ʾAdaseh, 8 miles south | | | | of Jufna. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 106; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ADDAN=, or |Ezra ii. 59; |_Not |-- |One of the places from =ADDON= | Neh. vii. 61 | identified_ | | which some of the | | | | Captivity returned to | | | | Judea, who could not | | | | show their pedigree. | | | | =ADIDA= |1 Macc. xii. |_Hadîtheh_ |10 |A town on an eminence | 38; xiii. 13 | | | (13 Ant. vi. 4) in the | | | | Shephelah. The present | | | | village Hadîtheh, | | | | close to Lydda on | | | | east. _See_ Hadid. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 297; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =ADITHAIM= |Josh. xv. 36 |_Hadîtheh_ |-- |A town in the territory | | | | of Judah. Somewhere | | | | in the Shephelah. | | | | Named between Gederah | | | | (Jedîreh) and | | | | Gederothaim, thought | | | | to be another name for | | | | Hadid, which see. | | | | =ADMAH= |Gen. x. 19; |_Not |-- |One of the cities of | xiv. 2-8; | identified_ | | the plain mentioned | Deut. xxix. | | | with ‘Zeboim.’ | 23; Hosea | | | Possibly ‘Adam’ (Sheet | xi. 8 | | | X.), or ‘el Adeimeh’ | | | | (Sheet XIV.), in the | | | | region of the Ciccar. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 241, | | | | and _Primer of Bible | | | | Geography_, p. 38.) | | | | =ADORAIM= |2 Chron. xi. 9|_Dûra_ |14 |A fortified city, built | | | | by Rehoboam--the | | | | ‘Adora’ of Josephus. | | | | Now the village of | | | | ‘Dura,’ 5 miles west | | | | of Hebron. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 301-304; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =ADORA= |1 Macc. xiii. |_Dûra_ |14 |The Dûra of Josephus = (Adoraim) | 20 | | | Adoraim. | | | | =ADULLAM= |Gen. xxxviii. |_ʾAîd el |14 |A city of Judah in | 1, 12-20; | Mîyeh_, or | | the low country. | Josh. xii. | _Kh. ʾAîd el | | Eusebius places it | 15; xv. 35; | Ma_ | | 10 miles east of | 2 Chron. xi. | | | Eleutheropolis (Beit | 7; Neh. xi. | | | Jibrin.) ‘Kh. ʾAid el | 30; Micah i. | | | Mâ’ is about 8 miles | 15; 2 Macc. | | | to the north-east. | xii. 38 | | | A discovery of M. | | | | Clermont-Ganneau, now | | | | generally recognised. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 311; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =ADULLAM=, Cave |1 Sam. xxii. |The cave near |14 |David’s hiding place. of | 1; 2 Sam. | the ruins | | The cave near the | xxiii. 13; 1 | of _ʾAîd el | | ruins of ʾAîd el Mâ. | Chron. xi. 15| Mîyeh_ | | | | | | =ADUMMIM=, |Josh. xv. 7; |_Tʾalat ed |14 |On the road from ‘Going up to,’ | xviii. 17 | Dumm_* | | Jerusalem to Jericho. or ‘of’ | | | | (_Mem._ III. 172; Sh. | | | | XVIII.)--Mr. C. F. T. | | | | Drake. | | | | =AHAVA=, River |Ezra viii. |_Hit_ (?) |-- |Not identified with of (A Place or | 15, 21, 31 | | | any certainty, but a River) | | | | supposed to be the | | | | modern ‘Hit’ on the | | | | Euphrates, due east of | | | | Damascus. The Theras | | | | of Esd. viii. 41-61. | | | | =AHLAB= |Judg. i. 31 |_el Jish_ (?) | 6 |A city of Asher, from | | | | which the Canaanites | | | | were not driven out. | | | | Supposed to be the | | | | Giscala of Josephus | | | | and the Talmudic Gush | | | | Halab. The modern | | | | village, ‘el Jish,’ is | | | | thought to represent | | | | the ancient site; | | | | but ‘el Jish’ is in | | | | Naphtali, some 6 miles | | | | from the territory of | | | | Asher. (_Mem._ I. 225; | | | | Sh. IV.) | | | | =AI=, =HAI=, |Gen. xii. 8; |_et Tell, or |14 |Called by Josephus or =AIATH= | xiii. 3; | Kh. Haiyan_* | | ʾAina; was ‘close to’ (Isaiah x. 28) | Josh. vii. | | | Bethel. The claims Aija, same as | 2-5; viii. | | | to this royal city Ai (Neh. xi. | 1-29; ix. | | | lie between ‘et Tel,’ 31) | 3; x. 1, 2; | | | a mound 1⅜ miles to | xii. 9; Ezra | | | the E.S.E. of Bethel, | ii. 28; Neh. | | | and ‘Kh. Haiyan,’ | vii. 32; | | | near Deir Diwan, 2⅛ | Jer. xlix. 3 | | | miles S.E. of Bethel. | | | | The former advocated | | | | by Col. Sir Charles | | | | Wilson and others, the | | | | latter by Capt. Conder | | | | (_Mem._ II. 372; III. | | | | 30; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =AIJALON= or |Josh. xix. |_Yâlô_ |14 |The present village =AJALON= | 42; xxi. 24; | | | Yâlô, a little to | Judg. i. 35; | | | the north of the | 1 Sam. xiv. | | | Jaffa road, about 13 | 31; 1 Chron. | | | miles from Jerusalem. | vi. 69; | | | (_Mem._ III. 19; Sh. | viii. 13; 2 | | | XVII.) | Chron. xi. | | | | 10; xxviii. | | | | 18 | | | | | | | =AIJALON=, |Josh. x. 12 |_Merj Ibn |14 |The valley in which Valley of | | ʾAmîr_ | | Aijalon is situated. | | | | =AIJALON= |Judg. xii. 12 |_Kh. Jallûn_ |-- |A town of Zebulun, the | | (??) | | burial-place of Elon, | | | | one of the Judges of | | | | Israel. | | | | =AIN= (1) |Josh. xv. 32; |_Not |13 |One of the southern | xix. 7; xxi. | identified_ | | cities of Judah | 16; 1 Chron. | | | towards the coast of | iv. 32 | | | Edom, mentioned with | | | | Rimmon (Josh. xv. 32), | | | | afterwards allotted | | | | to Simeon (Josh. xix. | | | | 7). Possibly Ain and | | | | Rimmon were one place | | | | = En-rimmon, which see. | | | | =AIN= (2) |Num. xxxiv. 11|_ʾAin el |-- |Supposed to be ʾAin el | | ʾAsy_ (?) | | ʾAsy, the main source | | | | of the Orontes, near | | | | Riblah. | | | | =AKRABBIM=, |Num. xxxiv. |_Not |-- |Perhaps the range of Ascent of | 4; Judges i. | identified_ | | cliffs at the south | 36 | | | end of the Dead Sea, | | | | or Nakib ibn Mar. | | | | _See_ Maaleh Acrabbim. | | | | =ALAMMELECH= |Josh. xix. 26 |_Not |-- |Between Achshaph | | identified_ | | and Amad in Asher. | | | | Supposed by some that | | | | Wâdy el Melek (Sheet | | | | V.) is a relic of this | | | | name. | | | | =ALEMA= |1 Macc. v. 26 |_Kefr el Ma_ | 7 |Only once mentioned. | | (?)* | | Described as a city | | | | ‘strong and great | | | | in Gilead.’ ʾAlma, | | | | some 8 miles south | | | | of Edrei.--Merrill. | | | | Kefr el Ma, a village | | | | east of the Sea of | | | | Galilee.--Schumacher. | | | | =ALEMETH=, |1 Chron. vi. |_ʾAlmît_ |14 |The present ruined (R.V. | 60; viii. | | | village ʾAlmît, 3½ =ALLEMETH=) | 36; ix. 42 | | | miles north-east of | | | | Jerusalem. _See_ | | | | Bahurim. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 35; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ALEXANDRIA= |3 Macc. ii. |_Alexandria_ |-- | | 30; iii. 1, | | | | 21; Acts | | | | xviii. 24; | | | | vi. 9 | | | | | | | =ALLON= |Josh. xix. 33 | |-- |The ‘Revised Version’ | | | | renders this name ‘The | | | | Oak,’ others ‘Plain.’ | | | | =ALLON-BACHUTH= |Gen. xxxv. 8 | |10 |‘Beneath Bethel,’ where (R.V. | | | | Deborah, the nurse of =ALLON-BACUTH=)| | | | Rebekah was buried. | | | | =ALMON= |Josh. xxi. 18 |_ʾAlmît_ |14 |Same as Alemeth | | | | (ʾAlmît) in Benjamin. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 35; Sh. | | | | XVIII.) | | | | =ALMON |Num. xxxiii. |_Kh. |-- |_See_ Beth-diblathaim. DIBLATHAIM= | 46, 47 | Deleiyât_ | | One of the | | (??)* | | camping-stations | | | | of the Israelites, | | | | between Dibon-gad | | | | and the mountains | | | | of Abarim. In Moab. | | | | (Conder’s _Heth and | | | | Moab_, page 269.) | | | | =ALOTH= (R.V. |1 Kings iv. 16|_Not | 6 |(?) A town or district. =BEALOTH=) | | identified_ | | Perhaps ʾAlia, east | | | | of Achzib. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 170; Sh. III.)--Conder. | | | | =ALUSH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the | 13 | identified_ | | camping-stations of | | | | the Israelites next to | | | | Rephidim. | | | | =AMAD= |Josh. xix. 26 |_Kh. el | 6 |A town in Asher, | | ʾAmûd_ (?)* | | mentioned between | | | | Alammelech and | | | | Misheal. Probably | | | | el ʾAmûd, north of | | | | Akka.--Conder. There | | | | is also a ruined town | | | | called Umm el ʾAmûd, | | | | between Bethlehem and | | | | Abez, south of Wâdy | | | | el Melek, which some | | | | identify with Amad. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =AMAM= |Josh. xv. 26 |_Not |-- |A city in the south of | | identified_ | | Judah, mentioned with | | | | ‘Shema’ and ‘Moladah.’ | | | | =AMANA= |Cant. iv. 8 |_Not |-- |Apparently a mountain | | identified_ | | in or near Lebanon. It | | | | is commonly assumed | | | | that this is the | | | | mountain in which | | | | the river Abana has | | | | its source. (Smith’s | | | | _Dictionary to the | | | | Bible_.) | | | | =AMATHIS= |1 Macc. xii. |_Hamath_ |-- |‘The land of Amathis.’ | 25 | | | Believed to be the | | | | district of Hamath in | | | | the north of Palestine. | | | | =AMMAH=, THE |2 Sam. ii. 24 |_Not |-- |‘That lieth before Giah HILL OF | | identified_ | | by the way of the | | | | wilderness of Gibeon.’ | | | | =ANAB= |Josh. xi. 21; |_ʾAnâb_ |13 |The ruin ‘ʾAnâb,’ 2½ | xv. 50 | | | miles west of ‘Debir.’ | | | | (_Mem._ III. 392, 393; | | | | Sh. XXIV.) | | | | =ANAHARATH= |Josh. xix. 19 |_en Nʾaûrah_ |10 |The village, ‘en | | | | Nʾaûrah,’ 5½ miles | | | | north-east of Jezreel, | | | | in Issachar. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 85; Sh. IX.)--De | | | | Saulcy. | | | | =ANANIAH= |Neh. xi. 32 |_Beit Hannîna_|14 |Named between ‘Nob’ and | | | | ‘Hazor.’ The present | | | | village Beit Hannîna | | | | near Gibeon. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 8; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ANATHOTH= |Josh. xxi. |_ʾAnâta_ |14 |The village ʾAnâta | 18; 1 Kings | | | of Benjamin, 3 | ii. 26; 1 | | | miles north-east of | Chron. vi. | | | Jerusalem. _(Mem._ | 60; Ezra ii. | | | III. 7; Sh. XVII.) | 23; Neh. | | | | vii. 27; xi. | | | | 32; Isa. x. | | | | 30; Jer. i. | | | | 1; xi. 21, | | | | 23; xxix. | | | | 27; xxxii. | | | | 7, 9; 2 Sam. | | | | xxiii. 27; 1 | | | | Esdr. v. 18 | | | | | | | =ANEM= |1 Chron. vi. |_ʾAnîn_ (?)* |10 |Probably the village | 73 | | | ‘ʾÂnîn,’ west of the | | | | plain of Esdraelon. | | | | A city of Issachar. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 44 and 50; | | | | Sh. VIII.)--Conder. | | | | =ANER= |1 Chron. vi. |_Ellar_ (??)* |10 |Possibly ‘Ellar,’ in | 70 | | | the hills south-west | | | | of the plain of | | | | Esdraelon. A city of | | | | Manasseh. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 154; Sh. XI.)--Conder. | | | | =ANIM= |Josh xv. 50 |_Ghuwein_ |14 |Now a ruin called | | | | ‘Ghuwein,’--south | | | | of Hebron, and near | | | | ‘Eshtemoa.’ (_Mem._ | | | | III. 408; Sh. XXV.) | | | | =ANTI-LIBANUS= |Judith i. 7 |_Anti-Lebanon_|-- |The range of mountains | | | | west of Damascus. | | | | =ANTIOCH= |1 Macc. iii. |_Antakîa_ |-- |The modern Antakîa | 37; iv. 35; | | | on the Orontes. | xi. 13; 2 | | | North-east of ‘Daphne.’ | Macc. iv. | | | | 33; viii. | | | | 35; xiii. | | | | 23; v. 21; | | | | xi. 36 | | | | | | | =APHEK= (1) |Josh. xii. 18 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in Judah. | | identified_ | | | | | | =APHEK= (2) |Josh. xix. 30 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in Asher. | | identified_ | | In Judg. i. 31 it is | | probably | | rendered Aphik. | | same as | | | | Aphek (3) | | | | | | =APHEK= (3) |Josh. xiii. 4 |_Afka_ (?) |-- |Probably ‘Afka’ on the | | | | north-west slope of | | | | Lebanon--perhaps the | | | | same as (2). | | | | =APHEK= (4) |1 Sam. iv. 1 |_Not |14 |Possibly the present | | identified_ | | ruin of ‘Belled el | | | | Foka’ = Upper town, | | | | near Gath. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 109; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =APHEK= (5) |1 Sam. xxix. 1|_Fukûʾa_ (??)*|10 |Possibly the modern | | | | village ‘Fukûʾa’ on | | | | ‘Gilboa,’ in Issachar. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 84; Sh. | | | | IX.)--Conder. | | | | =APHEK= (6) |1 Kings xx. |_Fîk_ | 7 |A walled city in the | 26, 30; 2 | | | Mishor, east of the | Kings xiii. | | | Jordan; believed to | 17 | | | be the village ‘Fîk,’ | | | | east of the Sea of | | | | Galilee, on the | | | | highway to Damascus. | | | | =APHEKAH= |Josh. xv. 53 |_Not |-- |In the mountains of | | identified_--| | Judah, (?) the same | | perhaps same | | place as that of Josh. | | as _Aphek_ | | xii. 18. | | (1) | | | | | | =APHEREMA= |1 Macc. xi. 34|_Ephraim_ |-- |Probably the same | | | | as Ephraim (Ophrah | | | | Taiyibeh), which see. | | | | =APHIK= |Judg. i. 31 |Same as |-- | | | _Aphek_ (2) | | | | | | =APHRAH= (R.V. |Micah i. 10 |_Not |-- |Probably in the low =BETH-APHRAH=) | | identified_ | | country of Judah. | | | | Supposed by some to be | | | | Ophrah. | | | | =AR OF MOAB= |Num. xxi. 28; |_Rabba_ |14 |The ruin ‘Rabba,’ north | Deut. ii. 9, | | | of ‘Kerak,’ known in | 18, 29; Isa. | | | the time of Jerome | xv. 1 | | | as ‘Areopolis’ and | | | | Rabbath-Moab. | | | | =ARAB= |Josh. xv. 52 |_Kh. er |14 |The present ruin, | | Rabîyeh_* | | er Rabîyeh, in the | | | | mountains of Judah, | | | | south of Hebron. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 311-360; | | | | Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =ARABAH= |Josh. xviii. |_The Ghôr_ |-- |The great Jordan Valley. | 18 | and the | | | | _ʾArabah_ | | | | | | =ARABATTINE= |1 Macc. v. 3 |_Acrabbim_ |-- |In Idumea. Akrabbim | | | | (ascent of), which see. | | | | =ARABIA= |1 Kings x. | |-- | | 15; 2 Chron. | | | | ix. 14; Is. | | | | xxi. 13; | | | | Jer. xxv. | | | | 24; Ezek. | | | | xxvii. 21; | | | | Judith ii. | | | | 25; 1 Macc. | | | | xi. 16; 2 | | | | Macc. xii. | | | | 11; 2 Esd. | | | | xv. 29; Gal. | | | | i. 17; iv. 25| | | | | | | =ARAD= |Num. xxi. 1; |_Tell ʾArâd_ |14 |Named with ‘Hormah’ and | xxxiii. 40; | | | ‘Libnah.’ The large | Josh. xii. | | | ruin Tell ʾArâd, east | 14; Judg. i. | | | of Beersheba. (_Mem._ | 16 | | | II. 403, 415; Sh. XXV.) | | | | =ARADUS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Island Er |-- |Same as Arvad. | | Ruad_ | | | | | | =ARAM= (Syria) |Gen. x. 22, | |-- |The country from the | 23; xxii. | | | Sea of Galilee to | 21; Num. | | | Euphrates and north | xxiii. 7; 1 | | | part of Mesopotamia. | Chr. i. 17; | | | Aram means ‘highlands.’ | ii. 23 | | | | | | | =ARAM-DAMMESEK= |2 Sam. viii. | |-- |The country round (Syria of | 5, 6; 1 Chr. | | | Damascus. Damascus) | xviii. 5, 6 | | | | | | | =ARAM-BETH- |2 Sam. x. 6 | |-- |District bordering on REHOB= | | | | the Euphrates. | | | | =ARAM-MAACHAH= |1 Chron. xix. | |-- |District south of Aram | 6 | | | Zobah and west of Aram | | | | Beth-rehob. | | | | =ARAM-NAHARAIM= |Gen. xxiv. | |-- |Mesopotamia. | 10; Deut. | | | | xxiii. 4; | | | | Judg. iii. | | | | 8; 1 Chron. | | | | xix. 6; Ps. | | | | lx., Title | | | | | | | =ARAM-ZOBAH= |2 Sam. x. | |-- |Eastward of CoeleSyria, | 6-8; Ps. | | | extending north-east | lx., Title | | | and east to the | | | | Euphrates. | | | | =ARARAT= |Gen. viii. 4; | |-- |_See_ Smith’s _Bible | 2 Kings xix. | | | Dictionary_. | 37; Isa. | | | | xxxvii. 38; | | | | Jer. li. 27 | | | | | | | =ARARATH=, |Tobit i. 21 |_Same as |-- | =ARARAH=, The | | Ararat_ | | Mountains of | | | | | | | | =ARBATTIS= |1 Macc. v. 23 |_Not |-- |A district of | | identified_ | | Palestine. Probably | | | | either that north | | | | of the Sea of | | | | Galilee, called ‘Ard | | | | el Batîhah,’ or | | | | ‘Acrabatene,’ between | | | | Jericho and Neapolis. | | | | =ARBA= |Josh. xv. 13; |_El Khalîl_ |-- |_See_ Hebron. | xxi. 11 | (Hebron) | | | | | | =ARBAH= |Gen. xxxv. 27 |_Do._ do._ |-- | | | | | =ARBELA= |1 Macc. ix. 2 |_Kh. Irbid_ | 6 |The present ruin | | | | ‘Irbid,’ west of | | | | the Sea of Galilee. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 365, 366; | | | | Sh. VI.) | | | | =ARBONAI=, River|Judith ii. 24 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =ARCHI= |Josh. xvi. |_ʾAin ʾArîk_* |14 |The present village | 2; 2 Sam. | | | ʾAin ʾArîk. (_Mem._ | xv. 32; xvi. | | | III. 7; Sh. | 16; xvii. 5, | | | XVII.)--Conder. | 14; 1 Chron. | | | | xxvii. 33 | | | | | | | =ARDATH= |2 Esd. ix. 26 |_Not |-- |‘The field called | | identified_ | | Ardath.’ | | | | =ARGOB= |Deut. iii. 4, |_el Lejjah_ | 8 |A district of country | 13, 14; 1 | | | in Bashan, in later | Kings iv. 13 | | | times Trachonitis, now | | | | called el Lejjah. | | | | | | | | Dr. Porter says: ‘It | | | | is wholly composed of | | | | black basalt, which | | | | appears to have issued | | | | from innumerable | | | | pores in the earth | | | | in a liquid state, | | | | and to have flowed | | | | out on every side. | | | | Before cooling its | | | | surface was violently | | | | agitated, and it was | | | | afterwards shattered | | | | and rent by internal | | | | convulsions. The | | | | cuplike cavities from | | | | which the liquid mass | | | | was extruded are still | | | | seen, and likewise the | | | | wavy surface a thick | | | | liquid assumes which | | | | cools while flowing. | | | | The rock is filled | | | | with little pits and | | | | air-bubbles: it is | | | | hard as flint, and | | | | emits a sharp metallic | | | | sound when struck. | | | | This ungainly and | | | | forbidding region is | | | | thickly studded with | | | | deserted cities and | | | | villages, in all of | | | | which the dwellings | | | | are solidly built’ (p. | | | | 238). | | | | =ARIEL= |Isa. xxix. 1, |_Jerusalem_ |-- |The city where David | 2, 7 | (?) | | encamped. (R.V.) | | | | =ARIOCH=, Plain |Judith i. 6 |_Not |-- |In the Euphrates of | | identified_ | | country. | | | | =ARMENIA= (R.V. |2 Kings xix. | | | =ARARAT=) | 37; Isa. | | | | xxxvii. 38 | | | | | | | =ARNON=, River |Num. xxi. |_Wâdy Môjib_ |15 |Wâdy Môjib, eastern (R.V. =ARNON=, | 13-28; xxii. | | | side of Dead Sea. Valley of) | 36; Deut. | | | | ii. 24, 36; | | | | iii. 8, 12, | | | | 16; iv. 48; | | | | Josh. xii. | | | | 1, 2; xiii. | | | | 9, 16; Judg. | | | | xi. 13, 26; | | | | 2 Kings x. | | | | 33; Isa. | | | | xvi. 2; Jer. | | | | xlviii. 20 | | | | | | | =AROER= (1) |Deut. ii. |_ʾArʾaîr_ |15 |The ruin ʾArʾaîr, on | 36; iii. | | | the north bank of Wâdy | 12; iv. 48; | | | Môjib. | Josh. xii. | | | | 2; xiii. 9, | | | | 16; Judg. | | | | xi. 26, 33; | | | | 2 Sam. xxiv. | | | | 5; 2 Kings | | | | x. 33; 1 | | | | Chron. v. 8; | | | | Jer. xlviii. | | | | 19 | | | | | | | =AROER= (2) |Num. xxxii. |_Not |-- |A town ‘built’ by, and | 34; Josh. | identified_ | | belonging to, Gad. (?) | xiii. 25 | | | the same as (1). | | | | =AROER= (3) |1 Sam. xxx. 28|_ʾArʾarah_ |21 |The ruin ʾArʾarah, | | | | 12 miles east of | | | | Beersheba. | | | | =AROER= (4) |Isa. xvii. 2 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =ARPAD=, or |2 Kings |_Tell Erfâd_ |-- |13 miles north of =ARPHAD= | xviii. 34; | | | Aleppo. | xix. 13; | | | | Isa. x. 9; | | | | xxxvi. 19; | | | | xxxvii. 13; | | | | Jer. xlix. 23| | | | | | | =ARSARETH= |2 Esdr. xiii. |_Not |-- |A district beyond the | 45 | identified_ | | Euphrates. | | | | =ARUBOTH= (R.V. |1 Kings iv. |_Not |-- |One of the provinces =ARRUBBOTH=) | 10; 8 Ant. | identified_ | | of Solomon, which | 2, 3 | | | included Sochoh. | | | | =ARUMAH= |Judg. ix. 41 |_El ʾOrmeh_ |10 |Possibly el ʾOrmeh, 6 | | (?) | | miles south-east of | | | | Shechem. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 387; Sh. XV.) | | | | =ARVAD= |Ezek. xxvii. |_Er Ruad |-- |_See_ Aradus. | 8-11 | Island_ | | | | | | =ASCALON= |Judith ii. |_ʾAskalân_ |-- |Ashkelon, which see. | 28; 1 Macc. | | | | x. 86; xi. | | | | 60; xii. 33 | | | | | | | =ASER= |Tobit i. 2 |_Not |-- |Probably a corruption | | identified_ | | of Hazor. | | | | =ASHAN= |Josh. xv. 42; |_Not |13 |Possibly the old ruin | xix. 7; 1 | identified_ | | of ‘ʾAseileh,’ which | Chr. iv. 32; | | | is 3½ miles from | vi. 59 | | | the now accepted | | | | site of ‘Rimmon.’ | | | | (_Mem._ III. 393; Sh. | | | | XXIV.)--Conder. | | | | =ASHDOD=, or |Josh. xi. |_Esdûd_ |13 |The large village =AZOTUS= | 22; xv. 46, | | | ‘Esdud,’ in the plain | 47; 1 Sam. | | | of Philistia. (_Mem._ | v. 1-7; vi. | | | II. 409; Sh. XVI.) | 17; 2 Chr. | | | | xxvi. 6; | | | | Neh. xiii. | | | | 23, 24; Isa. | | | | xx. 1; Jer. | | | | xxv. 20; Am. | | | | i. 8; iii. | | | | 9; Zep. ii. | | | | 4; Zech. ix. | | | | 6 | | | | | | | =ASHDOTH |Deut. iii. |_ʾAyûn Mûsa_, |15 |In the old version is PISGAH= | 17; iv. 49; | or _The | | rendered ‘The springs (=PISGAH=, | Josh. x. | Slopes of | | of Pisgah,’ and Slopes of, | 40; xii. 3; | Neba_ | | has generally been R.V.) | xiii. 20 | | | identified with ‘ʾAyûn | | | | Mûsa,’ the famous | | | | springs under Mount | | | | Nebo. The Revised | | | | Version gives ‘the | | | | slopes of Pisgah.’ | | | | (_Heth and Moab_, p. | | | | 131.) | | | | =ASHER=, Tribe |Josh. xix. | |-- | of | 24-31; | | | | Josephus v. | | | | Ant. 1, 22 | | | | | | | =ASHER= |Josh. xvii. 7 |_Not |-- |Named with Michmethah | | identified_ | | as being on the | | | | borders of Manasseh. | | | | According to Reland | | | | it is a double name | | | | Asherham-Michmethah. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 264, | | | | and _Mem._ II. 169; | | | | Sh. XI.) | | | | =ASHKELON=, |Judg. i. 18; |_ʾAskalân_ |13 |The present ruined city =ASKELON= | xiv. 19; 1 | | | ʾAskalân, on the coast | Sam. vi. | | | of Philistia. (_Mem._ | 17; 2 Sam. | | | III. 237; Sh. XIX.) | i. 20; Jer. | | | | xxv. 20; | | | | xlvii. 5, 7; | | | | Am. i. 8; | | | | Zeph. ii. 4, | | | | 7; Zech. ix. | | | | 5 | | | | | | | =ASHKENAZ= |Jer. li. 27 | | |One of the ‘Kingdoms of | | | | Ararat.’ | | | | =ASHNAH= (1) |Josh. xv. 33 |_Kefr Hasan_ |14 |‘A city of Judah.’ The | | (?)* | | ruined town ‘ʾAslin,’ | | | | between ‘Zorah’ and | | | | Eshtaol, has been | | | | proposed for this site. | | | | =ASHNAH= (2) |Josh. xv. 43 |_Not |-- |‘A city of Judah.’ | | identified_ | | Idhnah, 5 miles | | | | south-east of Beit | | | | Jibrin, has been | | | | suggested. | | | | =ASHTAROTH= |Deut. i. 4; |_Tell | 7 |‘A city in Bashan.’ | Josh. ix. | ʾAshtarah_ | | Very probably Tell | 10; xii. 4; | (?) | | ʾAshtarah in Jaulan. | xiii. 12, | | | (_Across the Jordan_, | 31; 1 Chron. | | | p. 209.) | vi. 71 | | | | | | | =ASHTEROTH |Gen. xiv. 5; |_Tell | 7 |The Samaritan version KARNAIM= | 1 Macc. v. | ʾAshtarah_ | | of the Pentateuch | 26, 43, 44; | (?) | | renders ‘Ashteroth | 2 Macc. xii. | | | Karnaim,’ by the name | 21, 26 | | | ‘Sunamein,’ a town on | | | | the Haj road, 28 miles | | | | south of Damascus. | | | | Tell ʾAshtarah farther | | | | north is also possible. | | | | =ASIA= |2 Esdr. xv. |Asia Minor |-- |Asia is here used in | 46; xvi. | | | its earlier sense, | 1; 1 Macc. | | | for Asia Minor or the | viii. 6; xi. | | | country north of the | 13; xii. 39; | | | Tarsus mountains. | xiii. 32; 2 | | | | Macc. iii. | | | | 3; x. 24 | | | | | | | =ASPHAR=, The |1 Macc. ix. |_Not |-- |In the wilderness of Pool of | 33; Ant. | identified_ | | Tekoa. | xiii. 1, 2 | | | | | | | =ASSYRIA= |Very | |-- | | frequently | | | | mentioned | | | | | | | =ATAD=, |Gen. l. 10, 11|_Not | |‘Beyond Jordan.’ Threshing | | identified_ | | floor of | | | | | | | | =ATARGATIS=, |2 Macc. xii. |At _Ashteroth |-- | Temple of | 26 | Karnaim_ | | | | | | =ATAROTH= (1) |Num. xxxii. |_Kh. |15 |In the land of Jazer | 3, 34 | ʾAttarûs_ (?)| | and Gilead, built by | | | | Gad. Possibly the | | | | ruins of ʾAttarus, | | | | north of the river | | | | Arnon. | | | | =ATAROTH= (2) |Josh. xvi. 7 |_Not |10 |Perhaps ‘Tell et | | identified_ | | Trûny,’ at the foot | | | | of the hills in the | | | | Jordan Valley. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 403; Sh. XV.; also | | | | p. 393, under the name | | | | Kh. Kaswah.)--Conder. | | | | =ATAROTH= (3) |Josh. xvi. 2 |Same as |-- | | | _Ataroth | | | | Adar_ | | | | | | =ATAROTH ADAR= |Josh. xvi. 2, |_Kh. ed |14 |Now the ruined Dârieh, | 5; xviii. | Dârieh_* | | west of Bethoron. | 13; 1 Chron. | | | (_Mem._ III. 35; Sh. | ii. 54 | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =ATHACH= |1 Sam. xxx. 30|_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =ATHENS= |2 Macc. vi. | |-- | | 1; ix. 15 | | | | | | | =ATROTH-BETH- |R.V., 1 | | | JOAB= | Chron. ii. 54| | | | | | | =ATROTH-SHOPHAN=|Num. xxxii. 35|_Not |-- |A city of Gad. Named | | identified_ | | between ‘Aroer and | | | | Jaazer.’ | | | | =AVA=, or |2 Kings xvii. |_Not |-- |Supposed to be the same =IVAH= (R.V. | 24; xviii. 34| identified_ | | place as Ahava, which =AVVA= and | | | | see. =IVVAH=) | | | | | | | | =AVEN=, The |Amos i. 5 |_Not |-- | Plain of (R.V. | | identified_ | | Valley of) | | | | | | | | =AVEN=, High |Hos. x. 8 |_Bethaven_ |10 |Beitîn. Places of | | | & | | | |14 | | | | | =AVEN= |Ezek. xxx. 17 |_On_; |-- |The sacred city of | | _Heliopolis_ | | Heliopolis or On, in | | | | Egypt. | | | | =AVIM= (R.V. |Joshua xviii. |_Not |-- |A town of Benjamin. =AVVIM=) | 23; Deut. | identified_ | | | ii. 23 | | | | | | | =AVITH= |Gen. xxxvi. |_Not |-- |A city of Hadad | 35; 1 Chron. | identified_ | | Ben-Bedad, one of the | i. 46 | | | Kings of Edom. | | | | =AZAL= (R.V. |Zech. xiv. 5 |_Not |-- |The limit to which the =AZEL=) | | identified_ | | valley or ravine of | | | | the Mount of Olives | | | | shall reach. | | | | =AZEKAH= |Josh. x. 10, |_Tell |14 |Both Tell Zakarîya and | 11; xv. 35; | Zakarîya_ | | Deir el ʾAshek have | 1 Sam. xvii. | | | been proposed, the | 1; 2 Chron. | | | former in the ‘Valley | xi. 9; Neh. | | | of Elah,’ and the | xi. 30; Jer. | | | latter in the ‘Valley | xxxiv. 7 | | | of Sorek.’ (_Mem._ | | | | II. 420 and 441; Sh. | | | | XVI.)--Conder. | | | | =AZEM=, or |Josh. xv. 29; |_Not |-- |In the south of Judah, =EZEM= (R.V. | xix. 3; 1 | identified_ | | allotted to Simeon. =EZEM=) | Chron. iv. 29| | | | | | | =AZMAVETH= |1 Chron. xii. |_Hizmeh_ |14 |The village Hizmeh, | 3; Ezra ii. | | | 4 miles north-east | 24; Neh. | | | of Jerusalem = | xii. 29 | | | Beth-azmaveth. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 9; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =AZMON= |Num. xxxiv. |_Not |-- |Named as being between | 4, 5; Josh. | identified_ | | Hazar-addar and the | xv. 4 | | | River or Brook of | | | | Egypt (Wâdy el Arîsh), | | | | in the extreme south | | | | of Judah; thought to | | | | refer to the same | | | | place as Heshmon. (?) | | | | =AZNOTH-TABOR= |Josh. xix. 34 |Summit (?) of | 6 |A place on the boundary | | _Mount Tabor_| | of Naphtali. (Sh. VI.) | | | | =AZOTUS= |Judith ii. | |-- |Ashdod, which see. | 28; 1 Macc. | | | | iv. 15; v. | | | | 68; x. 77, | | | | 84; xi. 4; | | | | xiv. 34; | | | | xvi. 10 | | | | | | | =AZOTUS=, Mount |1 Macc. ix. 15|The hill |10 |The hill of ‘Bir ez | | above _Bîr | | Zeit,’ 4 miles north | | ez Zeit_ | | of Bethel. | | | | =AZZAH= (R.V. |Deut. ii. 23; |_Gaza_ |-- |Identical with Gaza, =GAZA=) | 1 Kings iv. | | | which see. (In 1 Chr. | 24; Jer. | | | vii. 28, the Revised | xxv. 20 | | | Version reads Azzah, | | | | in the margin Ayyah.) | | | | =BAAL= |1 Chron. iv. |Same as |-- |_See_ Baalath Beer. | 33 | _Baalath | | | | Beer_ | | | | | | =BAALAH= |Josh. xv. 9, |Same as |-- |Another name for | 10; 2 Sam. | _Kirjath- | | Kirjath-jearim or | vi. 2; 1 | jearim_ | | Kirjath-baal. (In | Chron. xiii. | | | 2 Sam. vi. 2, the | 6 | | | Revised Version reads | | | | Baale Judah.) | | | | =BAALAH=, |Josh. xv. 29; |_Not |-- |A town in the south of =BALAH= or | xix. 3; 1 | identified_ | | Judah. (_Mem._ III. =BILHAH= | Chr. iv. 29 | | | 261; Sh. XX.) | | | | =BAALAH=, Mount |Josh. xv. 11 |_Not |-- |Named between ‘Ekron’ | | identified_ | | and ‘Jabneel.’ | | | | Probably one of the | | | | tops on the ridge | | | | running north of ‘el | | | | Mughâr’ (Makkedah). | | | | =BAALATH= |Josh. xix. |_Belʾaîn_* |10 |Perhaps the village | 44; 1 Kings | | | Belʾaîn, and identical | ix. 18; 2 | | | with the town in Kings | Chron. viii. | | | ix. 18, Ant. viii. 6, | 6 | | | 1. (_Mem._ II. 296; | | | | Sh. XIV.)--Conder. | | | | =BAALATH BEER= |Josh. xix. 8; |_Not |-- |In the south part of | 1 Sam. xxx. | identified_ | | Judah. Also called | 27 | | | Ramah or Ramath of the | | | | South. | | | | =BAAL-GAD= |Josh. xi. |_Bâniâs_ (?) | 7 |‘In the valley of | 17; xii. 7; | | | Lebanon, under Mount | xiii. 5 | | | Hermon.’ (_Bâniâs_, | | | | Schwarz & Robinson.) | | | | (_Mem._ I. 109; Sh. | | | | II.) | | | | =BAAL-HAMON= |Cant. viii. 11|_Not |-- |Perhaps Amana (Conder). | | identified_ | | _See_ Balamo. | | | | =BAAL-HAZOR= |2 Sam. xiii. |_Tell ʾAsûr_ |10 |The present mountain, | 23 | | | Tell ʾAsûr, near | | | | Ephraim (Taiyibeh). | | | | (_Mem._ II. 298; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =BAAL-HERMON=, |Judg. iii. 3; |_Mount | 3 |Also called Mount Mount | 1 Chron. v. | Hermon_; | | Hermon, Deut. iii. | 23 | _Jebel esh | | 8; ‘Sirion,’ and | | Sheikh_ | | ‘Shenir,’ Deut. iii. | | | | 9; Mount Zion, Deut. | | | | iv. 48. Now called | | | | Jebel esh Sheikh. | | | | =BAAL-MEON= |Num. xxxii. |_Tell Mʾaîn_ |15 |_See_ Beth-baal-meon. A | 38; 1 Chron. | | | town of Reuben. | v. 8; Ezek. | | | | xxv. 9 | | | | | | | =BAAL-PERAZIM= |2 Sam. v. 20; |_Not |-- |One of the scenes of | 1 Chron. | identified_ | | David’s victories in | xiv. 11 | | | the neighbourhood of | | | | the Valley of Rephaim. | | | | =BAAL-SHALISHA= |2 Kings iv. 42|_Kefr |10 |Kh. Sirîsia is 14 | | Thilth_* (?) | | miles north-east of | | | | Lydda. This place is | | | | identified in the | | | | Onomasticon with Baal | | | | Shalisha. The village | | | | Kh. Kefr. Thilth is | | | | 4 miles further on. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 299; Sh. | | | | XIV.) _See_ Conder’s | | | | _Bible Handbook_, p. | | | | 404. | | | | =BAAL-TAMAR= |Judg. xx. 33 |_ʾAttâra_ (?) |14 |Jewish tradition | | | | identifies the site | | | | with the large ruin | | | | ʾAttâra, near Gibeah | | | | of Benjamin. | | | | =BAAL-ZEPHON= |Ex. xiv. 2, |_Not |-- |A place in Egypt near | 9; Num. | identified_ | | which the Israelites | xxxiii. 7 | | | crossed the Red Sea. | | | | =BABEL=, Tower |Gen. x. 10; |_Birs Nimrûd_ |-- | of | xi. 4, 5, 9 | | | | | | | =BABYLON= |Very | |-- |On the Euphrates. | frequently | | | Usually connected with | mentioned | | | Birs Nimrûd. | | | | =BACA=, Valley |Ps. lxxxiv. 6 |_Not |-- |Signifying Valley of of | | identified_ | | Weeping, or Balsam | | | | trees. (R.V.) | | | | =BAHURIM= |2 Sam. iii. |_Kh. ʾAlmît_ |14 |The Targum of Jonathan | 16; xvi. 5; | (??) | | reads Almon (ʾAlmît). | xvii. 18; | | | Identical with Alemeth | xix. 16; 1 | | | and Almon, which see. | Kings ii. 8 | | | | | | | =BAJITH= (R.V. |Isaiah xv. 2 |_Not |-- |In Moab. =BAYITH=) | | identified_ | | | | | | =BALAH= |Josh. xix. 3 | |-- |_See_ Baalah. | | | | =BALAMO= |Judith viii. 3|See |-- |Near Dothaim (?). A | | _Baal-hamon_ | | corruption of Baal | | and _Bileam_ | | Hamon or Bileam. | | | | =BAMOTH-BAAL= |Num. xxi. 19; |_el |15 |‘The high places | xxii. 41; | Maslûbîyeh_ | | of Baal,’ between | Josh. xiii. | (?)* | | Nebo and Beth | 17 | | | Peor. (_Quarterly | | | | Statement_, 1882, p. | | | | 85; _Heth and Moab_, | | | | pp. 144-147.) | | | | =BAMOTH=, in |Num. xxi. 20 |‘High places’ |15 |This would perhaps the Valley | | or ‘altars’ | | refer to the dolmens (R.V. to the | | | | in Wâdy Jedeid, Valley) | | | | immediately north of | | | | ‘el Maslûbîyeh.’ (See | | | | _Heth and Moab_, p. | | | | 144.) | | | | =BASCAMA= |1 Macc. xiii. |_Not |-- |A place in Gilead. The | 23 | identified_ | | scene of Jonathan the | | | | Hasmonean’s death. | | | | =BASHAN= |Num. xxi. | | 6,|A district on the east | 33; xxxii. | | 7,| of Galilee, extending | 33; Deut. | |11,| from the borders of | i. 4; iii. | |12 | Gilead on the south | 1, 14; iv. | | | to Mount Hermon on | 43; xxix. | | | the north, and from | 7; xxxii. | | | the Jordan Valley on | 14; xxxiii. | | | the west, to Bozrah | 22; Josh. | | | on the east. The | ix. 10; xii. | | | later Aramaic name, | 4; xiii. | | | Batanea, applied to | 11, 12, 30; | | | the south part of the | xvii. 1, 5; | | | district. It perhaps | xx. 8; xxi. | | | survives in the modern | 6, 27; xxii. | | | district name, _el | 7; 1 Kings | | | Butein_, south-east of | iv. 13-19; 2 | | | Galilee and in _Ard | Kings x. 33; | | | el Bathania_, further | 1 Chron. v. | | | east. (_See_ Conder’s | 11, 16, 23; | | | _Handbook to the | vi. 62; Neh. | | | Bible_, p. 315.) | ix. 22; Ps. | | | | xxii. 12; | | | | lxviii. 15, | | | | 22; cxxxv. | | | | 11; cxxxvi. | | | | 20; Isa. ii. | | | | 13; xxxiii. | | | | 9; Jer. | | | | xxii. 20; l. | | | | 19; Ezek. | | | | xxvii. 6; | | | | xxxix. 18; | | | | Am. iv. 1; | | | | Micah vii. | | | | 14; Nah. i. | | | | 4; Zech. xi. | | | | 2 | | | | | | | =BASHAN-HAVOTH- |Deut. iii. 14 |Same as |-- | JAIR= (R.V.) | | _Argob_ | | =HAVVOTH-JAIR=)| | | | | | | | =BATH-RABBIM= |Cant. vii. 4 |_Not |-- |One of the gates of | | identified_ | | Heshbon. See _Heth and | | | | Moab_, p. 125. | | | | =BATH ZACHARIAS=|1 Macc. vi. |_Kh. Beit |14 |The present ruined | 32, 33; xii. | Skâria_ | | village of Beit | Ant. 9, 4; 1 | | | Skâria, south-west of | Wars i. 5 | | | Bethlehem. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 35; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =BEALOTH= |Josh. xv. 24 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in the | | identified_ | | extreme south of Judah. | | | | =BEBAI= |Judith xv. 4 |_Not |-- |A place only mentioned | | identified_ | | in Judith. | | | | =BECTILETH=, |Judith ii. 21 |_Not |-- |Mentioned as lying The Plain of | | identified_ | | between Nineveh and | | | | Cilicia. | | | | =BEER= (1) |Num. xxi. 16, |_Not |-- |One of the stations | 18 | identified_ | | of the Israelites, | | | | between ‘Ar’ and | | | | ‘Mattaneh.’ | | | | =BEER= (2) |Judg. ix. 21 |_Not |-- |Perhaps Beeroth of | | identified_ | | Benjamin.--Conder. | | | | =BEER-ELIM= |Isa. xv. 8 |_Not |-- |On the border of Moab. | | identified_ | | | | | | =BEER-LAHAI-ROI=|Gen. xvi. 14; |_ʾAin |20 |Between ‘Kedesh’ and | xxiv. 62; | Muweileh_ (?)| | Bered, in the south of | xxv. 11 | | | Judah. The well ‘ʾAin | | | | Muweileh,’ 12 miles | | | | to the west of ‘ʾAin | | | | Kadîs,’ is supposed | | | | by Rowlands to be the | | | | ancient one. | | | | =BEEROTH= |Deut. x. 6 |_Not |-- |One of the | | identified_ | | camping-stations | | | | of the Israelites. | | | | ‘Beerothe Bene-Jaakan’ | | | | = the wells of the | | | | children of Jaakan. | | | | =BEEROTH= |Josh. ix. 17; |_Bîreh_ |14 |‘A city of Benjamin.’ | xviii. 25; | | | The present village | 2 Sam. iv. | | | ‘Bîreh,’ a day’s | 2, 3, 5, 9; | | | journey from | xxiii. 37; | | | Jerusalem, on the main | Ezra ii. 25; | | | road to Shechem and | Neh. vii. | | | the north. (_Mem._ | 29; 1 Chron. | | | III. 88; Sh. XVII.) | xi. 39 | | | | | | | =BEER-SHEBA= |Gen. xxi. |_Bîr es Sebʾa_|13 |The present ruin ‘Bîr | 14-31; 33; | | | es Sebʾa,’ with three | xxii. 19; | | | wells. (_Mem._ III. | xxvi. 23, | | | 394; Sh. XXIV.) | 33; xxviii. | | | | 10; xlvi. 1, | | | | 5; Josh. xv. | | | | 28; xix. 2; | | | | Jud. xx. 1; | | | | 1 Sam. iii. | | | | 20; viii. 2; | | | | 2 Sam. iii. | | | | 10; xvii. | | | | 11; xxiv. | | | | 2, 7, 15; 1 | | | | Kings iv. | | | | 25; xix. 3; | | | | 2 Kings xii. | | | | 1; xxiii. | | | | 8; 1 Chron. | | | | iv. 28; | | | | xxi. 2; 2 | | | | Chron. xix. | | | | 4; xxiv. 1; | | | | xxx. 5; Neh. | | | | xi. 27, 30; | | | | Am. v. 5; | | | | viii. 14 | | | | | | | =BEESH-TERAH= |Josh. xxi. 27 |Same as |-- |In the Hauran, another | | _Ashtaroth_ | | name for Ashtaroth, | | | | which see. Considered | | | | by Gesenius as a | | | | contracted form of | | | | Beth-Ashtaroth. | | | | =BELA= |Gen. xiv. 2, 8|Same as _Zoar_|-- |The original name for | | | | Zoar, which see. | | | | =BELMAIM= or |Judith iv. 4; |_ʾAin | 6 |_See_ Bileam. (Conder’s =BELMEN= | vii. 3 | Belâmeh_ (?)*| | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 289.) | | | | Proposed by C. F. T. | | | | Drake. | | | | =BENEBERAK= |Josh. xix. 45 |_Ibn Ibrâk_ | 9 |The present village | | | | _Ibn Ibrâk_. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 251; Sh. XIII.) | | | | =BENJAMIN= High |Jer. xx. 2; | |-- |Somewhere in the north Gate, or Gate | xxxvii. 13; | | | wall of Jerusalem. of | xxxviii. 7; | | | | Zech. xiv. 10| | | | | | | =BENJAMIN=, |Josh. xviii., | |-- | Tribe of | and Josephus | | | | v. Ant. i. 22| | | | | | | =BEON= or |Num. xxxii. | |-- |_See_ Beth Baal-meon. =BAAL-MEON= | 3, 38 | | | | | | | =BERACHAH=, |2 Chron. xx. |_Wâdy |14 |‘The valley called Wâdy Valley | 26 | ʾArrûb_, | | ʾArrûb, above which of (R.V. | | (_Breikût_) | | is the ruin Breikût, =BERACAH=) | | | | a relic of the name.’ | | | | (_Mem._ III. 311; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =BEREA= (1) |2 Macc. xiii. |_Aleppo_ |-- |The modern Aleppo. | 4 | | | | | | | =BEREA= (2) |1 Macc. ix. |_Bîreh_ |14 |= Beeroth, which see. | 4; xii. Ant. | | | (Beroth, 1 Esdr. v. | 11, 1 | | | 19.) (_Mem._ III. 88; | | | | Sh. XVII.) | | | | =BERED= |Gen. xvi. 14 |_Khalasah_ (?)|20 |Between ‘Kadesh’ | | | | and ‘Bered’ lay | | | | the well ‘Lahai | | | | Roi.’ The Targum of | | | | pseudo-Jonathan reads | | | | ‘Khalutza’ = Khalasah, | | | | a heap of ruins, | | | | 13 miles south of | | | | Beersheba. | | | | =BEROTH= |1 Esdr. v. 19 |_Bîreh_ |-- |Probably the same as | | | | Berea = Beeroth, which | | | | see. | | | | =BEROTHAH= |Ezek. xlvii. |_Not |-- |The Rev. G. H. Tomkins, | 16 | identified_ | | in _Quarterly | | | | Statement_ for April, | | | | 1885, p. 108, suggests | | | | the vicinity of the | | | | rock-hewn inscriptions | | | | of Nebuchadnezzar | | | | in ‘Wâdy Brissa,’ | | | | north-west of Baalbek, | | | | and between Damascus | | | | and Hamath, as the | | | | site of the ancient | | | | Berothah. Others | | | | suggest Beirût. | | | | =BEROTHAI= |2 Sam. viii. 8|_Not |-- |Perhaps the same as | | identified_ | | Berothah. | | | | =BESOR=, The |1 Sam. xxx. |_Not |-- |Somewhere in the south Brook | 9, 10, 21 | identified_ | | of Judah. | | | | =BETAH= |2 Sam. viii. 8|_Not |-- |Same as Tibhath, which | | identified_ | | see. | | | | =BETANE= |Judith i. 9 |_Not |-- |Possibly Kh. Beit | | identified_ | | ʾAinûn. (Sh. XXI.) | | | | (_See_ ‘Beth-anoth.’) | | | | =BETEN= |Josh. xix. 25 |_el Bʾaneh_ | 6 |‘One of the cities | | | | on the border | | | | of the tribe of | | | | Asher.’ Eusebius | | | | places ‘Bebeten’ 8 | | | | Roman miles east | | | | of Ptolemais. This | | | | indicates the village | | | | ‘el Bʾaneh,’ which is | | | | 12 miles east. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 153; Sh. III.) | | | | =BETH-ACHATH= |2 Kings x. 12 |_Beit Kâd_* |10 |‘The Shearing House’ or or =EKED= | | | | ‘House of Gathering,’ | | | | (R.V.) The small | | | | village, ‘Beit Kâd,’ 3 | | | | miles east of Jenîn. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 83; Sh. | | | | IX.) | | | | =BETH-ANATH= |Josh. xix. |_ʾAinîtha_ | 6 |‘One of the fenced | 38; Judg. i. | | | cities of Naphtali.’ | 33 | | | The village, | | | | ‘ʾAinîtha,’ 6 miles | | | | west of ‘Kedesh.’ | | | | (_Mem._ I. 200; Sh. | | | | IV.) | | | | =BETH-ANOTH= |Josh. xv. 59 |_Kh. Beit |14 |‘One of the cities | | ʾAinûn_ | | in the mountains of | | | | Judah.’ The ruin, | | | | ‘Beit ʾAinûn,’ 1½ | | | | miles south-east of | | | | Halhul. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 351; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =BETH-ARABAH= |Josh. xv. 6, |_Not |-- |One of the six cities | 61; xviii. 22| identified_ | | of Judah in the | | | | Arabah; but in chap. | | | | xviii. 21, allotted to | | | | Benjamin. | | | | =BETH-ARAM= |Josh. xiii. 27|_Tell Râmeh_ |14 |One of the towns of (R.V. | | | | Gad, on the east =BETH-HARAM=) | | | | of Jordan. _See_ | | | | Beth-haran. | | | | =BETH-ARBEL= |Hosea x. 14 |_Not |-- |Probably Irbid in the | | identified_ | | Ajlûn, east of Jordan. | | | | =BETH-AVEN= |Josh. vii. 2; |_Not |-- |A place east of Bethel, | 1 Sam. xiii. | identified_ | | belonging to Benjamin. | 5; xiv. 23; | | | | Hos. iv. 15; | | | | v. 8; x. 5 | | | | | | | =BETH-AVEN=, |Josh. xviii. |The |10 |To the east of Bethel Wilderness of | 12 | wilderness |and| and Ai, in Benjamin. | | to the east |14 | | | of _Bethel_ | | | | | | =BETH-AZMAVETH= |Neh. vii. 28 |_Hizmeh_ |14 |The village Hizmeh, | | | | 4 miles north of | | | | Jerusalem. Also | | | | called ‘Azmaveth’ and | | | | Bethsamos, which see. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 9; Sh. | | | | XVII.) | | | | =BETH-BAAL-MEON=|Josh. xiii. 17|_Tell Mʾaîn_ |15 |Also called Baal-meon, | | | | Beth-meon, and Beon, | | | | belonging to Reuben. | | | | Now Tell Mʾaîn and | | | | ruins. | | | | =BETH-BARAH= |Judg. vii. 24 |_Not |-- |Perhaps near the ford | | identified_ | | in the Jordan, called | | | | ‘Mkt Abarah,’ north of | | | | Beth-shean. (_Mem._ | | | | II.; Sh. IX.) | | | | =BETH-BASI= |1 Macc. ix. |_Not |-- |In the wilderness, | 62, 64 | identified_ | | east of Jerusalem. | | | | Identified by Josephus | | | | (xiii. Ant. i. 5) | | | | with Beth Aglah (Beth | | | | Hoglah). | | | | =BETH-BIREI= |1 Chron. iv. |_Not |-- |A town of Simeon, in (R.V. | 31 | identified_ | | the extreme south. =BETH-BIRI=) | | | | (_Mem._ III. 261.) | | | | =BETH-CAR= |1 Sam. vii. |_Not |-- |Possibly ‘ʾAin Kârim,’ | 11; vi. Ant. | identified_ | | west of Mizpeh, the | 2, 2 | | | site of the stone | | | | ‘Eben-ezer,’ between | | | | ‘Mizpeh’ and ‘Shen.’ | | | | =BETH-DAGON= (1)|Josh. xv. 41 |_Dajûn_ (?) | 9 |Dajûn, between Lydda | | | | and Yebnah. Originally | | | | apportioned to Judah, | | | | afterwards in Dan. | | | | Suggested by M. | | | | Clermont-Ganneau. This | | | | ruin is south of the | | | | village Beit Dejan, | | | | which preserves the | | | | name. (_Mem._ II. 251; | | | | Sh. XIII.) | | | | =BETH-DAGON= (2)|Josh. xix. 27 |_Tell Dʾaûk_ | 6 |Probably Tell or | | (?) | | Kh. Dʾaûk near the | | | | boundary of Asher, | | | | south of Acre. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 268; | | | | _Mem._ I. 309; Sh. V.) | | | | =BETH-DAGON= (3)|1 Macc. x. 83 |Temple of |-- | | | _Dagon_ in | | | | _Azotus_ | | | | | | =BETH- |Jer. xlviii. |See _Almon |-- |A town of Moab. _See_ DIBLATHAIM= | 22 | Diblathaim_ | | Almon Diblathaim. | | | | Signifying house | | | | of the two discs. | | | | ‘Possibly the name | | | | Deleiyât may be a | | | | corruption of Diblah, | | | | as the situation seems | | | | appropriate, south of | | | | Tell Mʾaîn.’ (_Heth | | | | and Moab_.) | | | | =BETHEL= |Gen. xii. 8; |_Beitin_ |10 |The present village | xiii. 3; | | | Beitin, 9½ miles north | xxviii. 19; | | | of Jerusalem. (_Mem._ | xxxi. 13; | | | II. 305; Sh. XIV.) | xxxv. 1-16; | | | | Josh. vii. | | | | 2; viii. | | | | 9, 12, 17; | | | | xii. 9, 16; | | | | xvi. 2; | | | | xviii. 13, | | | | 22; Judg. i. | | | | 22; iv. 5; | | | | xxi. 2, 19; | | | | 1 Sam. vii. | | | | 16; x. 3; | | | | xxx. 27; 1 | | | | Kings xii. | | | | 29, 32, 33; | | | | xiii. 1, 4, | | | | 10, 11, 32; | | | | 2 Kings ii. | | | | 2, 23; x. | | | | 29; xvii. | | | | 28; xxiii. | | | | 4, 15, 17, | | | | 19; 1 Chron. | | | | vii. 28; 2 | | | | Chron. xiii. | | | | 19; Ezra ii. | | | | 28; Neh. | | | | vii. 32; xi. | | | | 31; Jer. | | | | xlviii. 13; | | | | Hos. x. 15; | | | | xii. 4; Am. | | | | iii. 14; iv. | | | | 4; v. 5, 6; | | | | vii. 10, 13; | | | | 1 Macc. ix. | | | | 50 | | | | | | | =BETHEL=, Mount |Josh. xvi. 1; |The hill |10 |The hill country around | 1 Sam. xiii. | country | | Bethel (R.V.). | 2 | around Bethel| | | | | | =BETH-EMEK= |Josh. xix. 27 |_ʾAmka_ (?) | 6 |Possibly the present | | | | village ‘Amka,’ 7 | | | | miles north-east of | | | | Accho, on or near | | | | the border of Asher. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 145; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =BETHER=, |Cant. ii. 17 |_Not |14 |Possibly Bethel. Mountains of | | identified_ | | Possibly Bittîr, | | | | south-west of | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =BETH-EZEL= |Mich. i. 11 |_Not |-- |Probably in the plain | | identified_ | | of Philistia. ? Azal, | | | | in Zech. xiv. 5. | | | | =BETH-GADER= |1 Chron. ii. |See _Geder_ |-- | | 51 | | | | | | | =BETH-GAMUL= |Jer. xlviii. |_Kh. Jemail_ |15 |In Moab. Perhaps | 23 | (?)* | | _Jemail_, east of | | | | Dibon. (Conder. See | | | | _Heth and Moab_ list.) | | | | =BETH-HACCEREM= |Neh. iii. 14; |_Not |-- |Possibly the Frank (R.V. =BETH- | Jer. vi. 1 | identified_ | | mountain; but the HACCHEREM=) | | | | name, ‘Beth Haccerem,’ | | | | ‘House of the | | | | Vineyards,’ has not | | | | been recovered. A more | | | | recent suggestion | | | | would place the house | | | | of vineyards at ‘ʾAin | | | | Karîm,’ the ‘spring of | | | | vineyards.’ (Conder, | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | p. 271, 1881). | | | | =BETH-HARAN= |Num. xxxii. 36|_Tell Râmeh_ |14 |One of the fortified | | | | towns of Gad. The | | | | ruins, or Tell, called | | | | Rameh, near Kefrein, | | | | east of Jericho, | | | | identical with | | | | Beth-aram, which see. | | | | =BETH-HOGLAH= |Josh. xv. 6; |_ʾAin Hajlah_ |14 |A town of Benjamin. The | xviii. 19, 21| | | ruin of ‘ʾAin Hajlah,’ | | | | south-east of Jericho. | | | | Beth-basi of Macc. ix. | | | | 62. (_Mem._ III. 173; | | | | Sh. XVIII.) | | | | =BETH-HORON=, |Josh. x. 10, |_Beit ʾUr el |14 |On the tribal boundary The Upper | 11; xvi. 5; | Foka_ | | between Ephraim and | xxi. 22; 1 | | | Benjamin. The present | Sam. xiii. | | | village, ‘Beit Ur el | 18; 1 Chron. | | | Foka.’ (_Mem._ III. | vii. 68; 2 | | | 86; Sh. XVII.) | Chron. viii. | | | | 5; xxv. 13; | | | | 1 Macc. iii. | | | | 24 | | | | | | | =BETH-HORON=, |Josh. xvi. |_Beit ʾUr el_ |14 |On the tribal boundary The Nether | 3; xviii. | _Tahta_ | | between Ephraim and | 13, 14; 1 | | | Benjamin. The present | Kings ix. | | | village ‘Beit Ur el | 17; 1 Chron. | | | Tahta.’ | vi. 24; 2 | | | | Chron. viii. | | | | 5; Macc. | | | | iii. 16; | | | | vii. 39; ix. | | | | 50; Ecclus. | | | | xlvi. 6 | | | | | | | =BETHORON= |Judith iv. 4 | | |Beth-horon. | | | | =BETH-JESIMOTH=,|Num. xxxiii. |_ʾAin |14 |A small mound with or =JESHIMOTH= | 49; Josh. | Suweimeh_ | | ruins and spring near | xii. 3; | | | the north-east corner | xiii. 20; | | | of the Dead Sea. | Ezek. xxv. 9 | | | | | | | =BETH-LEBAOTH= |Josh. xix. 6 |_Not |-- |A town in the lot of | | identified_ | | Simeon, somewhere in | | | | the south of Judah. | | | | =BETHLEHEM= of |Gen. xxxv. |_Beit Lahm_ |14 |The present town Judah | 19; xlviii. | | | Beit Lahm, 5 miles | 7; Judg. | | | south of Jerusalem. | xii. 8-10; | | | One of the fenced | xvii. 7, 9; | | | cities of Rehoboam, | xix. 12, | | | and originally | 18; Ruth i. | | | called ‘Ephrath’ or | 1, 2, 19, | | | ‘Ephratah.’ (_Mem._ | 22; ii. 4; | | | III. 28, 83; Sh. XVII.) | iv. 11; 1 | | | | Sam. xvi. 4; | | | | xvii. 12, | | | | 15; xx. 6, | | | | 28; 2 Sam. | | | | ii. 32; | | | | xxiii. 14, | | | | 15, 16, 24; | | | | 1 Chron. ii. | | | | 51, 54; iv. | | | | 4; xi. 16, | | | | 26; 2 Chron. | | | | xi. 6; Ezra | | | | ii. 21; Neh. | | | | vii. 26; | | | | Jer. xli. | | | | 17; Micah v. | | | | 2 | | | | | | | =BETHLEHEM= of |Josh. xix. |_Beit Lahm_ | 6 |The small village Zebulon | 15; Judg. | | | Beit Lahm, 7 miles | xii. 8, 10 | | | north-west of | | | | Nazareth. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 301; Sh. V.) | | | | =BETHLOMON= |1 Esd. v. 17 |_Beit Lahm_ | |Bethlehem of Judah. | | | | =BETH-MAACAH= |2 Sam. xx. |_See |-- | | 14, 15 | Aram-maachah_| | | | | | =BETH-MARCABOTH=|Josh. xix. 5; |_Not |-- |A town of Simeon, | 1 Chron. iv. | identified_ | | somewhere in the south | 31 | | | of Judah. | | | | =BETH-MEON= |Jer. xlviii. |_Tell Mʾaîn_ |-- |Same as Beth-baal-meon, | 23 | | | which see. | | | | =BETH-MERHAK= |2 Sam. xv. 17 |_Not |-- |‘The Far House.’ A | (R.V.) | identified_ | | place near Jerusalem. | | | | =BETH-NIMRAH= |Num. xxxii. |_Tell Nimrîn_ |14 |The ruins of Tell | 36; Josh. | | | Nimrîn, on the edge of | xiii. 27 | | | the plain of Shittim, | | | | 10 miles to the north | | | | of the Salt Sea. ‘A | | | | fenced city of Gad.’ | | | | =BETH-PALET= or |Josh. xv. 27; |_Not |-- |In the south of Judah. =PHALET= (R.V. | Neh. xi. 26 | identified_ | | =BETH-PELET=) | | | | | | | | =BETH-PAZZEZ= |Josh. xix. 21 |_Not |-- |Mentioned with | | identified_ | | En-gannim and | | | | En-haddah of Issachar. | | | | =BETH-PEOR= |Deut. iii. |_Mareighât_ |14 |(Conder’s _Heth and | 29; iv. 46; | (?)* | | Moab_, p. 14, and | xxxiv. 6; | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | Josh. xiii. | | | 1882, p. 88.) _See_ | 20 | | | Peor (Num. xxii. 28), | | | | which is perhaps | | | | _Minyeh_, at west end | | | | of same ridge. | | | | =BETH-REHOB= (1)|Judg. xviii. |_Hunîn_ (?) |-- |Somewhere near the | 28 | | | town of Laish or Dan. | | | | Possibly Hunîn, a | | | | fortress commanding | | | | the plain of Hûleh, in | | | | which the city of Dan | | | | (Tell el Kâdy) lay. | | | | (Robinson.) | | | | =BETH-REHOB= (2)|2 Sam. x. 6 |_Not |-- |An Aramean state south | | identified_ | | of Zobah and near the | | | | Euphrates. | | | | =BETHSAMOS= |1 Esdr. v. 18 |_Hizmeh_ |-- |Same as Beth Azmaveth | | | | and Azmaveth, which | | | | see. | | | | =BETH-SAN= |1 Macc. v. | |-- |_See_ Beth-shean. | 52; xii. 40, | | | | 41 | | | | | | | =BETH-SHEAN= or |Josh. xvii. |_Beisân_ |10 |Represented by the =BETH-SHAN= | 11, 16; | | | modern town ‘Beisân’ | Judg. i. 27; | | | and the extensive | 1 Sam. xxxi. | | | ruins surrounding it. | 10, 12; 2 | | | (_Mem._ I. 101-107; | Sam. xxi. | | | Sh. IX.) | 12; 1 Kings | | | | iv. 12; 1 | | | | Chron. vii. | | | | 29 | | | | | | | =BETH-SHEMESH= |Josh. xv. 10; |_ʾAin Shems_ |14 |On the boundary of (1) | xxi. 16; 1 | | | Judah; now the ruins | Sam. vi. 9, | | | called ‘ʾAin Shems’ in | 20; 1 Kings | | | the valley of Sorek. | iv. 9; 2 | | | (_Mem._ III. 35, 60; | Kings xiv. | | | Sh. XVII.) | 11; 1 Chron. | | | | vi. 59; 2 | | | | Chron. xxv. | | | | 21; xxviii. | | | | 18 | | | | | | | =BETH-SHEMESH= |Josh. xix. 22 |_ʾAin es |10 |A city of Issachar. (2) | | Shemsîyeh_ | | Possibly ʾAin esh | | (??)* | | Shemsîyeh, in the | | | | Jordan Valley, south | | | | of Beisân. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 231; Sh. XII.)--Conder. | | | | =BETH-SHEMESH= |Jer. xliii. 13|_Heliopolis_ |-- |In the Middle Ages (3) | | | | Heliopolis was called | | | | Ain Shems, by the | | | | Arabs. A ruin 10 miles | | | | north-east of Cairo. | | | | (Robinson, i. 25.) | | | | =BETH-SHEMESH= |Josh. xix. |_Kh. Shemsîn_ | 6 |Thought by some to be (4) | 38; Judg. i. | (?)* _Kh. | | Kh. Shemʾa, 3 miles | 33 | Shemʾa_ (??) | | west of Safed. One of | | | | the ‘fenced cities’ of | | | | Naphtali. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 246; Sh. IV.) Possibly | | | | _Kh. Shemsîn_, east of | | | | Mount Tabor.--Conder, | | | | Sh. VI. | | | | =BETH-SHITTAH= |Judg. vii. 22 |_Shutta_ (?) |10 |Was in or near Jordan | | | | Valley. The name | | | | exists at Shutta | | | | (Sheet IX.), where | | | | Robinson places this | | | | site. | | | | =BETHSURA= |1 Macc. iv. |_Beit Sûr_ |-- |The Beth-zur of Joshua | 29, 61; vi. | | | xv. 58, etc. | 7, 26, 31, | | | | 49, 50; ix. | | | | 52; x. 14; | | | | xi. 65; xiv. | | | | 7, 33; 2 | | | | Macc. xi. 5; | | | | xiii. 19, 22 | | | | | | | =BETH-TAPPUAH= |Josh. xv. 53 |_Tŭffûh_ |14 |Now represented by the | | | | modern village Tŭffûh, | | | | west of Hebron. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 310, 379; | | | | Sh. XXI.) | | | | =BETHUL= or |Josh. xix. 4; |_Not |14 |Possibly the small =BETHUEL= | 1 Chron. iv. | identified_ | | village ‘Beit Aûla,’ | 30 | | | 5 miles west of | | | | Hûlhûl. Mentioned | | | | with ‘Eltolad’ | | | | and ‘Hormah,’ and | | | | belonging to Simeon. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 302; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =BETHULIA= |Judith iv. |_Melithia_ |10 |The village Methilieh, | 6; vi. 10, | (?)* | | 5 miles south of | 11, 14; vii. | | | Jenin. (_Mem._ II. | 1-20; viii. | | | 156; Sh. XI.)--Conder. | 3, 11; x. 6; | | | | xi. 9; xii. | | |In the Middle Ages | 7; xiii. 10; | | | the name of Bethulia | xv. 3, 6; | | | was given to the | xvi. 21, 23 | | | ‘Frank mountain’ | | | | south of Jerusalem | | | | (Rob., i. 479), | | | | later to ‘Safed,’ in | | | | Upper Galilee (Rob., | | | | ii. 425). ‘Sanur,’ | | | | immediately south of | | | | Methilieh, has been | | | | proposed; but the | | | | site of Methilieh | | | | appears to meet all | | | | the requirements. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 289.) | | | | =BETH-ZACHARIAS=| |See _Bath |-- | | | Zacharias_ | | | | | | =BETH-ZUR= |Josh. xv. 58; |_Beit Sûr_ |14 |Between Hŭlhûl and | 1 Chron. ii. | | | Gedor in the mountains | 45; 2 Chron. | | | of Judah. The present | xi. 7; Neh. | | | ruined town, Beit | iii. 16 | | | Sûr, 4 miles north of | | | | Hebron. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 311; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =BETOLIUS= |1 Esdr. v. 21 |_Bethel_ |-- |= Bethel. | | | | =BETOMESTHAM= |Judith iv. 6; |_Kh. |10 |A town ‘over against | xv. 4 | Massîn_(??)* | | Esdraelon, facing the | | | | plain that is near | | | | Dothaim.’ Possibly | | | | Kh. Massîn, 8 miles | | | | south-west of Tell | | | | Dothan. | | | | =BETONIM= |Josh. xiii. 26|_Not |-- |‘A town in Gad.’ The | | identified_ | | name ‘Bataneh’ applies | | | | to a heap of ruins, 3½ | | | | miles to south-west of | | | | es Salt. | | | | =BEZEK= (1) |Judg. i. 4, 5 |_Bezkah_ (??)*|14 |In Judah. Perhaps the | | | | present ruin, Bezkah, | | | | 6 miles south-east of | | | | Lydda. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 36; Sh. XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =BEZEK= (2) |1 Sam. xi. 8 |_Kh. Ibzîk_* |10 |Now Kh. Ibzîk, 13 miles | | | | north-east of Shechem. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 231, 237; | | | | Sh. XII.)--Conder. | | | | =BEZER=, in the |Deut. iv. 43; |_Kŭsr el |14 |A town of Reuben ‘in Wilderness | Josh. xx. 8; | Besheir_ (?) | | the wilderness’ | xxi. 36; 1 | | | upon ‘the plain’ or | Chr. vi. 78 | | | table-land. One of | | | | the six cities of | | | | refuge. The name ‘Kŭsr | | | | el Besheir’ occurs | | | | near Dibon, and was | | | | proposed by the late | | | | Professor Palmer. | | | | =BEZETH= |1 Macc. vii. |_Mt. of |-- |Possibly Bezetha, at | 19 | Olives_ (?), | | Jerusalem. (_Mem._ | | or _Bezetha_ | | III. 312; Sh. XXI.) | | (?) | | | | | | =BILEAM= |1 Chron. vi. |In the _Wâdy |10 |A town in western | 70 | Belʾameh.* | | Manasseh. In Joshua | | Not | | xvii. 11, Ibleam. | | identified_ | | In Joshua xxi. 25, | | | | Gath-rimmon. The name | | | | is still recognisable | | | | in Wâdy Belʾameh, near | | | | Jenîn. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 47-48; Sh. VIII.) | | | | =BILHAH= |1 Chron. iv. |_Not |-- |A town of Simeon; also | 29 | identified_ | | called Baalah and | | | | Balah. | | | | =BITHRON= |2 Sam. ii. 29 |_Not |-- |A district on the | | identified_ | | east side of the | | | | Jordan Valley, and | | | | between the Jordan and | | | | Mahanaim. | | | | =BIZJOTHJAH= |Josh. xv. 28 |_Not |-- |A town in the south of (R.V. | | identified_ | | Judah, named next to =BIZIOTHIAH=) | | | | Beer-sheba. | | | | =BOCHIM= |Judg. ii. 1, 5|_Not |-- |A place on the west of | | identified_ | | Jordan above Gilgal, | | | | so called because the | | | | people ‘wept’ there. | | | | =BOHAN=, Stone |Josh. xv. 6; |_Not |14 |A landmark on the of | xviii. 17 | identified_ | | boundary between | | | | Benjamin and Judah. | | | | Placed at ‘Hajr | | | | el Asbâh,’ on the | | | | cliff to the west | | | | of the north end | | | | of the Dead Sea | | | | (Ganneau)--uncertain. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 199; Sh. | | | | XVIII.) | | | | =BOSOR= |1 Macc. v. 26 |_Busr el | 7 |A fortified city on the | | Hariri_ (?) | | east of Jordan. Named | | | | with the cities of | | | | Bosora, Alemais, etc., | | | | etc. Probably Busr | | | | el Hariri, 5 miles | | | | south-east of Edrei. | | | | =BOSORA= |1 Macc. v. |_Busrah_ |12 |A fortified city on | 26, 28 | | | the east of Jordan, | | | | mentioned with | | | | ‘Bosor,’ etc. Probably | | | | ‘Bozrah,’ east of | | | | Bashan. | | | | =BOZEZ= |1 Sam. xiv. |_The north |14 |The north cliff of the | 4, 5 | cliff | | valley of ‘Michmash,’ | | of Wâdy | | and nearly opposite is | | Suweinît_ | | the rugged precipice | | | | of ‘Seneh.’ (_See_ | | | | Conder’s _Tent Work in | | | | Palestine_.) | | | | =BOZKATH= or |Josh. xv. 39; |_Not |-- |A city of Judah, =BOSCATH= | 2 Kings | identified_ | | mentioned between | xxii. 1 | | | ‘Lachish’ and ‘Eglon.’ | | | | =BOZRAH= of |Gen. xxxvi. |_el Buseirah_ |21 |Now the ruins called =EDOM= (1) | 33; 1 Chron. | | | ‘el Buseirah,’ in | i. 44; Isa. | | | Edom, south-east | xxxiv. 6; | | | of the Dead Sea. | lxiii. 1; | | | (Burckhardt, 407; | Jer. xlix. | | | Robinson, ii. 167.) | 13, 22; Amos | | | | i. 12; Micah | | | | ii. 12 | | | | | | | =BOZRAH= of |Jer. xlviii. |Probably same |12 |Is perhaps the Bosor of =MOAB= (2) | 24 | as _Bezer_, | | Moabite Stone in Moab, | | in the | | but see preceding. | | wilderness, | | | | which see. | | | | | | =CABBON= |Josh. xv. 40 |_Not |-- |A town in the low | | identified_ | | country of Judah. | | | | =CABUL= |Josh. xix. |_Kâbûl_ | 6 |The present village, | 27; 1 Kings | | | ‘Kabûl,’ 9 miles east | ix. 13 | | | of ʾAkka. Named as one | | | | of the places on the | | | | boundary of Asher. | | | | (Robinson, iii. 87-8; | | | | _Mem._ I. 308; Sh. V.) | | | | =CADES= |1 Macc. xi. |See _Kedesh_ |-- |_See_ Kedesh Naphtali | 63, 73 | | | (3). | | | | =CADES-BARNE= |Judith v. 14 |See _Kadesh- |-- | | | barnea_ | | | | | | =CAIN= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 57 |_Kh. Yukîn_ |14 |Named between Zanoah =KAIN=) | | | | and Gibeah. Possibly | | | | the ruin Yukîn, 3 | | | | miles south-east of | | | | Hebron. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 312; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =CALAH= |Gen. x. 11 |_Nimrûd_ |-- |The south quarter of | | | | Nineveh. | | | | =CALNEH=, or |Gen. x. 10; |_Zerghul_ (?) |-- | =CALNO= | Isa. x. 9; | | | | Amos vi. 2; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 23, Canneh | | | | | | | =CALEB EPHRATAH=|1 Chron. ii. |_Not |-- |Possibly Bethlehem. | 24 | identified_ | | | | | | =CAMON= (R.V. |Judg. x. 5 |_Not |-- |A city of Gilead, and =KAMON=) | | identified_ | | the place where Jair, | | | | one of the Judges of | | | | Israel, was buried. v. | | | | Ant. 7, 6. | | | | =CANAAN=, The |Gen. xii. 5; |_Western |-- |The low country of the Land of | xxiii. 2, | Palestine_ | | Jordan Valley and | 19; xxxi. | | | the Mediterranean | 18; xxxiii. | | | coast. The word means | 18; xxxv. | | | ‘Lowlands.’ It is | 6; xxxvii. | | | sometimes applied to | 1; xlviii. | | | all Palestine. | 3, 7; xlix. | | | | 30; Num. | | | | xiii. 2, 17; | | | | xxxiii. 40, | | | | 51; Josh. | | | | xxi. 2; | | | | Judg. xxi. | | | | 12; etc., | | | | etc. | | | | | | | =CAPHAR-SALAMA= |1 Macc. vii. |_Not |-- |Kefr Silwan (Smith’s | 31; xii. | identified_ | | _Bible Dictionary_), | Ant. 10, 4 | | | near Jerusalem. The | | | | village Selmeh, near | | | | Joppa. (Conder, | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_.) | | | | =CAPHIRA= |1 Esdr. v. 19 |See |-- | | | _Chephirah_ | | | | | | =CAPHENATHA= |1 Macc. xii. |_Not |-- |A place close and | 37 | identified_ | | on east side of | | | | Jerusalem, and | | | | repaired by Jonathan. | | | | =CAPHTOR= |Deut. ii. 23; |_Not | | | Jer. xlvii. | identified_ | | | 4; Amos ix. 7| | | | | | | =CARCHEMISH= |2 Chron. |_Jerablûs_ or |-- |In 2 Chron. xxxv. 20, (R.V. | xxxv. 20; | _Membij_ | | Charchemish, and =CARCHEMISH=) | Isa. x. 9; | | | in Esdras i. 25, | Jer. xlvi. 2 | | | Carchamis. | | | | =CARIA= |1 Macc. xv. 23|South-west |-- | | | portion of | | | | Asia Minor | | | | | | =CARMEL=, Mount |Josh. xii. |_Jebel Kŭrmŭl_| 6 |Now called Jebel | 22; xix. | | | Kŭrmŭl. (_Mem._ I. | 26; 1 Kings | | | 264; Sh. V.) | xviii. 19, | | | | 20, 42; 2 | | | | Kings ii. | | | | 25; iv. 25; | | | | xix. 23; 2 | | | | Chron. xxvi. | | | | 10; Cant. | | | | vii. 5; Isa. | | | | xxxiii. 9; | | | | xxxv. 2; | | | | xxxvii. 24; | | | | Jer. xlvi. | | | | 18; l. 19; | | | | Amos i. 2; | | | | ix. 3; Micah | | | | vii. 14; | | | | Nah. i. 4; | | | | Judith i. 8 | | | | | | | =CARMEL= (of |Josh. xv. 55; |_el Kŭrmŭl_ |14 |The present ruined Judah) | 1 Sam. xv. | | | town Kŭrmŭl, south of | 12; xxv. 2, | | | Hebron. (_Mem._ III. | 5, 7, 40 | | | 212; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =CARNAIM= |1 Macc. v. |_Ashtaroth |-- |_See_ Ashteroth | 26, 43, 44 | Karnaim_ | | Karnaim, also called | | | | Carnion (2 Macc. xii. | | | | 21, 26). | | | | =CASIPHIA= |Ezra viii. 17 |_Not |-- |On the road between | | identified_ | | Babylon and Jerusalem. | | | | =CASPHON= or |1 Macc. v. |_Not |-- |One of the strong =CASPHOR= | 26, 36 | identified_ | | cities in the country | | | | of Galaad. | | | | =CASPIS= |2 Macc. xii. |_Not |-- |Whether east or west | 13 | identified_ | | of Jordan uncertain. | | | | Possibly the same | | | | place as the preceding | | | | two names (Casphon and | | | | Casphor) apply to. | | | | =CEDRON= |1 Macc. xv. |_Katrah_ |13 |The modern village, | 39, 41; xvi. | | | Katrah, 5 miles east | 9 | | | of Yebnah (Jamnia). | | | | (_Mem._ II. 410; Sh. | | | | XVI.) | | | | =CHADIAS= |1 Esdr. v. 20 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =CHALDEA= or |Jer. l. 10; | |-- |The most southern part =CHALDAEA= | li. 24, 35; | | | of Babylonia. The | Ezek. xi. | | | name Kaldai occurs in | 24; xvi. 29; | | | cuneiform for an early | xxiii. 15, | | | tribe. | 16; Judith | | | | v. 6 | | | | | | | =CHARACA= |2 Macc. xii. |_Not |-- |East of Jordan, in | 17 | identified_ | | Gilead--750 stadia | | | | from the city Caspis; | | | | position of Caspis not | | | | known. | | | | =CHARASHIM=, |1 Chron. iv. |_Kh. Hirsha_ | 9 |Near Lod and Ono Valley | 14; Neh. xi. | (?)* | | (Neh. xi. 35). The of (R.V. | 35 | | | name is preserved in =GE-HARASHIM=) | | | | the ruin Hirsha, 4½ | | | | miles to the east of | | | | Yalo (Sh. XVII.), | | | | and 12½ south-east | | | | of Lydda. The Wâdy | | | | from it passing Yâlô | | | | and joining Wâdy | | | | Selmân (the Valley of | | | | Ajalon) is one of the | | | | principal watercourses | | | | leading by Lod and | | | | Ono. (_Mem._ III. 36; | | | | Sh. XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =CHEBAR= |Ezek. i. 1, |_Not |-- |A river in ‘the land of | 3; iii. 15, | identified_ | | the Chaldeans.’ | 23 | | | | | | | =CHELLUS= |Judith i. 9 |_Not |-- |On the west of Jordan. | | identified_ | | | | | | =CHELOD= |Judith i. 6 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =CHEPHAR- |Josh. xviii. |_Kh. Kefr |10 |Mentioned among the HAAMMONAI= | 24 | ʾÂna_ (?) | | towns of Benjamin. (R.V. | | | | Thought to be the =CHEPHAR- | | | | ruin ‘Kefr ʾÂna,’ 3 AMMONI=) | | | | miles north of Bethel. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 299; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =CHEPHIRAH= |Josh. ix. 17; |_Kefîreh_ |14 |The ruin Kefîreh, 8 | xviii. 26; | | | miles north-west of | Ezra ii. 25; | | | Jerusalem. 1 Esdr. v. | Neh. vii. 29 | | | 19, Caphira. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 36; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =CHERITH=, The |1 Kings xvii. |_Not |-- |Jerome (Onomasticon Brook | 3, 5 | identified_ | | Chorath) would place | | | | the Cherith beyond | | | | Jordan. Schwarz, ‘Wâdy | | | | Alias or Yabis,’ | | | | opposite ‘Beth Shean.’ | | | | Marino Sanuto, in | | | | 1321, makes it run by | | | | Phasaelis,--Herod’s | | | | city in the Jordan | | | | Valley. Robinson | | | | proposed ‘Wâdy Kelt,’ | | | | behind Jericho. The | | | | expression ‘facing’ | | | | Jordan favours the | | | | view that it was east | | | | of that river. | | | | =CHERUB= |Ezra ii. 59; |_Not |14 |Possibly in Babylonia, | Neh. vii. 61 | identified_ | | but uncertain. One | | | | of the (five) places | | | | from which some of the | | | | Captivity returned and | | | | could not prove their | | | | pedigree. | | | | =CHESALON= |Josh. xv. 10 |_Kesla_ |14 |On Mount Jearim. The | | | | name is preserved in | | | | Kesla, the village | | | | 10 miles west of | | | | Jerusalem. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 259; _Mem._ | | | | III. 25, 26; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =CHESIL= |Josh. xv. 30 |_Not |14 |In Josh. xix. 4, | | identified_ | | Bethul. 1 Chr. iv. 30, | | Same as | | Bethuel. | | _Bethul_ | | | | | | =CHESULLOTH= |Josh. xix. 18 |_Iksâl_ | 6 |The present village, | | | | Iksâl of Issachar. The | | | | Xaloth of Josephus, | | | | or Chisloth Tabor. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 365; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =CHETTIIM= |1 Macc. i. 1 |_Chittim_ or |-- | | | _Macedonia_ | | | | | | =CHEZIB= |Gen. xxxviii. |_ʾAin Kezbeh_ |14 |The name appears to | 5 | (?)* | | linger in that of | | | | ʾAin Kezbeh. Possibly | | | | Beit Nettîf near it. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 36; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =CHIDON=, The |1 Chron. |_Not |-- |= Nachon, 2 Sam. vi. Threshing-Floor| xiii. 9 | identified_ | | 6. Somewhere between | | | | Kirjath-jearim and | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =CHILMAD= |Ezek. xxvii. |_Kalwâdha_ |-- |Near Baghdad. Named | 23 | | | with ‘Sheba’ and | | | | ‘Asshur.’ | | | | =CHINNERETH= |Deut. iii. |_Not |-- |A fortified city of (R.V. | 17; Josh. | identified_ | | Naphtali. The Talmud =CHINNEROTH=, | xix. 35; xi. | | | (Tal. Jer. Megillah, Josh. xi. 2; 1 | 2 | | | 70a) renders the Kings xv. 20) | | | | name by Ginizer = | | | | Gennesareth. _See_ the | | | | next. | | | | =CHINNERETH=, |Num. xxxiv. |_Sea of | 6 |Sea of Galilee or Bahr Sea of | 11; Deut. | Galilee_ | | Tubarîya. By Josephus | iii. 17; | | | and Maccabees. | Josh. xii. | | | Gennesar, which see. | 3; xiii. 27 | | | | | | | =CHISLOTH-TABOR=|Josh. xix. 12 |Same as |-- |_See_ Chesulloth. | | _Chesulloth_ | | (_Mem._ I. 365; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =CHITTIM= |Num. xxiv. |_Cyprus_ |-- |A Japhetic people or | 24; Isa. | | | place, remote from | xxiii. 1, | | | Palestine, separated | 12; Jer. ii. | | | therefrom by sea. In | 10; Ezek. | | | Macc. i. 1, Chettims; | xxvii. 6; | | | 1 Macc. viii. 5, | Dan. xi. 30 | | | Citims; Gen. x. 4, 1 | | | | Chron. i. 7, Kittim. | | | | In Old Testament | | | | no doubt Cyprus is | | | | intended; but in | | | | Apocrypha, perhaps | | | | Macedonia. _See_ | | | | Cyprus (Grove’s _Bible | | | | Atlas_). | | | | =CHOBA=, or |Judith iv. 4; |_el Mekhubby_ |10 |The present ruin, ‘el =CHOBAI= | xv. 4, 5 | (?)* | | Mekhubby,’ 9 miles | | | | south-east of Jenîn. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 231; Sh. | | | | XII.)--Conder. | | | | =CHORASHAN= |1 Sam. xxx. 30|_Not |-- |Probably = Ashan of (R.V. | | identified_ | | Simeon, Josh. xix. 4. =CORASHAN=) | | | | (R.V. | | | | =BORASHAN=, | | | | margin) | | | | | | | | =CHOZEBA= (R.V. |1 Chron. iv. |_Kh. |14 |Possibly the present =COZEBA=) | 22 | Kûeizîba_ | | ruin Kûeizîba, 2½ | | (?)* | | miles north-east of | | | | Hŭlhûl. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 313; Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =CHUN= (R.V. |1 Chron. |_Not |-- |_See_ Berothah. =CUN=) | xviii. 8 | identified_ | | | | | | =CHUSI= |Judith vii. 18|_Kûzah_ (?)* |10 |The present village, | | | | near the brook | | | | Mochmur, 6 miles | | | | south of Shechem. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 286; Sh. | | | | XIV.)--Conder. | | | | =CINNEROTH= |1 Kings xv. 20|_El Ghuweir_ |-- |Probably the district (R.V. | | | | called later the =CHINNEROTH=) | | | | ‘land of Genesareth.’ | | | | Identical with =CIRAMA= |1 Esdr. v. 20 |_Not |-- | Chinnereth, which see. | | identified_ | | | | | | =CNIDUS= |1 Macc. xv. |On _Cape Krio_|-- |A city of great | 23; Acts | | | importance, at one | xxvii. 7 | | | time situated on a | | | | promontory called | | | | Cape Crio, at the | | | | extreme south-west of | | | | the peninsula of Asia | | | | Minor. (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =CILICIA= |Judith i. 7, | | |In Asia Minor. | 12; ii. 21, | | | | 25; 1 Macc. | | | | xi. 14; 2 | | | | Macc. iv. 36 | | | | | | | =COELESYRIA= |1 Esd. ii. |_el Bukâʾa_ | 3 |A name given by the and =CELOSYRIA=| 17, 24, 27; | | | Greeks to the great | iv. 48; vi. | | | valley between Libanus | 29; vii. 1; | | | and Anti-Libanus. | viii. 67; 1 | | | Also applied to | Macc. x. 69; | | | the district east | 2 Macc. iii. | | | of Anti-Libanus, | 5, 8; iv. 4; | | | including the Damascus | viii. 8; x. | | | country. (Smith’s | 11; Ant. i. | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | 11, 5; xiii. | | | | 13, 2 | | | | | | | =COLA= |Judith xv. 4 |_Kh. Kâʾaûn_ |10 |A place named with | | (?)* | | Chobai (Judg. xv. 4). | | | | Perhaps Kh. Kâʾaûn in | | | | the Jordan Valley. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 238; Sh. | | | | XII.)--Conder. | | | | =COS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Stanchio_ |-- |Now called Stanchio | | | | or Stanko, an island | | | | in the Grecian | | | | Archipelago. For a | | | | good account of the | | | | island, see Clarke’s | | | | _Travels_, vol. ii., | | | | pp. 196-213, and | | | | 321-333. | | | | =CRETE= |1 Macc. x. 67 | | |The island of Crete. | | | | =CUSH= |Gen. x. 6, 8; | | |_See_ Ethiopia. | 1 Chron. i. | | | | 8-10; Isa. | | | | xi. 11 | | | | | | | =CYAMON= |Judith vii. 3 |_Tell Keimûn_ |10 |‘Lying in the plain | | | | over Esdraelom.’ | | | | Eusebius and Jerome | | | | identify it with Camon | | | | in Upper Galilee, | | | | the burial-place of | | | | Jair; _see_ Camon. Now | | | | generally believed to | | | | be represented by Tell | | | | Keimûn (Jokneam), on | | | | the edge of the plain | | | | of Esdraelon, near the | | | | south-east corner of | | | | Carmel. | | | | =CYPRUS= |1 Macc. xv. |_Cyprus_ |-- |The well-known island | 23; 2 Macc. | | | off the coast of | x. 13; xii. 2| | | Syria. In the Old | | | | Testament called | | | | Chittim and Kittim. | | | | (Grove’s _Bible | | | | Index_.) _See_ Chittim. | | | | =CYRENE= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_el Krenna_ |-- |A city of Africa, | | | | between Carthage and | | | | Egypt. | | | | =DABBASHETH= |Josh. xix. 11 |_Kh. Dabsheh_*| 6 |A town on the boundary (R.V. | | | | of Zebulon, next to =DABBESHETH=) | | | | Jokneam. Now the | | | | ruin Dabsheh, south | | | | of Teirshiha. (Sh. | | | | III.)--Conder. | | | | =DABERATH= or |Josh. xix. |_Debûrieh_ | 6 |The present village =DABAREH= | 12; xxi. 28; | | | Debûrieh under Tabor. (R.V. | 1 Chr. vi. 72| | | (_Mem._ I. 365, 366; =DABERATH=) | | | | Sh. VI.) | | | | =DAMASCUS= |Gen. xiv. |_Dimeshk esh_ | 3 |The ancient city now | 15; xv. | _Shâm_ | | called Dimeshk esh | 2; 2 Sam. | | | Shâm. | viii. 5, 6, | | | | etc., etc.; | | | | 1 Macc. xi. | | | | 62; xii. 32 | | | | | | | =DAN= (Leshem |Gen. xiv. |_Tell el Kâdy_| 6 |Laish, Judg. xviii. 7, or Laish) | 14; Deut. | | | 14, 27, 29; Isa. x. | xxxiv. 1; | | | 30; Leshem, Josh. xix. | Josh. xix. | | | 47. Josephus (viii. | 47; Judg. | | | Ant. 8, 4) places it | xviii.; 1 | | | near the springs of | Sam. iii. | | | Lesser Jordan. The | 20; 2 Sam. | | | name lingers in that | iii. 10; | | | of the stream called | xvii. 11; | | | Leddân--and the site | xxiv. 2, 15; | | | of the city may be | 1 Kings iv. | | | found at Tell el Kâdy. | 25; xii. 29, | | | (_Mem._ I. 96; Sh. II.) | 30; xv. 20; | | | | 2 Kings x. | | | | 29; 1 Chr. | | | | xxi. 2; 2 | | | | Chr. xvi. | | | | 4; xxx. 5; | | | | Jer. iv. 15; | | | | viii. 16; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 19; Am. | | | | viii. 14 | | | | | | | =DAN=, Tribe of |Gen. xxx. 6; | |-- |‘And the border of | xxxv. 25; | | | their inheritance was | xlvi. 23; | | | _Zorah_ and _Eshtaol_; | xlix. 16, | | | and _Ir-shemesh_; | 17; Exod. i. | | | and _Shaalabbin_, | 4; xxxi. 6; | | | and _Ajalon_, and | xxxv. 34; | | | _Ithlah_; and _Elon_, | xxxviii. 23; | | | and _Timnah_, | Lev. xxiv. | | | and _Ekron_; and | 11; Num. i. | | | _Eltekeh_, and | 12, 38, 39; | | | _Gibbethon_, and | ii. 25, 31; | | | _Baalath_, and | vii. 66; x. | | | _Jehud_, and | 25; xiii. | | | _Beneberak_, and | 12; xxvi. | | | _Gath-rimmon_; and | 42; xxxiv. | | | _Mejarkon_, and | 22; Deut. | | | _Rakkon_, with the | xxvii. 13; | | | border over against | xxxiii. 22; | | | Joppa’ (Josh. xix. | Josh. xix. | | | 40, 47). ‘Included | 40, 47, 48; | | | all that part of _the | xxi. 5, 23; | | | valley_ which respects | Judg. i. | | | the sunsetting, and | 34; v. 17; | | | were bounded by | xiii. 25; | | | _Azotus Dora_; as | xviii. 1-30; | | | also they had all | 1 Chr. ii. | | | _Jamnia_ and _Gath_, | 2; xii. 35; | | | from _Ekron_ to that | xxvii. 22; | | | mountain where the | 2 Chr. ii. | | | tribe of Judah begins’ | 14; Ezek. | | | (v. Ant. i. 22). | xlviii. 1, | | | | 2, 32 | | | | | | | =DAN-JAAN= |2 Sam. xxiv. 6|_Kh. Dâniân_ | 6 |Now the ruin Dânîan, 4 | | | | miles north of Achzib. | | | | Between Tyre and Akka. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 152, Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =DANNAH= |Josh. xv. 49 |_Idhna_* |14 |Probably the present | | | | village Idhna, west of | | | | Hebron 8 miles. There | | | | is a Kh. Dahneh, 4½ | | | | miles south of Beit | | | | Jibrin. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 330; Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =DAPHNE= |2 Macc. iv. 33|_Beit el Maa_ |-- |A famous sanctuary of | | | | Apollo, with a grove. | | | | A place now called | | | | Beit el Maa, on the | | | | Orontes, 5 miles | | | | south-west of Antioch. | | | | =DATHEMA= or |1 Macc. v. 9 |_Remtheh_ (?) | 7 |Perhaps Dâmeh in the =DAMETHA= | | | | Lejjah. _See_ Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 295. | | | | =DAVID=, City of|2 Sam. vi. | | | | 12, 16; 1 | | | | Kings ii. | | | | 10; iii. 1; | | | | viii. 1; ix. | | | | 24; xi. 27, | | | | 43; xiv. 31; | | | | xv. 8, 24; | | | | xxii. 50; 2 | | | | Kings viii. | | | | 24; ix. 28; | | | | xii. 21; | | | | xiv. 20; xv. | | | | 7, 38; xvi. | | | | 20; 1 Chr. | | | | xi. 5, 7; | | | | xiii. 13; | | | | xv. 1, 29; 2 | | | | Chr. v. 2; | | | | viii. 11; | | | | ix. 31; xii. | | | | 16; xiv. 1; | | | | xvi. 14; | | | | xxi. 1, 20; | | | | xxiv. 16, | | | | 25; xxvii. | | | | 9; xxxii. 5, | | | | 30; xxxiii. | | | | 14; Neh. | | | | iii. 16; | | | | xii. 37; | | | | Isa. xxii. | | | | 9; 1 Macc. | | | | i. 33; ii. | | | | 31; vii. 32; | | | | xiv. 36 | | | | | | | =DEBIR= (1) |Josh. x. 38, |_edh |14 |Also called | 39; xi. 21; | Dhâherîyeh_* | | Kirjath-sannah | xii. 13; xv. | | | (Josh. xv. 49); | 15, 49; xxi. | | | Kirjath-sepher (Josh. | 15; Judg. i. | | | xv. 15; Jud. i. 11, | 11; 1 Chr. | | | 12). Now the village | vi. 58 | | | ‘edh Dhâherîyeh,’ | | | | south-west of Hebron. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 402; Sh. | | | | XXV.)--Conder. | | | | =DEBIR= (2) |Josh. xv. 7 |_Thoghret ed |14 |A place on the border | | Debr_ (?) | | of Judah and Benjamin, | | | | named next to | | | | ‘Adummim.’ The name | | | | ‘Thoghret ed Debr’ | | | | (the pass of the rear) | | | | occurs half-a-mile | | | | south-west of ‘Talʾat | | | | ed Dumm.’ (_Mem._ | | | | III.; Sh. XVIII.) | | | | =DEBIR= (3) |Josh. xiii. 26|_Not | 7 |One of the border (R.V. margin | | identified_ | | towns of Gad, named =LIDEBIR=) | | | | next to ‘Mahanaim.’ | | | | Possibly Ibdir, 6½ | | | | miles to the east of | | | | Zaphon, and south of | | | | ‘The Yarmûk,’ and | | | | apparently identical | | | | with Lo-debar, which | | | | see. | | | | =DEDAN= |Jer. xxv. 23; |_Not |-- | | xlix. 8; | identified_ | | | Ezek. xxv. | | | | 13; Isa. | | | | xxi. 13 | | | | | | | =DELUS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Delos_ |-- |One of the smallest of | | | | the Cyclades in the | | | | Ægean Sea. | | | | =DESSAU= |2 Macc. xiv. |_Not |-- |Adassa has been | 16 | identified_ | | suggested (Ewald). | | | | =DIBLATH= (R.V. |Ezek. vi. 14 |_Dibl_ (??)* | 6 |Probably Riblah, north =DIBLAH=) | | | | of Baalbek. See | | | | _Dictionary of Bible_. | | | | Or the present village | | | | ‘Dibl’ in Naphtali. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 21; Sh. | | | | IV.)--Conder. | | | | =DIBON= (1) |Num. xxi. 30; |_Dhîbân_ |15 |Also called ‘Dibon | xxxii. 3, | | | Gad.’ Now the heaps | 34; xxxiii. | | | of ruins north of the | 45, 46; | | | river Arnon, called | Josh. xiii. | | | ‘Dhîbân.’ (Irby | 9, 17; Isa. | | | and Mangles, 142; | xv. 2; Jer. | | | Burckhardt, Syr., 372.) | xlviii. 18, | | | | 22 | | | | | | | =DIBON= (2) |Neh. xi. 25 | |-- |Thought to be identical | | | | with Dimonah. | | | | =DIBON-GAD= |Num. xxxiii. |_Dhîbân_ |-- |_See_ Dibon (1). | 45, 46 | | | | | | | =DILEAN= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 38 |_Not |-- |One of the cities of =DILAN=) | | identified_ | | Judah in the low | | | | country. Mentioned | | | | with Migdal-gad, | | | | Lachish, Eglon, etc. | | | | Beit Tîma, north-west | | | | of the latter, has | | | | been proposed. | | | | =DIMNAH= |Josh. xxi. 35 |_Rummâneh_ (?)| 6 |A city in the tribe of | | | | Zebulon. Thought to be | | | | Rimmon (1). Compare 1 | | | | Chron. vi. 77. | | | | =DIMON=, Waters |Isa. xv. 9 |_Umm Deineh_ |15 |Streams east of the of | | (?)* | | Salt Sea. Possibly | | | | ‘Umm Deineh,’ near | | | | ‘Wâdy Themed.’ _See_ | | | | Conder’s _Heth and | | | | Moab_. | | | | =DIMONAH= |Josh. xv. 22 | |-- |‘Towards the coast of | | | | Edom, southwards.’ | | | | =DINHABAH= |Gen. xxxvi. |_Not |-- |City of Bela, King of | 32; 1 Chron. | identified_ | | Edom. | i. 43 | | | | | | | =DIZAHAB= (R.V. |Deut. i. 1 |_Dahab_ (??) |-- |Identified by Robinson =DI-ZAHAB=) | | | | (i. 147, ii. 187) with | | | | Dahab, a promontory on | | | | the western shore of | | | | the Gulf of Akabah. | | | | =DOCUS= |1 Macc. xvi. |Near _ʾAin |14 |A fort somewhere near | 15 | Dûk_ | | Jericho--the name is | | | | recoverable in ‘ʾAin | | | | Dûk.’ (_Mem._ III. | | | | 173; Sh. XVIII.) | | | | =DOPHKAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 12, 13 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites, between | | | | Rephidim and the Sea. | | | | =DOR= (=DORA= 1 |Josh. xi. 2; |_Tantûra_ | 9 |Jerome places it 9 Macc. xv. 11, | xii. 23; | | | miles (the exact 13, 25) | xvii. 11; | | | distance is 8 miles) | Judg. i. 27; | | | from Cæsarea, on the | 1 Kings iv. | | | road to Ptolemais. The | 11; 1 Chr. | | | ruins of a city here | vii. 29 | | | exist near the modern | | | | village Tantûra. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 7; Sh. | | | | VII.) | | | | =DOTHAIM= |Judith iv. 6; |_Tell Dôthân_ |10 |= Dôthân, which see. | vii. 3, 18; | | | | viii. 3 | | | | | | | =DOTHAN= |Gen. xxxvii. |_Tell Dôthân_ |10 |The present ruins and | 17; 2 Kings | | | well, ‘Tell Dôthân,’ | vi. 13 | | | north of Samaria. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 215; Sh. | | | | XI. _See_ also Vol. I. | | | | p. 368, under ‘Khan | | | | Jubb Yûsef.’) | | | | =DRAGON’S WELL= |Neh. ii. 13 |_Not |-- |In the neighbourhood of | | identified_ | | Jerusalem. | | | | =DUMAH= |Josh. xv. 52 |_ed Dômeh_ |14 |The present ruin, | | | | Dômeh, 10 miles | | | | south-west of Hebron. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 313; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =DURA=, The |Dan. iii. 1 |_Dûair_ (?) |-- |The mound and vicinity Plain of | | | | of Dûair, south-east | | | | of Babylon.--M. Oppert. | | | | =EBAL=, Mount |Deut. xi. 29; |_Jebel |10 |Now called Jebel | xxvii. 4, | Eslâmîyeh_ | | Eslamîyeh, and Jebel | 13; Josh. | _Jebel et | | et Tôr. (_Mem._ II. | viii. 30, 33 | Tôr_ | | 186; Sh. XI.) Ebal, | | | | Gerizim, Olivet, and | | | | Tabor are all named | | | | Tôr or ‘summit.’ | | | | =EBEN-EZER= |1 Sam. iv. 1; |_Deir Abân_ |14 |Jerome places near | v. 1; vii. | (?)* | | ‘Beth-shemesh,’ | 12; 6 Ant. | | | probably intending | ii. 2 | | | the site of the | | | | present village, Deir | | | | Abân, east of ʾAin | | | | Shems. _See_ Shen. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 24; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =EBRONAH= (R.V. |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping =ABRONAH=) | 34 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites. | | | | =ECBATANA= |Ezra vi. 2; |_Takht-i- |-- |There were two places | Esdr. vi. | Suleiman_ | | of this name. One the | 23; Jud. i. | and _Hamadan_| | capital of Northern | 1, 2, 14; | | | Media, now called | Tob. iii. 7; | | | Takht-i-Suleiman. | vi. 5; vii. | | | The southern one the | 1; xiv. 12, | | | metropolis of the | 14; 2 Macc. | | | province of Media | ix. 3 | | | Magna (2 Macc. ix. | | | | 3), now Hamadan in | | | | Persia.--Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_. | | | | =ED=, Altar of |Josh. xxii. 34|_Not |-- |Somewhere east of | | identified_ | | Jordan. | | | | =EDAR=, Tower |Gen. xxxv. 21 |_Not |14 |Jerome places it 1,000 of | | identified_ | | paces from Bethlehem. (R.V. =EDER=, | | | | (_Mem._ III. 28; Sh. Tower of) | | | | XVII.) | | | | =EDER= |Josh. xv. 21 |_Not |-- |One of the uttermost | | identified_ | | cities of Judah, | | | | towards the coast | | | | of Edom. Kh. el | | | | ʾAdâr, 5 miles south | | | | of Gaza, has been | | | | suggested (Henderson’s | | | | _Handbook_); but the | | | | situation is too far | | | | west apparently. | | | | =EDOM=, |Gen. xxv. 30; | | |The district east of =IDUMEA=, The | xxxii. 3; | | | the Wâdy ʾArabah. Land of Mt. | xxxvi. 1, 8, | | | _See_ Mount Seir. Seir | 9-43; Ex. | | | | xv. 15; Num. | | | | xx. 14; xxi. | | | | 4; xxiv. 18; | | | | Jos. xv. 1; | | | | Judg. v. 4; | | | | xi. 17, 18; | | | | 1 Sam. xiv. | | | | 47; 2 Sam. | | | | viii. 14; 1 | | | | Kings ix. | | | | 26; 2 Kings | | | | iii. 8, 20; | | | | viii. 20; | | | | xix. 7; 2 | | | | Chr. viii. | | | | 17; xxi. 8; | | | | xxv. 19; Ps. | | | | lxxxiii. 6; | | | | cviii. 9; | | | | Isa. xi. | | | | 14; xxxiv. | | | | 5; lxiii. | | | | 1; Jer. ix. | | | | 26; xxv. | | | | 21; xxvii. | | | | 3; xl. 11; | | | | xlix. 7, 17; | | | | Lam. iv. 21; | | | | Ezek. xxv. | | | | 12; xxxii. | | | | 29; xxxv. | | | | 15; xxxvi. | | | | 5; Dan. xi. | | | | 41; Joel | | | | iii. 19; Am. | | | | i. 6; ii. | | | | 1; ix. 12; | | | | Obad. i. 8; | | | | Mal. i. 4; | | | | etc. | | | | | | | =EDREI= |Num. xxi. 33; |_Ed Deraʾah_ | 7 |South-east of el | Deut. i. 4; | | | Mezeirib. | iii. 1, 10; | | | | Josh. xii. | | | | 4; xiii. 12, | | | | 31 | | | | | | | =EDREI= (2) |Josh. xix. 37 |_Yʾater_ (?)* | 6 |Probably the present | | | | village Yʾater, 11 | | | | miles south-east of | | | | Tyre. Allotted to | | | | Naphtali. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 205; Sh. IV.)--Conder. | | | | =EGLAIM= |Isa. xv. 8 |_Not |-- |Thought to be identical | | identified_ | | with En-eglaim, which | | | | see. | | | | =EGLON= |Josh. x. 3, |_Kh. ʾAjlân_ |13 |The present mound and | 5, 23, 34, | | | ruins, ʾAjlân, 16 | 36, 37; xii. | | | miles north-east of | 12; xv. 39 | | | Gaza. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 278; Sh. XX.) | | | | =EGYPT= |Very | | | | frequently | | | | mentioned | | | | | | | =EKREBEL= |Judith vii. 18|_ʾAkrabeh_ |10 |The present village | | | | ʾAkrabeh, south-east | | | | of Nablus. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 389; Sh. | | | | XV.)--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, 290. | | | | =EKRON= |Josh. xiii. |_ʾAkir_ |13 |Now the village ʾAkir, (=ACCARON=, 1 | 3; xv. 11, | | | in Philistia, 6 Macc. x. 89) | 45, 46; xix. | | | miles west of Gezer. | 43; Judg. i. | | | The Accaron of the | 18; 1 Sam. | | | Crusaders. (_Mem._ II. | v. 10; vi. | | | 408; Sh. XVI.) | 16; vii. 14; | | | | xvii. 52; 2 | | | | Kings i. 1, | | | | 2-16; Jer. | | | | xxv. 20; Am. | | | | i. 8; Zeph. | | | | ii. 4; Zech. | | | | ix. 5, 7 | | | | | | | =ELAH=, Valley |1 Sam. xvii. |_Wâdy es Sŭnt_|14 |The scene of the of | 2, 19; xxi. 9| | | conflict and death of (R.V. =ELAH=, | | | | Goliath. Now called Vale of, ‘or | | | | Wâdy es Sŭnt, which Terebinth’) | | | | passes Shocoh and Gath | | | | immediately on the | | | | north. (_Mem._ III.; | | | | Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ELAM= |Gen. xiv. 1, | | |The Susiana and | 9; Isa. xi. | | | Persia of the | 11; xxi. 2; | | | Greeks.--Grove’s | Jer. xxv. | | | _Bible Index_. | 25; xlix. | | | | 34-39; Ezek. | | | | xxxii. 24; | | | | Dan. viii. 2 | | | | | | | =ELATH=, or |Deut. ii. 8; |Close to |-- |‘Beside Ezion-geber, =ELOTH= | 1 Kings ix. | _ʾAkabah | | on the shore of the | 26; 2 Kings | Ailah_ | | Red Sea, in the land | xiv. 22; | | | of Edom.’ The present | xvi. 6; 2 | | | town ʾAkabah, or | Chr. viii. | | | Ailah, at the head of | 17; xxvi. 2 | | | the Gulf of ʾAkabah. | | | | =ELEALEH= |Num. xxxii. |_el ʾAl_ |15 |The present ruin ‘el | 3-37; Isa. | | | ʾAl,’ near Heshbon. | xv. 4; xvi. | | | | 9; Jer. | | | | xlviii. 34 | | | | | | | =ELEASA= |1 Macc. ix. 5 |_Kh. Ilʾasa_* |14 |Now the ruins Ilʾasa, | | | | between the Upper and | | | | Nether Beth-horon. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 36; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =ELEPH= |Josh. xviii. |_Lifta_ (?)* |14 |One of the towns | 28 | | | allotted to Benjamin. | | | | The present village | | | | Lifta (Conder), | | | | 2 miles west of | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =ELEUTHERUS=, |1 Macc. xi. |_Nahr el |-- |The modern ‘Nahr el The River | 7; xii. 30 | Kebîr_ | | Kebîr,’ north of | | | | Tripolis. | | | | =ELIM= |Exod. xv. 27; |_Not |-- |The second camping | xvi. 1; Num. | identified_ | | station of the | xxxiii. 9, 10| | | Israelites after | | | | crossing the Red | | | | Sea, and noted for | | | | 12 springs and 70 | | | | palm-trees. Thought to | | | | be ‘Wâdy Ghŭrŭndul,’ | | | | on the route from Suez | | | | to Jebel Mŭsa. | | | | =ELKOSH= |Nah. i. 1 |_Not |-- |The birth-place of | | identified_ | | Nahum the prophet. | | | | Probably somewhere in | | | | Galilee. | | | | =ELLASAR= |Gen. xiv. 1 |_Senkereh_ |-- |Now Senkereh, on the | | | | left bank of the | | | | Euphrates. | | | | =ELON= |Josh. xix. 43 |_Not |10 |Probably the present | | identified_ | | village ‘Beit Ello,’ | | Perhaps | | a town on the border | | same as | | of Dan, 8 miles | | Elon-beth- | | north-west of Bethel | | hanan | | (Conder). (_Mem._ II. | | | | 293; Sh. XIV.) | | | | =ELON-BETH- |1 Kings iv. 9 |_Beit ʾAnân_ |14 |The present village HANAN= | | (?)* | | Beit ʾAnân (Conder), | | | | 8½ miles from | | | | Jerusalem, on the | | | | ancient road leading | | | | to Gimzo. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 16; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ELTEKEH= (R.V. |Josh. xix. |_Beit Lîkia_ |14 |One of the cities =ELTEKE= Josh. | 44; xxi. 23 | (?)* | | in the border of xxi. 23) | | | | Dan. Probably the | | | | present Beit Lîkia, | | | | 2 miles south of | | | | Beth-horon the Nether. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 16; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--T. Drake. | | | | =ELTEKON= |Josh. xv. 59 |_Not |-- |One of the towns of | | identified_ | | Judah, named next to | | | | Beth-anoth. | | | | =ELTOLAD= |Josh. xv. 30; |_Not |-- |One of the cities in | xix. 4; 1 | identified_ | | the south of Judah, | Chr. iv. 29 | | | transferred to Simeon | | | | = Tolad, 1 Chr. iv. 29. | | | | =EMMAUS=, |1 Macc. iii. |_ʾAmwâs_ |14 |The present village Nicopolis | 40, 57; iv. | | | ʾAmwâs, 15 miles from | 3; ix. 50; 2 | | | Jerusalem, near the | Wars xx. 20, | | | modern road to Jaffa, | 4; 3, iii. | | | mentioned by Josephus, | 5; J. Ant. | | | 16 Ant. x. 7, 9, etc. | xiii. 1, 3 | | | (_Mem._ II. 63; Sh. | | | | XVII.) | | | | =ENAM= |Josh. xv. 34 |_Kh. Wâdy |14 |Possibly the present | | ʾAlîn_ (?)* | | ruin ʾAlîn, near | | | | Beth-shemesh.--Conder. | | | | =ENDOR= |Josh. xvii. |_Endôr_ |10 |Now the modern village | 11; 1 Sam. | | | Endôr, 6 miles to the | xxviii. 7; | | | east of Nazareth. | Ps. lxxxiii. | | | (_Mem._ II. 84; Sh. | 10 | | | IX.) | | | | =EN-EGLAIM= |Ezek. xlvii. |_Not |-- |Eusebius places a town | 10 | identified_ | | of this name 8 miles | | | | to the south of ‘Ar | | | | Moab’; this would | | | | probably mean ‘Kerak.’ | | | | ʾAin Hajlah, the | | | | ancient Beth-hoglah, | | | | has been suggested by | | | | Tristram. _See_ Eglaim. | | | | =ENGADDI= |Ecclus. xxiv. |_ʾAin Jîdy_ |-- |_See_ En-gedi. | 14 | | | | | | | =EN-GANNIM= (1) |Josh. xv. 34 |_Kh. Umm Jîna_|14 |A city in the low | | | | country of Judah, | | | | named between Zanoah | | | | and Tappuah. Now the | | | | ruin Umm Jîna, west | | | | of Beth-shemesh. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 42; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Clermont- | | | | Ganneau. | | | | =EN-GANNIM= (2) |Josh. xix. |_Jenîn_ |10 |Now the modern town | 21; xxi. 29 | | | Jenîn, on the extreme | | | | south corner of | | | | Esdraelon. On or | | | | near the border of | | | | Issachar. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 44; Sh. VIII.) | | | | =EN-GEDI= |Josh. xv. |_ʾAin Jîdy_ |14 |Original name | 62; 1 Sam. | | | Hazazon-tamar. The | xxiii. 29; | | | well-known spring and | xxiv. 1; 2 | | | ruins of ʾAin Jîdy, on | Chr. xx. 2; | | | the west shore of the | Cant. i. 14; | | | Dead Sea. (_Mem._ III. | Ezek. xlvii. | | | 384; Sh. XXII.) | 10 | | | | | | | =EN-HADDAH= |Josh. xix. 21 |_Kefr Adân_* |10 |On the border of | | | | Issachar, and named | | | | next to ‘En-gannim.’ | | | | Probably the present | | | | village Kefr Adân, | | | | 3 miles to the west | | | | of Jenîn.--Conder. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 45; Sh. | | | | VIII.) | | | | =EN-HAKKORE= |Judg. xv. 19 |_Not |-- |The scene of one of | | identified_ | | Samson’s exploits. | | | | =EN-HAZOR= |Josh. xix. 37 |_Kh. Hazîreh_ | 6 |One of the fenced | | | | cities of Naphtali. | | | | Now the heap of ruins | | | | Hazîreh, on the | | | | Naphtali side of the | | | | boundary by Wâdy el | | | | ʾAyûn. (_Mem._ I. 204; | | | | Sh. IV.) | | | | =EN-MISHPAT= |Gen. xiv. 7 | | |Also called Kadesh. | | | | _See_ Kadesh-barnea. | | | | =EN-RIMMON= |Josh. xv. 32; |_Kh. Umm er |13 |The Ain and Rimmon | xix. 7; Neh. | Rŭmâmîn_ | | mentioned together in | xi. 29; 1 | | | Josh. xv. 32; xix. 7; | Chr. iv. 32; | | | 1 Chr. iv. 32, are | Zech. xiv. 10| | | supposed by some to | | | | be one place (?) and | | | | identical with the | | | | En-rimmon of Neh. xi. | | | | 29. The proposed site | | | | is that of Kh. Umm er | | | | Rŭmâmîn. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 32; Sh. XXIV.) | | | | =EN-ROGEL= |Josh. xv. 7; |_ʾAin Umm ed |14 |A landmark on the | xviii. 16; 1 | Dêraj_ | | boundary between | Kings i. 9; | | | Judah and Benjamin. | 2 Sam. xvii. | | | The traditional place | 17 | | | is ‘Bîr Eyûb’ (a | | | | spring well), but the | | | | arguments in favour of | | | | ‘ʾAin Umm ed Deraj’ | | | | (spring of the mother | | | | of steps), known to | | | | Christians as the | | | | ‘Virgin’s Fountain,’ | | | | are stronger and | | | | more generally | | | | accepted.--(Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 334.) See | | | | _Jerusalem_ vol., p. | | | | 94. | | | | =EN-SHEMESH= |Josh. xv. 7; |_ʾAin Haud_ |14 |A landmark on the | xviii. 17 | | | boundary between | | | | Judah and Benjamin, | | | | apparently ‘ʾAin | | | | Haud,’ east of Bethany | | | | (the well of the | | | | Apostles--called the | | | | Apostles’ fountain by | | | | Christians). (_Mem._ | | | | III. 42; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =EN-TAPPUAH= |Josh. xvii. 7 |_Yasûf_ (?)* |10 |The spring near | | | | Yasûf, at the head | | | | of the branches of | | | | Wâdy Kânah, south of | | | | Shechem (Samaritan | | | | Chronicle). (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 263.) | | | | =EPHES-DAMMIM= |1 Sam. xvii. |_Not |-- |Or Pas-dammim, ‘the | 1; 1 Chr. | identified_ | | boundary of blood,’ | xi. 13 | | | the place where the | | | | Philistines encamped | | | | before the conflict | | | | between David and | | | | Goliath took place. | | | | Between Socoh and | | | | Azekah. | | | | =EPHRAIM=, |2 Sam. xiii. |_Taiyibeh_ (?)|10 |Named with Bethel and =EPHRAIN=, or | 23; 2 Chron. | | | Jeshanah. Apparently =EPHRON= | xiii. 19; | | | Ophrah of Benjamin, | John xi. 54 | | | which see. | | | | =EPHRAIM=, Gate |2 Kings xiv. | | |One of the gates of the of | 13; 2 Chr. | | | city of Jerusalem, | xxv. 23; | | | probably on the | Neh. viii. | | | north-west. | 16; xii. 39 | | | | | | | =EPHRAIM=, |Josh. xvii. | | |The hill country of Mount (R.V. | 15; xix. 50; | | | Ephraim, extending =EPHRAIM=, | xx. 7; xxi. | | | from Bethel and Ramah Hill Country | 21; xxiv. | | | on the south, to the of) | 30, 33; | | | Great Plain on the | Judg. ii. 9; | | | north. | iii. 27; iv. | | | | 5; vii. 24; | | | | x. 1; xvii. | | | | 1, 8; xviii. | | | | 2, 13; xix. | | | | 1, 16, 18; 1 | | | | Sam. i. 1; | | | | ix. 4; xiv. | | | | 22; 2 Sam. | | | | xx. 21; 1 | | | | Kings iv. 8; | | | | xii. 25; 2 | | | | Kings v. 22; | | | | 1 Chr. vi. | | | | 67; 2 Chr. | | | | xiii. 4; xv. | | | | 8; xix. 4; | | | | Jer. iv. 15; | | | | xxxi. 6; l. | | | | 19; Judith | | | | vi. 2 | | | | | | | =EPHRAIM=, The |2 Sam. xviii. |_Not |-- |Somewhere on the east Wood of (R.V. | 6 | identified_ | | of Jordan. The forest =EPHRAIM=, The | | | | in which the great Forest of) | | | | battle took place | | | | between the forces of | | | | Absalom and David. Not | | | | far from Mahanaim. | | | | (_Heth and Moab_, p. | | | | 180.) | | | | =EPHRAIM=, |Josh. xvi.; 5 | |-- |‘The tribe of _Ephraim_ Tribe of | Ant. i. 22 | | | had by lot the land | | | | that extended in | | | | length from the river | | | | _Jordan_ to _Gezer_; | | | | but in breadth as far | | | | as from _Bethel_, till | | | | it ended at the _Great | | | | Plain_’ (5 Ant. i. 22). | | | | =EPHRATH= or |Gen. xxxv. |_Beit Lahm_ |-- |The original name of =EPHRATAH= | 16, 19; | | | Bethlehem of Judah, (R.V. | xlviii. 7; | | | which see. =EPHRATHAH=) | Ruth iv. 11; | | | | 1 Chr. ii. | | | | 24, 50; Ps. | | | | cxxxii. 6; | | | | Mic. v. 2 | | | | | | | =EPHRON= |1 Macc. v. |_Not |-- |One of the strong | 46, 52; 2 | identified_ | | cities on the east | Macc. xii. 27| | | of Jordan, between | | | | Ashteroth Karnaim and | | | | Beth-shean--was in a | | | | valley, and destroyed | | | | by Judas Maccabæus. | | | | =EPHRON=, Mount |Josh. xv. 9 | |-- |Between the waters of | | | | Nephtoah and | | | | Kirjath-jearim. | | | | =ERECH= |Gen. x. 10 |_Warka_ |-- |One of Nimrod’s cities | | | | on the Euphrates, in | | | | the neighbourhood of | | | | Babylon. | | | | =ESDRAELON=, |Judith i. 8; |_Merj Ibn |10 |This name is the Greek The Great Plain| iii. 9; iv. | ʾAmr_ | | form of the word | 6; vii. 3 | | | Jezreel. Now called | | | | ‘Merj ibn ʾAmr.’ (Sh. | | | | V. and VIII.) | | | | =ESEK=, The Well|Gen. xxvi. 20 |_Not |-- |A well dug by Isaac’s | | identified_ | | herdmen in the valley | | | | of Jerar. | | | | =ESHCOL=, Brook |Gen. xiv. 13, |_Not |-- |The name ‘ʾAin or Valley of | 24; Num. | identified_ | | Kashkaleh,’ perhaps a | xiii. 23, | | | remnant of the ancient | 24; xxxii. | | | one, is applied to a | 9; Deut. i. | | | spring on the north | 24 | | | side of Hebron, near | | | | the head of a valley | | | | where some of the most | | | | extensive vineyards of | | | | Palestine exist. | | | | =ESHEAN= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 52 |_es Sîmia_ |14 |One of the cities in =ESHAN=) | | (?)* | | the mountains of | | | | Judah. Possibly the | | | | ruin ‘es Sîmia,’ near | | | | Dumah. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 313; Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =ESHTAOL= |Josh. xv. 33; |_Eshûʾa_ |14 |Probably the present | xix. 41; | | | village Eshûʾa, in | Judg. xiii. | | | the low country of | 25; xvi. 31; | | | Judah, close to Zorah. | xviii. 2, 8, | | | (_Mem._ II. 25; Sh. | 11 | | | XVII.) | | | | =ESHTEMOA= |Josh. xv. 50; |_es Semûʾa_ |14 |The present village (R.V. | xxi. 14; 1 | | | es Semûʾa, in the =ESHTEMOH=, | Sam. xxx. | | | hill country south of Josh. xv. 50) | 28; 1 Chr. | | | Hebron. (_Mem._ III. | iv. 17, 19; | | | 412, Sh. XXV.) | vi. 57 | | | | | | | =ESORA= |Judith iv. 4 |ʾ_Asîret el |10 |The present village | | Hatab_ (??) | | ʾAsîret el Hatab, near | | | | Shechem, on the north. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 155; Sh. | | | | XI.) | | | | =ETAM= (1) |1 Chr. iv. 32 |_Kh. ʾAitûn_ |13 |The present ruin | | (?)* | | ʾAitûn, south-west | | | | of Hebron, of the | | | | tribe of Simeon. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 261; Sh. | | | | XX.)--Conder. | | | | =ETAM= (2) |2 Chr. xi. 6; |_ʾAin ʾAtân_* |14 |Probably the village | 1 Chr. iv. 3 | | | Urtâs, south of | | | | Bethlehem, near | | | | which is the spring | | | | called ʾAin ʾAtân. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 43; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =ETAM=, The Rock|Judg. xv. 8 |_Beit ʾAtâb_ |14 |The rocky top on which | | (?)* | | Beit ʾAtâb stands, | | | | west of Bethlehem. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 83; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =ETHAM= |Exod. xiii. |_Not |-- |One of the stations | 20; Num. | identified_ | | of the Israelites | xxxiii. 6 | | | ‘on the edge of the | | | | wilderness.’ | | | | =ETHER= |Josh. xv. 42; |_Kh. el ʾAtr_ |10 |Probably the ruin | xix. 7; 1 | (?)* | | el ʾAtr, near Beit | Chr. iv. 32 | | | Jibrin, allotted to | | | | Simeon. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 261; Sh. XX.)--Conder. | | | | =ETHIOPIA= |Gen. ii. 13; | |-- |Named ‘Cush’ by | 2 Kings xix. | | | the Hebrews, and | 9; Esth. i. | | | ‘Aithiopia’ by the | 1; viii. 9; | | | Greeks. Æthiopia | Job xxviii. | | | embraced Nubia, | 19; Ps. | | | Sennaar, Kordofan, and | lxviii. 31; | | | Northern Abyssinia. | lxxxvii. 4; | | | The name Cush, | Isa. xviii. | | | however, in some | 1; xx. 3, | | | cases, if not in all, | 5; xxxvii. | | | applies to part of | 9; xliii. | | | Western Asia south | 3; xlv. 14; | | | of the Caspian--the | Ezek. xxix. | | | country of the Kassi | 10; xxx. 4, | | | or Cosseans. | 5; xxxviii. | | | | 5; Nah. iii. | | | | 9; Zeph. | | | | iii. 10; 1 | | | | Esd. iii. 2; | | | | Judith i. | | | | 10; Esth. | | | | xiii. 1; | | | | xvi. 1; Acts | | | | viii. 27 | | | | | | | =EUPHRATES=, |Gen. ii. 14; | |-- | River | xv. 18; | | | | Deut. i. | | | | 7; xi. 24; | | | | Josh. i. 4; | | | | 2 Sam. viii. | | | | 3; 2 Kings | | | | xxiii. 29; | | | | xxiv. 7; 1 | | | | Chr. v. 9; | | | | xviii. 3; 2 | | | | Chr. xxxv. | | | | 20; Jer. | | | | xiii. 4-7; | | | | xlvi. 2, 6, | | | | 10; li. 63; | | | | 1 Esd. i. | | | | 25, 27; 2 | | | | Esd. xiii. | | | | 43; Judith | | | | i. 6; ii. | | | | 24; Eccles. | | | | xxiv. 26; 1 | | | | Macc. iii. | | | | 32, 37 | | | | | | | =EZEL=, Stone |1 Sam. xx. 19 |_Not |-- |A ‘stone’ or ‘mound,’ of, or (R.V., | | identified_ | | the scene of David and margin, Mound | | | | Jonathan’s parting. of) | | | | | | | | =EZEM= |1 Chr. iv. 29 | |-- |_See_ Azem. | | | | =EZION-GABER= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |The last camping or =GEBER= | 35, 36; | identified_ | | station of the | Deut. ii. 8; | | | Israelites before | 1 Kings ix. | | | entering the | 26; xxii. | | | wilderness of Zin, | 48; 2 Chr. | | | which is Kadesh. | viii. 17; | | | ‘King Solomon made | xx. 36 | | | a navy of ships in | | | | Ezion-geber, which is | | | | beside Eloth, on the | | | | shore of the Red Sea, | | | | in the land of Edom’ | | | | (1 Kings ix. 25). In | | | | the neighbourhood of | | | | ʾAkabah. | | | | =GAASH=, Mount |Josh. xxiv. |_Not |-- |In ‘Mount Ephraim,’ of (R.V. | 30; Judg. | identified_ | | near ‘Timnath-serah.’ Mountain of) | ii. 9; 2 | | | In Samuel and | Sam. xxiii. | | | Chronicles rendered | 30; 1 Chr. | | | ‘Brooks of Gaash.’ | xi. 32 | | | | | | | =GABA= |Josh. xviii. |_Jebʾa_ |-- |_See_ Geba (1). | 24; Ezra ii. | | | | 26; Neh. | | | | vii. 30 | | | | | | | =GABDES= |1 Esdr. v. 20 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =GAD=, River of |2 Sam. xxiv. 5|_Wâdy Môjib_ |-- |Same as ‘River Arnon.’ | | | | =GAD=, Tribe of |Josh. xiii. | | |‘The eastern parts of | 24; 9 Ant. | | | the country beyond | viii. | | | Jordan, which belonged | | | | to the Reubenites | | | | and Gadites’ (9 Ant. | | | | viii.). | | | | =GALAAD= |Judith i. 8; |_Gilead_ |-- |The Greek form of | xv. 5; 1 | | | ‘Gilead.’ | Macc. v. 9, | | | | 17, 20, 25, | | | | 27, 36, 45, | | | | 55 | | | | | | | =GALEED= |Gen. xxxi. | |-- |_See_ Jegar-sahadutha. | 47, 48 | | | | | | | =GALGALA= |1 Macc. ix. 2 | |-- |Probably Gilgal (2 | | | | Kings ii. 1). Now | | | | Jiljilia, which see. | | | | =GALILEE= |Josh. xx. 7; | |-- |The region north of | xxi. 32; 1 | | | Samaria, including the | Kings ix. | | | Plain of Esdraelon and | 11; 2 Kings | | | mountains north of it | xv. 29; 1 | | | (Cf. 3 Wars, iii. 4). | Chr. vi. 76; | | | | Isa. ix. 1; | | | | 1 Macc. v. | | | | 15, 17, 20, | | | | 23, 55; x. | | | | 30; xi. 63; | | | | xii. 47, 49; | | | | Tob. i. 2; | | | | Judith i. 8; | | | | xv. 5; Matt. | | | | ii. 22, etc. | | | | | | | =GALLIM= |1 Sam. xxv. |_Not |14 |Possibly ‘Beit Jâla,’ | 44; Isaiah | identified_ | | near Bethlehem. | x. 30 | | | (_Mem._ III. 20; Sh. | | | | XVII.) | | | | =GAREB=, The |Jer. xxxi. 39 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in the Hill | | identified_ | | vicinity of Jerusalem. | | | | =GARIZIM= |2 Macc. v. |_Jebel et Tôr_|-- |Gerizim. | 23; vi. 2 | | | | | | | =GATH= |Josh. xi. 22; |_Tell es Sâfi_|13 |Five Roman miles from | 1 Sam. v. 8; | | | Eleutheropolis (Beit | vi. 17; vii. | | | Jibrîn), on the road | 14; xvii. 4, | | | to Diospolis (Lydda), | 23, 52; xxi. | | | according to the | 10; xxvii. | | | Onomasticon. This | 2, 3, 4, 11; | | | points to the fortress | 2 Sam. i. | | | of ‘Tell es Sâfi.’ | 20; xv. 18; | | | (_Mem._ II. 440; Sh. | xxi. 20, 22; | | | XVI.) | 1 Kings ii. | | | | 39-41; 2 | | | | Kings xii. | | | | 17; 1 Chr. | | | | vii. 21; | | | | viii. 13; | | | | xviii. 1; | | | | xx. 6, 8; 2 | | | | Chr. xi. 8; | | | | xxvi. 6; Am. | | | | vi. 2; Micah | | | | i. 10 | | | | | | | =GATH-HEPHER=, |Josh. xix. |_el Mesh-hed_ | 6 |Now the village or | 13; 2 Kings | | | ‘el Mesh-hed,’ 3 =GITTAH-HEPHER=| xiv. 25 | | | miles north-east of | | | | Nazareth, containing | | | | the tomb of Jonah | | | | (Neby Yûnas). (_Mem._ | | | | I. 365; Sh. VI.) | | | | =GATH-RIMMON= |Josh. xxi. 25 |_Not |-- |A town of Manasseh. In (1) | | identified_ | | the parallel passage | | | | in 1 Chr. vi. 70, the | | | | town is called Bileam. | | | | =GATH-RIMMON= |Josh. xix. |_Not |-- |Signifying ‘lofty (2) | 45; xxi. 24; | identified_ | | Gath.’ Named between | 1 Chr. vi. 69| | | ‘Beneberak’ (Ibn | | | | Ibrâk) (Sh. XIII.) | | | | and Mejarkon (Nahr | | | | el ʾAujeh), north | | | | of Jaffa. Probably | | | | in the immediate | | | | neighbourhood; but | | | | no trace has been | | | | discovered. | | | | =GAZA= |Gen. x. 19; |_Ghŭzzeh_ |13 |Now the city Ghuzzeh, | Josh. x. 41; | | | in Philistia. (_Mem._ | xi. 22; xv. | | | III. 248; Sh. XIX.) | 47; Jud. i. | | | | 18; vi. 4; | | | | xvi. 1, 21; | | | | 1 Sam. vi. | | | | 17; 2 Kings | | | | xviii. 8; 1 | | | | Chr. vii. | | | | 28; Jer. | | | | xlvii. 1, 5; | | | | Am. i. 6, 7; | | | | Zeph. ii. 4; | | | | Zech. ix. | | | | 5; 1 Macc. | | | | xi. 61, 62; | | | | xiii. 43; | | | | Acts viii. 26| | | | | | | =GAZARA= |1 Macc. ix. |_Tell Jezar_ |-- |Gazera (1 Macc. iv. 15; | 52; xiii. | | | vii. 35). Tell Jezar. | 53; xiv. 7, | | | _See_ Gezer. | 34; xv. 28, | | | | 35; xvi. 1, | | | | 19, 21; 2 | | | | Macc. x. 32 | | | | | | | =GEBA= (1), |Josh. xxi. |_Jebʾa_ |14 |Now the village Jebʾa =GABA= or | 17; 1 Sam. | | | of Benjamin, near =GIBEAH= | xiii. 3; 2 | | | Michmash. (_Mem._ III. | Sam. v. 25; | | | 94; Sh. XVII.) | 1 Kings xv. | | | | 22; 2 Kings | | | | xxiii. 8; 1 | | | | Chr. vi. 60; | | | | viii. 6; 2 | | | | Chr. xvi. | | | | 6; Neh. xi. | | | | 31; xii. 29; | | | | Isa. x. 29; | | | | Zech. xiv. 10| | | | | | | =GEBA= (2) |Judith iii. 10|_Jebʾa_ |10 |Now Jebʾa, a village | | | | north of Samaria. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 155, 185; | | | | Sh. XI.) | | | | =GEBAL= |Josh. xiii. |_Jebeil_ |-- |Now the ruined town | 5; 1 Kings | | | Jebeil, on the coast, | v. 18; Ps. | | | about midway between | lxxxiii. 7; | | | Beirût and Tripolis. | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 9 | | | | | | | =GEBIM= |Isa. x. 31 |_Not |-- |North of Jerusalem. | | identified_ | | | | | | =GEDER= |Joshua xii. 13|_Not |-- |Named with Debir and | | identified_ | | Hormah, in the south | | | | somewhere, (?) the | | | | Gedor of Simeon (1 | | | | Chr. iv. 39), or Gedor | | | | (1). | | | | =GEDERAH=, of |Josh. xv. 36 |_Kh. Jedîreh_*|14 |The Gedor of the Judah | | | | Onomasticon, 10 miles | | | | from Eleutheropolis | | | | (Beit Jibrin), on the | | | | road to Diospolis, now | | | | the ruin Jedîreh, 9 | | | | miles south of Ludd. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 43; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =GEDERAH=, of |1 Chr. xii. 4 |_Jedîreh_* |14 |The village Jedîreh, Benjamin | | | | north of Jerusalem. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 9; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =GEDEROTH= |Josh. xv. |_Katrah_ (?) |13 |Apparently the present | 41; 2 Chr. | | | village Katrah, also | xxviii. 18 | | | called Cedron (1 Macc. | | | | xv. 39). (_Mem._ III.; | | | | Sh. XVI.)--Warren. | | | | =GEDEROTHAIM= |Josh. xv. 36 | |-- |According to LXX. was | | | | part of Gederah. | | | | =GEDOR= (1) |Josh. xv. 58 |_Kh. Jedûr_ |14 |The present village | | | | Jedûr, in the Hebron | | | | mountains, 4 miles | | | | north of Hŭlhûl. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 313; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =GEDOR= (2) |1 Chr. iv. 39 |_Not |-- |Apparently not the same | | identified_ | | as (1); but somewhere | | | | in the south of Judah | | | | in Simeon. | | | | =GEDOR= (3) |1 Chr. xii. 7 |_Not |-- |If belonging to | | identified_ | | Benjamin, probably | | | | Jedîreh. _See_ Gederah | | | | of Benjamin. | | | | =GEHENNA= | | | |_See_ Hinnom--Valley of. | | | | =GELILOTH= |Josh. xviii. |_Not |-- |On the south boundary | 17 | identified_ | | of Benjamin, thought | | | | to be a corruption of | | | | Gilgal. | | | | =GENNESAR=, |Josh. xiii. |_Bahr | 6 |Now called Bahr Water of | Ant. 5, 7; 1 | Tŭbarîya_ | | Tŭbarîya. _See_ | Macc. xi. 67 | | | Chinnereth, Sea of. | | | | =GEON= |Eccles. xxiv. | |-- |One of the four rivers | 27 | | | of Eden, Gihon. | | | | =GERAR= |Gen. x. 19; |_Kh. Umm |13 |Now the ruin ‘Umm | xx. 1; xxvi. | Jerrâr_ | | Jerrâr,’ 6 miles south | 6, 17, 20, | | | of Gaza. ‘A very | 26; 2 Chr. | | | ancient city south of | xiv. 13, 14 | | | Gaza.’ Jos. i. Ant. | | | | 12, 1. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 389; Sh. XXIII.) | | | | =GERIZIM=, Mount|Deut. xi. 29; |_Jebel et Tôr_|10 |Now called et Tôr, on | xxvii. 12; | | | the south side of | Josh. viii. | | | the valley, in which | 33; Judg. | | | Nablus (Shechem) is | ix. 7 | | | situated. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 148, 149; Sh. XI.) | | | | =GESEM=, The |Judith i. 9 |_Goshen_ |-- |The Greek form of the Land of | | | | name Goshen. | | | | =GESHUR= |Deut. iii. | |-- |Part of Bashan, | 14; Josh. | | | north-east corner of. | xii. 5; | | | | xiii. 2, | | | | 13; 1 Sam. | | | | xxvii. 8; 2 | | | | Sam. iii. 3; | | | | xiii. 37, | | | | 38; xiv. 23, | | | | 32; xv. 8; 1 | | | | Chr. ii. 23; | | | | iii. 2 | | | | | | | =GEZER=, or |Josh. x. 33; |_Tell Jezar_ |13 |Now the important =GAZER= | xii. 12; | | | site Tell Jezar, 4 (R.V. =GEZER=) | xvi. 3, 10; | | | miles west of Emmaus | xxi. 21; 1 | | | (Nicopolis). (_Mem._ | Chr. vi. 67; | | | II. 428-432; Sh. | vii. 28; xx. | | | XVI.)--Clermont- | 4; Judg. i. | | | Ganneau. | 29; 1 Kings | | | | ix. 15, 16, | | | | 17; 2 Sam. | | | | v. 25; 1 | | | | Chr. xiv. | | | | 16; (Gazer) | | | | | | | =GIAH= |2 Sam. ii. 24 |_Not |-- |‘The Ravine’ near the | | identified_ | | hill Ammah, by the way | | | | of the wilderness of | | | | Gibeon. | | | | =GIBBETHON= |Josh. xix. |_Kibbieh_* |10 |Probably the present | 44; xxi. 23; | | | village ‘Kibbieh,’ | 1 Kings xv. | | | west of Timnathah | 27; xvi. 15, | | | (Tibneh). (_Mem._ II. | 17 | | | 297; Sh. XIV.)--Conder. | | | | =GIBEAH=, of |Josh. xv. 57 |_Jebʾa_* |14 |Named with Cain and Judah (1) | | | | Timnah. Now the | | | | village ‘Jeba,’ | | | | 8 miles west of | | | | Bethlehem. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 25; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =GIBEAH= |Josh. xviii. |_Jebîʾa_ (?)* |14 |A town of Benjamin. (2) (R.V. | 28 | | | Now the ruin Jebîa, =GIBEATH=) | | | | between Jerusalem and | | | | Emmaus and north of | | | | Kirjath. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 43; Sh. XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =GIBEAH=, of |Judg. xix. |_Not |-- |Apparently Gibeah lay Benjamin or of | 12-16; xx. | identified_ | | somewhere between Saul | 4-43; 1 Sam. | | | Geba and Jerusalem. | x. 26; xi. | | | Mentioned as a | 4; xiii. 2, | | | separate place from | 15; xiv. 2, | | | Geba in Isa. x. 29. | 16; xv. 34; | | | Placed by Robinson at | xxii. 6; | | | Tell el Fûl, 2½ miles | xxiii. 19; | | | north of Jerusalem. | xxvi. 1; 2 | | | Capt. Conder regards | Sam. xxi. 6; | | | it as a district name. | xxiii. 29; 1 | | | | Chr. xi. 31; | | | | 2 Chr. xiii. | | | | 2; Isa. x. | | | | 29; Hos. v. | | | | 8; ix. 9; x. | | | | 9 | | | | | | | =GIBEAH= in the |Judg. xx. 31 | | |Either Geba (1), or Field | | | | Gibeah. | | | | =GIBEAH=, of |Josh. xxiv. 33|_ʾAwertah_ |10 |The burial-place Phinehas | | (?)* | | of Eleazar. The | | | | traditional site is | | | | the village ʾAwertah, | | | | south of Shechem | | | | (Nâblus), in which | | | | are shown the tombs | | | | of Eleazar, Phinehas, | | | | and Ithamar. Jîbia, | | | | 7 miles west of | | | | Tell Asûr, has been | | | | suggested. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 288; Sh. XIV.) | | | | =GIBEAH-HA- |1 Sam. x. 5; | |-- |A garrison of the ELOHIM= | xiii. 3 | | | Philistines = Geba, | | | | also a Philistine | | | | garrison.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_. | | | | =GIBEON= |Josh. ix. 3, |_el Jîb_ |-- |Now the village of | 17; x. 1-12, | | | ‘el Jîb,’ north of | 41; xi. 19; | | | Jerusalem. (_Mem._ | xviii. 25; | | | III. 94; Sh. XVII.) | xxi. 17; 2 | | | | Sam. ii. 12, | | | | 13, 16, 24; | | | | iii. 30; | | | | xx. 8; 1 | | | | Kings iii. | | | | 4, 5; ix. | | | | 2; 1 Chr. | | | | viii. 29; | | | | ix. 35; xiv. | | | | 16; xvi. | | | | 39; xxi. | | | | 29; 2 Chr. | | | | i. 3, 13; | | | | Neh. iii. 7; | | | | vii. 25; Is. | | | | xxviii. 21; | | | | Jer. xxviii. | | | | 1; xli. 12, | | | | 16 | | | | | | | =GIDOM= |Judg. xx. 45 |_Not |-- |Somewhere on the | | identified_ | | outskirts of Gibeah. | | | | =GIHON=, River |Gen. ii. 13 | |-- |The second river of | | | | Paradise--Geon. | | | | =GIHON= |1 Kings i. | |-- |= Siloam? The Upper | 33, 38; | | | spring of the waters | 45; 2 Chr. | | | of Gihon (2 Chr. | xxxii. 30; | | | xxxii. 30). ‘ʾAin | xxxiii. 14 | | | Umm ed Dêraj,’ | | | | ‘the Virgin’s | | | | fountain.’ _See_ En | | | | Rogel.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 335. | | | | | | | |‘Gihon, from the | | | | fourteenth century, | | | | has been supposed to | | | | be the Birket Mamilla, | | | | and the Lower Gihon | | | | to be the Birket es | | | | Sultan; but the latter | | | | reservoir was only | | | | constructed in the | | | | twelfth century.’--See | | | | _Jerusalem_ vol., p. | | | | 94. | | | | =GILBOA=, Mount |1 Sam. |_Jelbôn_ |10 |The name survives in | xxviii. 4; | | | ‘Jelbôn,’ a village | xxxi. 1, 8; | | | on the high range | 2 Sam. i. 6, | | | east of the plain of | 21; xxi. 12; | | | Esdraelon. (_Mem._ II. | 1 Chr. x. 1, | | | 84; Sh. IX.) | 8 | | | | | | | =GILEAD=, Mount |Gen. xxxi. | |-- |The mountainous region (1) | 21, 25; | | | east of the Jordan; | xxxvii. 25; | | | bounded on the north | Num. xxxii. | | | by Bashan, on the east | 1, 26, 29, | | | by the Arabian desert, | 39, 40; iii. | | | and on the south by | 10, 16; iv. | | | Moab and Ammon = The | Deut. ii. | | | land of Gilead. | 36; 43; | | | | xxxiv. 1; | | | | Josh. xii. | | | | 2, 5; xiii. | | | | 11, 25, 31; | | | | xvii. 5, 6; | | | | xx. 8; xxi. | | | | 38; xxii. | | | | 9, 13, 15, | | | | 32; Judg. v. | | | | 17; x. 4, | | | | 8, 17, 18; | | | | xi. 5-11, | | | | 29; xii. | | | | 4-7; xx. 1; | | | | Sam. xiii. | | | | 7; 2 Sam. | | | | ii. 9; xvii. | | | | 26; xxiv. | | | | 6; 1 Kings | | | | iv. 13, 19; | | | | xvii. 1; | | | | xxii. 3; 2 | | | | Kings x. 33; | | | | xv. 29; 1 | | | | Chr. ii. 22; | | | | v. 9, 10, | | | | 16; vi. 80; | | | | xxvi. 31; | | | | xxvii. 21; | | | | Ps. lx. 7; | | | | cviii. 8; | | | | Cant. iv. | | | | 1; vi. 5; | | | | Jer. viii. | | | | 22; xxii. 6; | | | | xlvi. 11; l. | | | | 19; Ezek. | | | | xlvii. 18; | | | | Hos. vi. 8; | | | | xii. 11; | | | | Amos i. 3, | | | | 13; Obad. | | | | 19; Micah | | | | vii. 14; | | | | Zech. x. 10 | | | | | | | =GILEAD=, Mount |Judg. vii. 3 | |-- |Probably Gilboa (2) | | | | | | | | =GILGAL= (1) |Deut. xi. 30; |_Jiljûlia_ |14 |Now the ruin Jiljûlia, | Josh. iv. | | | 3 miles east of | 19; v. 9, | | | Jericho. (_Mem._ III. | 10; ix. 6; | | | 173, 191; Sh. XVIII.) | x. 6, 15, | | | | 43; xiv. | | | | 6; xv. 7; | | | | Judg. ii. | | | | 1; iii. 19; | | | | 1 Sam. vii. | | | | 16; x. 8; | | | | xi. 14, 15; | | | | xiii. 4-15; | | | | xv. 12, 21, | | | | 33; 2 Sam. | | | | xix. 15, 40; | | | | Neh. xii. | | | | 29; Hos. iv. | | | | 15; ix. 15; | | | | xii. 11; Am. | | | | iv. 4; v. 5; | | | | Micah vi. 5 | | | | | | | =GILGAL= (2) |2 Kings ii. |_Jîljîlia_ |10 |Now the village | 1; iv. 38 | | | Jîljîlia, north of | | | | Bethel. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 290; Sh. XIV.) | | | | =GILGAL= of The |Josh. xii. 23 |_Jiljûlieh_ |10 |Probably Jiljûlieh, in Goim (R.V. | | | | the plain of Sharon, Goiim) | | | | north of Antipatris. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 288; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =GILOH= |Josh. xv. 51; |_Kh. Jâla_ |14 |Probably the ruin | 2 Sam. xv. | (?)* | | Jâla, in the Hebron | 12; xxiii. 34| | | mountains, 3 miles | | | | north of Hŭlhûl. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 313; | | | | XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =GIMZO= |2 Chr. |_Jîmzu_ |10 |Now the village Jîmzu, | xxviii. 18 | | | east of Lydda. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 297; Sh. XIV.) | | | | =GITTAH-HEPHER= |Josh. xix. 13 |_el Mesh-hed_ |-- |_See_ Gath-hepher. (R.V. | | | | =GATH-HEPHER=) | | | | | | | | =GITTAIM= |2 Sam. iv. 3; |_Not |-- |In the neighbourhood of | Neh. xi. 33 | identified_ | | Beeroth. | | | | =GOATH= (R.V. |Jer. xxxi. 39 |_Not |-- |A place in the =GOAH=) | | identified_ | | neighbourhood of | | | | Jerusalem. =GOB= |2 Sam. xxi. |_Not |-- | | 18, 19 | identified_ | | | | | | =GOLAN= |Josh. xx. 8; |_Sahem el | 7 |One of the three | xxi. 27; | Jaulân_ (?) | | cities of refuge east | Deut. iv. | | | of the Jordan, in | 43; 1 Chr. | | | Manasseh. The name | vi. 71 | | | has been recovered | | | | by G. Schumacher, in | | | | the Jaulân. A village | | | | exists called Sahem el | | | | Jaulân, occupying part | | | | of an extensive area | | | | of ruins. | | | | =GOMORRAH= |Gen. x. 19; |_Not |-- |At the north end of (or Amorah), | xiii. 10; | identified_ | | the Dead Sea there =GOMORRHA= (2 | xiv. 2-11; | | | is a valley called Esd. ii. 2) | xviii. 20; | | | ‘Wâdy ʾAmr,’ a word | xix. 24-28; | | | containing the | Deut. xxix. | | | radicals of the name | 23; xxxii. | | | Gomorrah. | 32; Isa. i. | | | | 9, 10; xiii. | | | | 19; Jer. | | | | xxiii. 14; | | | | xlix. 18; l. | | | | 40; Am. iv. | | | | 11; Zeph. | | | | ii. 9; Matt. | | | | x. 15; Mark | | | | vi. 11; Rom. | | | | ix. 29; 2 | | | | Peter ii. 6; | | | | Jude 7 | | | | | | | =GORTYNA= |1 Macc. xv. 23| |-- |A city of Crete | | | | =GOSHEN= (1) |Gen. xlv. | | |Near the eastern side =GESEM= | 10; xlvi. | | | of the ancient Delta. (Judith i. 9) | 28, 29, 34; | | | | xlvii. 1, 4, | | | | 6, 27; l. 8; | | | | Exod. viii. | | | | 22; ix. 26 | | | | | | | =GOSHEN=, The |Josh. x. 41; |_Not |-- |In Southern Palestine. land of | xi. 16 | identified_ | | | | | | =GOSHEN= (3) |Josh. xv. 51 |_Not |-- |A town of Judah in the | | identified_ | | mountains. | | | | =GOZAN= |2 Kings xvii. | | |A district in | 6; xviii. | | | Mesopotamia, watered | 11; xix. | | | by the River Khabour. | 12; 1 Chr. | | | | v. 26; Is. | | | | xxxvii. 12 | | | | | | | =GREECE= |Zech. ix. 13; | |-- | | 1 Macc. i. | | | | 1; Acts xx. 2| | | | | | | =GRECIA= |Dan. viii. | |-- | | 21; x. 20; | | | | xi. 2 | | | | | | | =GUDGODAH= |Deut. x. 7 |_Not |-- |A variation of the name | | identified_ | | Hor-hagidgad. | | | | =GUR=, The |2 Kings ix. |_Not |-- |‘By Ibleam.’ Perhaps going up to | 27; Jos. 9 | identified_ | | Kh. Kâra, west of (R.V. The | Ant. vi. 4 | | | Yebla.--Conder. _See_ ascent of) | | | | Ibleam. | | | | =GUR-BAAL= |2 Chr. xxvi. 7|_Not |-- |A place or district | | identified_ | | lying between | | | | Palestine and the | | | | Arabian Peninsula. | | | | =HABOR= |2 Kings xvii. |_Khabour_ |-- |Called ‘Aborrhas’ by | 6; xviii. | | | Strabo (XVI. 1, 27); | 11; 1 Chr. | | | ‘Aburas’ by Isidore of | v. 26 | | | Charax (p. 4); ‘Abora’ | | | | by Zosimus (III. 12), | | | | and ‘Charboras’ by | | | | Pliny and Ptolemy | | | | (v. 18). Now called | | | | the river Khabour, | | | | an affluent of the | | | | Euphrates. | | | | =HACHILAH=, |1 Sam. xxiii. |_Dhahret el |14 |Apparently the ridge Hill of | 19; xxvi. 1, | Kolah_ (?)* | | called ‘el Kolah,’ in | 3 | | | the wilderness east of | | | | ‘Ziph.’ (_Mem._ III. | | | | 313; Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =HADADRIMMON= |Zech. xii. 11 |_Rummâneh_ |10 |A place in the valley | | | | of Megiddo. Jerome | | | | (Comm. in Zach.) makes | | | | this = Maximianopolis, | | | | or the present village | | | | Rummâneh, west of the | | | | plain of ‘Esdraelon.’ | | | | (_Mem._ II. 68; Sh. | | | | VIII.) | | | | =HADASHAH= |Josh. xv. 37 |_Ebdis_, |13 |Mentioned between | | _ʾEddis_* | | ‘Zenan’ and | | | | ‘Migdal-gad.’ Probably | | | | the village ‘Ebdis,’ | | | | or ‘ʾEddis,’ 6½ | | | | miles to the east of | | | | Migdal-gad. It is | | | | spoken of by Eusebius | | | | as lying near Taphna. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 409; Sh. | | | | XVI.) | | | | =HADATTAH= |Josh. xv. 25 |_Not |-- |One of the towns (R.V. =HAZOR- | | identified_ | | of Judah in the HADATTAH=) | | | | south. Should read | | | | ‘Hazor-hadattah.’ | | | | _See_ Hazor-hadattah. | | | | =HADID= |Ezra ii. 33; |_Hadîtheh_ |10 |Named with ‘Lod’ and | Neh. vii. | | | ‘Ono.’ In the time | 37; xi. 34 | | | of Eusebius (Onom. | | | | ‘Adithaim’), a town | | | | called ‘Aditha,’ or | | | | ‘Adatha,’ existed to | | | | the east of Lydda | | | | (Diospolis). ‘Adida | | | | in Sephela’ (1 Macc. | | | | xii. 38) is probably | | | | the same place. Now | | | | the present village | | | | ‘Hadîtheh,’ 3 miles to | | | | the east of Lydda = | | | | the Adithaim of Joshua | | | | xv. 36. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 322; Sh. XIV.) | | | | =HADRACH=, The |Zech. ix. 1 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in Syria. land of | | identified_ | | | | | | =HAI= (R.V. |Gen. xii. 8; | |-- |_See_ ‘Ai.’ =AI=) | xiii. 3 | | | | | | | =HALAH= |2 Kings |_Not |-- |A different place to | xviii. 11; 1 | identified_ | | that of Gen. x. 11; | Chr. v. 26 | | | thought to be the | | | | ‘Chalcitis’ of Ptolemy | | | | (v. 18). The modern | | | | name, ‘Gla,’ applies | | | | to a huge mound on the | | | | Upper Khabour, above | | | | its junction with the | | | | Jerujer. (Layard, | | | | _Nin. & Bab._ 312.) | | | | =HALAK=, Mount |Josh. xi. 17; |_Not |-- |In the neighbourhood | xii. 7 | identified_ | | of ‘Mount Seir,’ | | | | signifying ‘the bare | | | | mountain’ (margin | | | | R.V.). | | | | =HALHUL= |Josh. xv. 58 |_Hŭlhûl_ |14 |The present village | | | | still called ‘Hŭlhûl,’ | | | | north of Hebron and | | | | near to Beth-zur, with | | | | which it is named. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 305; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =HALI= |Josh. xix. 25 |_Kh. ʾAlia_ | 6 |A town on the boundary | | (?)* | | of Asher, named | | | | between ‘Helkath’ and | | | | ‘Beten.’ The name Kh. | | | | ʾAlia, some 13 miles | | | | south-east of Akka is | | | | suggestive of this | | | | site, and may probably | | | | be in the district of | | | | ‘Aloth,’ which see. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =HALICARNASSUS= |1 Macc. xv. |_Budrûm_ |-- |A city in ‘Caria,’ | 23; Jo. Ant. | | | celebrated for its | xiv. 10, 23 | | | harbour and the | | | | strength of its | | | | fortifications, | | | | the birth-place of | | | | Herodotus and of the | | | | later historian, | | | | Dionysius. A plan of | | | | the site is given in | | | | Ross, _Reisen auf | | | | den Griech Inseln_ | | | | (vol. iv., p. 30). | | | | The modern name is | | | | ‘Budrûm.’ | | | | =HAM= |Gen. xiv. 5 |_Not |-- |Thought to be another | | identified_ | | form of Ammon. The | | | | Targums of Onkelos and | | | | Pseudo Jonathan have | | | | Hemta. Schwartz (217) | | | | suggests ‘Humeitat,’ | | | | or ‘Hammet Animah,’ 1 | | | | mile north of ‘Rabba.’ | | | | =HAMATH= |Num. xiii. |_Hama_ |-- |The present city Hama, | 21; xxxiv. | | | in the valley of the | 8; Josh. | | | Orontes, north of | xiii. 5; | | | Damascus. Hemath (Amos | Judg. iii. | | | vi. 14). | 3; 2 Sam. | | | | viii. 9; 1 | | | | Kings viii. | | | | 65; 2 Kings | | | | xiv. 25, 28; | | | | xvii. 24, | | | | 30; xviii. | | | | 34; xix. 13; | | | | xxiii. 33; | | | | xxv. 21; 1 | | | | Chr. xiii. | | | | 5; xviii. | | | | 3, 9; 2 | | | | Chr. vii. | | | | 8; viii. | | | | 4; Isa. x. | | | | 9; xi. 11; | | | | xxxvi. 19; | | | | xxxvii. 13; | | | | Jer. xxxix. | | | | 5; xlix. 23; | | | | lii. 9, 27; | | | | Ezek. xlvii. | | | | 16, 17, 20; | | | | xlviii. 1; | | | | Amos vi. 2, | | | | 14; Zech. | | | | ix. 2 | | | | | | | =HAMATH ZOBAH= |2 Chr. viii. 3|_Not |-- |Perhaps same as last. | | identified_ | | North of Damascus. | | | | =HAMMATH= |Josh. xix. 35 |_Hŭmmâm | 6 |One of the fortified | | Ibrahim | | cities of Naphtali. | | Basha_ | | The site was probably | | | | at the Emmaus of | | | | Josephus, so famed for | | | | its hot springs and | | | | baths (xviii. Ant. | | | | 2, 3; 4 Wars i. 3). | | | | Now Hammâm Tabariya. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 379; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =HAMMON= |Josh. xix. 28 |_ʾAin Hamûl_ | 6 |The present ruin Hima, | | | | 11 miles south-east | | | | of Tyre, ‘Kh. Umm el | | | | ʾAmud,’ on the coast | | | | 10 miles south of | | | | Tyre, and ‘ʾAin Hamûl’ | | | | (Schwartz), a little | | | | farther south, have | | | | each been proposed. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 51 & 176; | | | | Sh. III., and Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_.) | | | | =HAMMON= |1 Chr. vi. 76 | |-- |Allotted out of the | | | | tribe of Naphtali to | | | | the Levites. Possibly | | | | the same as Hammath. | | | | =HAMMOTH-DOR= |Josh. xxi. 32 | |-- |Same as Hammon (1 Chr. | | | | vi. 76), and Hammath | | | | of Josh. xix. 35. | | | | =HAMON-GOG=, |Ezek. xxxix. | |-- | The Valley of | 11, 15 | | | | | | | =HAMONAH= |Ezek. xxxix. |_Not |-- | | 16 | identified_ | | | | | | =HANANEEL=, The |Neh. iii. 1; |_Not |-- |A tower which formed Tower of (R.V. | xii. 39; | identified_ | | part of the wall of =HANANEL=) | Jer. xxxi. | | | Jerusalem, between | 38; Zech. | | | the Sheepgate and the | xiv. 10 | | | Fishgate. | | | | =HANES= |Isa. xxx. 4 |_Tell |-- |A place in Egypt, (?) | | Defenneh_ | | Tahpanes, which see. | | | | =HANNATHON= |Josh. xix. 14 |_Kefr ʾAnân_* | 6 |The present village | | | | ‘Kefr ʾAnân’ of | | | | Zebulon. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 205; Sh. IV.)--Conder. | | | | =HAPHRAIM= |Josh. xix. 19 |_Kh. |10 |Probably the present (R.V. | | Farrîyeh_* | | ruin Farrîyeh, west =HAPHARA-IM=) | | | | of the plain of | | | | Esdraelon. The site of | | | | Affarea, 6 miles north | | | | of Legio--‘Lejjun.’ | | | | Onomasticon, _s.v._ | | | | Haphraim. A city of | | | | Issachar. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 58; Sh. VIII.)--Conder. | | | | =HARA= |1 Chr. v. 26 |_Harran_ |-- |= Haran, which see. | | | | =HARADAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 24, 25 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =HARAN= |Gen. xi. 31, |_Harran_ |-- |Probably the small | 32; xii. 4, | | | village now called | 5; xxvii. | | | ‘Harran,’ between the | 43; xxviii. | | | Euphrates and the | 10; xxix. 4; | | | Khabour. | 2 Kings xix. | | | | 12; Isa. | | | | xxxvii. 12; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 23 | | | | | | | =HARETH=, The |1 Sam. xxii. |_Kharâs_ (?)* |14 |The LXX. reads ‘city.’ Forest of | 5; Ant. vi. | | | Very probably the (R.V. =HERETH=)| 12, 4 | | | name is preserved | | | | in that of Kharâs, | | | | a village in the | | | | Hebron mountains, | | | | between ‘Hŭlhul’ and | | | | ‘Adullam,’ where dense | | | | patches of scrub | | | | abound. _Mem._ III. | | | | 305; Sh. XXI.--Conder. | | | | =HAROD=, The |Judg. vii. 1 |_ʾAin Jalûd_ |10 |ʾAin Jalûd, below Well of | | (?) | | Jezreel (Zerʾîn), is | | | | the generally-accepted | | | | spring. Capt. Conder | | | | suggests ‘ʾAin el | | | | Jemʾâin (the spring | | | | of two troops), near | | | | Beth-shean. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 79, 81; Sh. IX.) | | | | =HAROSHETH= of |Judg. iv. 2, |_el | 6 |The village ‘el the Gentiles | 13, 16 | Harathîyeh_ | | Harathiyeh,’ in the | | (?) | | narrow strait, on | | | | the north bank of | | | | the River Kishon, | | | | which separates Lower | | | | Galilee from Carmel, | | | | is generally looked | | | | to now as the ancient | | | | site; whilst others | | | | maintain that it was | | | | situated in the Upper | | | | Jordan Valley, near | | | | the Lake Huleh--Merom. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 270; Sh. V.) | | | | =HARUPH=, |1 Chr. xii. |_Kh. Kharûf_ |-- |Appears to have been in =HARIPH= | 5; Neh. vii. | (?)* | | the south of Judah. | 24 | | | Probably Kh. Kharûf, | | | | south of ʾAid el Mâ. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 313; Sh. | | | | XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =HASHMONAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 29, 30 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites, somewhere | | | | near ‘Mount Hôr.’ | | | | =HAURAN= |Ezek. xlvii. |_Hauran_ | 7 |A province of | 16, 18 | | | Palestine, bounded | | | | on the west by | | | | Gaulanitis, on the | | | | north by the wild | | | | and rocky district | | | | of Trachonitis, on | | | | the east by the | | | | mountainous region of | | | | Batanæa, and on the | | | | south by the great | | | | plain of Moab. (_See_ | | | | Porter’s _Damascus_, | | | | vol. ii.) | | | | =HAVILAH= |Gen. ii. 11; |_Not |-- | | x. 7, 29; | identified_ | | | xxv. 18; 1 | | | | Sam. xv. 7; | | | | 1 Chr. i. 9, | | | | 23 | | | | | | | =HAVOTH-JAIR= |Num. xxxii. |_Not |-- |‘Small towns of Jair,’ | 41; Deut. | identified_ | | in the country of | iii. 14; | | | Argob. | Josh. xiii. | | | | 30; 1 Chr. | | | | ii. 23; 1 | | | | Kings iv. 13 | | | | | | | =HAZAR-ADDAR= |Num. xxxiv. 4 |_Not |-- |= Addar. On the | | identified_ | | southern boundary of | | | | Judah, between Kadesh | | | | Barnea and Azmon. | | | | =HAZAR-ENAN= |Num. xxxiv. |_Not |-- |The northern limit of | 9, 10; Ezek. | identified_ | | the Promised Land. | xlvii. 17; | | | ‘Kuryetein,’ a village | xlviii. i. 1 | | | north-east of Damascus | | | | some 60 miles, has | | | | been proposed by | | | | Porter. (_Damascus_ i. | | | | 252; ii. 358.) Conder | | | | suggests ʾAin el ʾAsi | | | | (see _Heth & Moab_). | | | | =HAZAR-GADDAH= |Josh. xv. 27 |_Not |-- |One of the towns in the | | identified_ | | south of Judah, named | | | | between ‘Moladah’ and | | | | ‘Heshmon.’ | | | | =HAZAR-HATTICON=|Ezek. xlvii. |_Not |-- |On the boundary of (R.V. =HAZER- | 16 | identified_ | | Hauran. Said to mean HATTICON=) | | | | ‘middle village’ (R.V.) | | | | =HAZAR-SHUAL= |Josh. xv. 28; |_Not |-- |One of the towns in the | xix. 3; 1 | identified_ | | south of Judah, named | Chr. iv. 28; | | | next to Beer-sheba. | Neh. xi. 27 | | | | | | | =HAZAR-SUSAH= |Josh. xix. 5; |_Susîn_ (?) |-- |One of the southern | 1 Chr. iv. 31| | | cities of Judah | | | | allotted to Simeon. Or | | | | ‘Hazar-susim,’ ‘the | | | | village of horses.’ | | | | Probably the ruin | | | | Susîn, on the caravan | | | | road to Egypt, some | | | | 10 miles south of | | | | Gaza.--Tristram. | | | | =HAZARMAVETH= |Gen. x. 26; 1 |_Hadramâut_ |-- |Now Hadramaut, a | Chr. i. 20 | | | district in south-east | | | | of Arabia. | | | | =HAZERIM= |Deut. ii. 23 | |-- |‘The villages’ of the | | | | Avims. | | | | =HAZEROTH= |Num. xi. 35; |_ʾAin |-- |The next camping | xii. 16; | Hudherah_ (?)| | station of the | xxxiii. 17; | | | Israelites after | Deut. i. 1 | | | ‘Kibroth-hattaavah.’ | | | | ‘Ain Hudherah,’ some | | | | two or three days’ | | | | journey north-east | | | | from Sinai, was | | | | first suggested | | | | by Burckhardt.-- | | | | Burckhardt, p. 495; | | | | Robinson, vol. i., p. | | | | 223. | | | | =HAZEZON-TAMAR= |Gen. xiv. 7; |_ʾAin Jidy_ |14 |The original name (R.V. | 2 Chron. xx. | | | of En-gedi (2 Chr. =HAZAZON- | 2 | | | xx. 2). The name is TAMAR=) | | | | probably preserved | | | | in that of the tract | | | | called ‘Hasâseh’ | | | | (pebbles), near ‘ʾAin | | | | Jîdy.’ Compare Ziz, | | | | cliff of. | | | | =HAZOR= (1) |Josh. xi. 1, |_Jebel | 6 |Named between ‘Ramah’ | 10-13; xii. | Hadîreh_ (?) | | and ‘Kedesh’ (Kades) | 19; xix. 36; | | | as one of the fenced | Jud. iv. 2, | | | cities of Naphtali. | 17; 1 Sam. | | | The name survives | xii. 9; 1 | | | in Jebel Hadîreh, | Kings ix. | | | near Kades in Upper | 15; 2 Kings | | | Galilee. (_Mem._ I. | xv. 29; Jer. | | | 204; Sh. IV.) | xlix. 28, | | | | 30, 33 | | | | | | | =HAZOR= (2) |Josh. xv. 23 |_Not |-- |One of the uttermost | | identified_ | | cities of Judah in the | | | | south; also called | | | | Kerioth Hezron in | | | | Josh. xv. 25. | | | | =HAZOR-HADATTAH=|Josh. xv. 25 |_Not |-- |One of the towns (3) | | identified_ | | of Judah in the | | | | south; should read | | | | ‘Hazor-hadattah’ | | | | (R.V.), and this | | | | reading is given by | | | | Eusebius and Jerome, | | | | who speak (Onom. | | | | ‘Asor’) of ‘New Hazor’ | | | | as being situated to | | | | the east of and near | | | | Ascalon. | | | | =HAZOR= (4) |Neh. xi. 33; |_Kh. Hazzûr_ |14 |Now the heap of ruins | 1 Kings ix. | | | ‘Hazzûr,’ north of | 15 | | | Jerusalem, near | | | | Beit Hanîna, and in | | | | Benjamin. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 43; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =HEBRON= |Gen. xiii. |_el Khŭlîl_ |14 |One of the oldest | 18; xxiii. | | | cities of Palestine, | 2, 19; xxxv. | | | built seven years | 27; xxxvii. | | | before ‘Zoan’ in | 14; Num. | | | Egypt (Num. xiii. | xiii. 22; | | | 22). Originally named | Jos. x. 3, | | | Kirjath-arba (Judg. i. | 5, 23, 36, | | | 10). The burial-place | 39; xi. 21; | | | of Abraham, Sarah, | xii. 10; | | | Isaac, and Jacob. One | xiv. 54; | | | of the six cities of | xx. 7; xxi. | | | refuge. Now a large | 13-15; xv. | | | town called ‘el | 13, 11, 13; | | | Khulîl.’ (_Mem._ III. | Judg. i. 10, | | | 305; Sh. XXI.) | 20; xvi. | | | | 3; 1 Sam. | | | | xxx. 31; 2 | | | | Sam. ii. 1, | | | | 3, 11, 32; | | | | iii. 2, 32; | | | | iv. 1-12; | | | | v. 1-13; | | | | xv. 7-10; 1 | | | | Kings ii. | | | | 11; 1 Chr. | | | | ii. 42, 43; | | | | iii. 1, 4; | | | | vi. 2, 55, | | | | 57; xi. 1, | | | | 3; xii. 23, | | | | 38; xxix. | | | | 27; 2 Chr. | | | | xi. 10; 1 | | | | Macc. v. 65 | | | | | | | =HEBRON= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 28 | |-- |_See_ ‘Abdon,’ a town =EBRON=) | | | | of Asher, which is | | | | thought to represent | | | | this place. | | | | =HELAM= |2 Sam. x. 16, |_Not |-- |Between the Jordan and | 17 | identified_ | | Euphrates, thought | | | | to be identical with | | | | Alamatha, a town named | | | | by Ptolemy, on the | | | | west of the Euphrates, | | | | near Nicephorium. | | | | =HELBAH= |Judg. i. 31 |_Not | 6 |A town in Asher. | | identified_ | | | | | | =HELBON= |Ezek. xxvii. |_Helbôn_ | 3 |Now represented by | 18 | | | the village still | | | | called Helbôn, in the | | | | mountains, 13 miles | | | | north of Damascus. | | | | (_Five years in | | | | Damascus_, II. | | | | 330.--Porter.) | | | | =HELEPH= |Josh. xix. 33 |_Beit Lîf_ | 6 |On the boundary of | | | | Naphtali. Van de Velde | | | | proposed Beit Lîf. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 204; Sh. | | | | IV.) | | | | =HELKATH= |Josh. xix. |_Yerka_ (?) | 6 |Mentioned next to | 25; xxi. 31 | | | ‘Hali’ (Kh. ʾAlia) in | | | | Josh. xix. 25, and to | | | | ‘Rehob’ in xxi. 31. On | | | | the boundary of Asher. | | | | The village ‘Yerka,’ | | | | 8½ miles to east of | | | | ʾAkka, proposed by Van | | | | de Velde. In 1 Chr. | | | | vi. 75, it is rendered | | | | ‘Hukok.’ | | | | =HELKATH- |2 Sam. ii. 16 |_Wâdy el |14 |Possibly ‘Wâdy el HAZZURIM= | | ʾAskar_ (?)* | | ʾAskar,’ between | | | | ‘Gederah’ (Jedîreh) | | | | and ‘Gibeon’ (el Jîb). | | | | (_Mem._ III.; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--C. F. T. Drake. | | | | =HEMATH= |Amos vi. 14 |_Hama_ |-- |= Hamath. | | | | =HENA= |2 Kings |_ʾAnah_ (?) |-- |Probably ‘Anah,’ near | xviii. 34; 2 | | | ‘Mosaib,’ on the | Kings xix. | | | Euphrates. | 13; Is. | | | | xxxvii. 13 | | | | | | | =HEPHER= |Josh. xii. |_Not |-- |Named between ‘Tappuah’ | 17; 1 Kings | identified_ | | and Aphek in Josh. | iv. 10 | | | xii. 17, and between | | | | Socoh (Shuweikeh), | | | | and Dôr (Tanturah), 1 | | | | Kings iv. 10. Not Gath | | | | Hepher. | | | | =HERES=, Mount |Judg. i. 35 | |-- |Mentioned with Aijalon. | | | | Some 5 miles to the | | | | north of the valley | | | | of Aijalon is the | | | | village of ‘Khŭrbetha | | | | ibn Hârith,’ 5 miles | | | | due east of this place | | | | is a very prominent | | | | and commanding hill | | | | top called ‘Batn | | | | Harâsheh.’ Further | | | | north lie Hâris and | | | | Kefr Hâris (Timnath | | | | Heres). All these | | | | names may be connected | | | | with that of Mount | | | | Heres. | | | | =HERMON=, Mount |Deut. iii. 8, |_Jebel esh |-- |Now called ‘Jebel esh | 9; iv. 48; | Sheikh_ | | Sheikh,’ or ‘Jebel eth | Josh. xi. | _Jebel eth | | Thelj,’ the highest | 3, 17; xii. | Thelj_ | | mountain in the | 1-5; xiii. | | | Anti-Lebanon range | 5, 11; 1 | | | (9,166 feet). _Special | Chr. v. 23; | | | Papers_ Vol., p. | Ps. xlii. 6; | | | 115-116. | lxxxix. 12; | | | | cxxxiii. 3; | | | | Song. iv. | | | | 8; Eccles. | | | | xxiv. 13 | | | | | | | =HESHBON= |Num. xxi. |_Hesbân_ |15 |The capital of Sihon | 25-34; | | | King of the Amorites, | xxxii. 3, | | | rebuilt by the | 37; Deut. i. | | | children of Reuben | 4; ii. 24, | | | (Num. xxxii. 37). | 30; iii. 2, | | | Near or on the border | 6; iv. 46; | | | between Reuben and | xxix. 7; | | | Dan. In Joshua xiii. | Josh. ix. | | | 17, as belonging to | 10; xii. 2, | | | Reuben, and in Joshua | 5; xiii. 10, | | | xxi. 39 and 1 Chr. vi. | 17, 21, 26, | | | 81, mentioned as given | 27; xxi. | | | ‘out of the tribe of | 39; Judg. | | | Gad.’ Now the ruined | xi. 19, 26; | | | city ‘Hesbân.’ For | 1 Chr. vi. | | | details see _Quarterly | 81; Neh. ix. | | | Statement_, 1882, p. | 22; Cant. | | | 8, _Eastern Survey_. | vii. 4; Is. | | | | xv. 4; xvi. | | | | 8, 9; Jer. | | | | xlviii. 2, | | | | 34, 45; | | | | xlix. 3 | | | | | | | =HESHMON= |Josh. xv. 27 |_Not |-- |Named with | | identified_ | | ‘Beer-sheba,’ | | | | ‘Moladah,’ etc. | | | | Apparently to the | | | | south; thought to be | | | | another form of the | | | | name ‘Azmon,’ which | | | | see. | | | | =HETHLON= |Ezek. xlvii. | |-- |Supposed to be the | 15; xlviii. 1| | | Pass at the northern | | | | end of Mount Lebanon, | | | | from the Mediterranean | | | | to the great Plain | | | | of Hamath--and would | | | | thus be identical | | | | with ‘the entrance | | | | to Hamath.’ (_Five | | | | Years in Damascus_ II. | | | | 356.)--Porter. | | | | =HEZRON= |Josh. xv. 3 |_J. Hadîreh_ |20 |Named as being on the | | (?)* | | southern boundary of | | | | Judah and between | | | | ‘Kadesh-barnea’ | | | | and ‘Adar.’ ‘Jebel | | | | Hadîreh,’ south of | | | | Bîr-sheba, proposed | | | | by Capt. Conder. | | | | (_See Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 257.) The | | | | position agrees, and | | | | the Arabic name is | | | | radically the same as | | | | the Hebrew. | | | | =HIDDEKEL= |Gen. ii. 14; |_River Tigris_|-- |One of the rivers of | Dan. x. 14 | | | Eden, ‘which goeth | | | | toward the east of | | | | Assyria.’ The old name | | | | of the Tigris, which | | | | is now called Dijlah. | | | | =HILEN= |1 Chron. vi. |_Not |-- |In Joshua xv. 51, = | 58 | identified_ | | Holon, which see. | | | | =HINNOM=, |Josh. xv. 8; |_Wâdy er |14 |Now ‘Wâdy er Valley of | xviii. 16; 2 | Rabâbeh_ (?) | | Rabâbeh’--the valley | Kings xxiii. | | | surrounding Jerusalem | 10; 2 Chr. | | | on the west and | xxviii. 3; | | | south.--_Jerusalem_ | xxxiii. 6; | | | Vol. p. 94. Some have | Neh. xi. 30; | | | thought the Kedron | Jer. vii. | | | Valley to be intended. | 31, 32; xix. | | | | 2, 6; xxxii. | | | | 35 | | | | | | | =HOBAH= |Gen. xiv. 15 |_Jôbar_ (?) | 3 |The Jews of Damascus | | or _Buzreh_ | | have a tradition | | (?) | | that the village of | | | | ‘Jôbar,’ immediately | | | | north of Damascus, | | | | is the ‘Hobah’ of | | | | Scripture. Again, the | | | | Moslems have another | | | | tradition that Abraham | | | | took refuge in a cleft | | | | of the rock in Buzreh, | | | | which is farther | | | | north and to the west | | | | of Jobâr.--Porter’s | | | | _Handbook for Syria | | | | and Palestine_, pp. | | | | 491, 492. The Hebrew | | | | word is said to mean | | | | ‘hiding.’ | | | | =HOLON= (1), or |Josh. xv. 51; |_Beit ʾAlâm_ |14 |A town in the mountains =HILEN= | xxi. 15; 1 | (?)* | | of Judah, named | Chron. vi. 58| | | between ‘Goshen’ (not | | | | recovered) and Giloh | | | | (Kh. Jala.) In the | | | | same group as ‘Dannah’ | | | | (Idhna)--very probably | | | | the ruins ‘Beit | | | | ʾAlâm’ (Sheet 14.) | | | | (_Mem._ III. 313; Sh. | | | | XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =HOLON= (2) |Jer. xlviii. |_Not |-- |In the ‘plain | 21 | identified_ | | country,’ or Mishor | | | | in Moab. Perhaps | | | | ‘ʾAleiyan.’--Conder. | | | | =HOR=, Mount (1)|Numb. xxxiv. |_Not |-- |One of the landmarks on | 7, 8 | identified_ | | the northern limits | | | | of the boundary of | | | | the Promised Land. | | | | Supposed to be the | | | | Lebanon Range. (_See_ | | | | Conder’s _Heth & | | | | Moab_.) | | | | =HOR=, Mount (2)|Num. xx. |_Jebel Neby |28 |The next camping | 22-27; xxi. | Harûn_ | | station of the | 4; xxxiii. | | | Israelites after | 37, 41; | | | ‘Kadesh’ (Num. xx. | Deut. xxxii. | | | 22); ‘By the coast | 50 | | | of the land of Edom’ | | | | (Num. xx. 23); or ‘in | | | | the edge’ (xxxiii. | | | | 37.) ‘And Aaron went | | | | up into “Mount Hor” | | | | and died there’ | | | | (Num. xxxiii. 38.) A | | | | double-peaked mountain | | | | on the eastern side of | | | | the ‘Wâdy ʾArabah,’ | | | | and about midway | | | | between ‘the Salt | | | | Sea’ and the Gulf of | | | | ʾAkabah. The northern | | | | peak is the highest | | | | one, on which is the | | | | traditional tomb of | | | | Aaron. A great open | | | | plain extends from the | | | | western base into the | | | | ‘Wâdy ʾArabah’--and | | | | has an area of about | | | | 20 square miles. At a | | | | higher elevation of | | | | 1,000 feet above this | | | | plain and between the | | | | eastern base of the | | | | mountain and Petra, | | | | is the open piece of | | | | rolling land--called | | | | ‘the Plain of Aaron,’ | | | | which is encircled by | | | | the surrounding peaks | | | | and over 2 square | | | | miles in extent. There | | | | is also a little | | | | plateau at the fork | | | | of the two peaks | | | | (now called Jebel | | | | Neby Harûn.)--For | | | | various descriptions | | | | _see_ the records of | | | | Burckhardt, Irby and | | | | Mangles, Stephens, | | | | Wilson, Robinson, | | | | Martineau, Stanley. | | | | (Professor Hull’s | | | | _Mt. Seir_, also the | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | October, 1884.)--Major | | | | Kitchener. | | | | =HOREB=, Mount |Exod. iii. |_Not |-- |‘The Mount of | 1; xvii. 6; | identified_ | | God’--another name | xxxiii. 6; | | | for Sinai and the | Deut. i. 2, | | | wilderness. ‘The rock | 6, 19; iv. | | | in Horeb’ = Massah and | 10, 15; v. | | | Meribah. Exodus xvii. | 2; ix. 8; | | | 7. The name in Hebrew | xviii. 16; | | | means ‘desert’ or | xxix. 1; 1 | | | ‘dry,’ and may apply | Kings viii. | | | to the whole Sinaitic | 9; xix. 8; | | | block. | 2 Chr. v. | | | | 10; Ps. cvi. | | | | 19; Mal. iv. | | | | 4; Eccles. | | | | xlviii. 7 | | | | | | | =HOREM= |Josh. xix. 38 |_Kh. Hârah_* | 6 |Named between Migdal-el | | | | (Mujeidel) and | | | | Beth-anath (Ainitha) | | | | in Naphtali. Now the | | | | ruin Hârah, between | | | | these two places. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 205; Sh. | | | | IV.)--Conder. | | | | =HOR-HAGIDGAD= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping (R.V. =HOR- | 32, 33 | identified_ | | stations of the HAGGIDGAD=) | | | | Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =HORMAH= or |Num. xiv. |_Not |-- |Also called ‘Zephath’ =ZEPHATH= | 45; xxi. 3; | identified_ | | (Judg. i. 17.) Named | Deut. i. | | | between Geder (not | 44; Josh. | | | recovered) and Arad | xii. 14; xv. | | | (Tell ʾArâd) Josh. | 30; xix. 4; | | | xii. 14. Also between | Judg. 1, 17; | | | Chesil or Bethul (Beit | 1 Sam. xxx. | | | Âûla) Sheet 14, and | 30; 1 Chron. | | | Ziklag: xv. 30; xix. | iv. 30 | | | 4. Robinson (II. 181) | | | | identifies the pass | | | | es Sŭfa with Zephath | | | | (Sheet 21.) S’baita, | | | | south of Beersheba | | | | (Sheet 20) is also | | | | proposed and has many | | | | supporters. The name | | | | Kh. Hôra (Sheet 13) | | | | east of Beersheba, | | | | exists at a very | | | | ancient site. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 396; Sh. XXIV.) | | | | S’beita does not | | | | represent the Hebrew, | | | | which is correctly | | | | rendered by Sŭfa, as | | | | Robinson proposes. | | | | =HORONAIM= |Is. xv. 5; |_Not |-- |Possibly ‘Wâdy Ghûeir’ | Jer. xlviii. | identified_ | | (with ancient road). | 3, 5, 34 | | | The Hebrew and Arabic | | | | have the same meaning, | | | | with a slight change | | | | of guttural. (Conder, | | | | _Heth and Moab_, 403) | | | | situated between ‘Beth | | | | Jesimoth’ (Sheet 14) | | | | and ‘Luhith’ (Sheet | | | | 15.) | | | | =HOSAH= |Josh. xix. 29 |_ʾEzzîyat el | 6 |A city of Asher. | | Fôka_ or _et | | Probably the present | | Tahta_ (?)* | | ruins now called | | | | ‘ʾEzzîyat el Fôka,’ | | | | south of Tyre. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 48, 51; Sh. | | | | I.)--Conder. | | | | =HUKKOK= |Josh. xix. 34 |_Yakûk_ | 6 |Named next to ‘Aznoth | | | | Tabor’ as being on the | | | | boundary of Naphtali. | | | | The present village | | | | Yakûk. (_Mem._ I. 365; | | | | Sh. VI.) | | | | =HUKOK= |1 Chr. vi. 75 |_Not |-- |Apparently another | | identified_ | | name for ‘Helkath’ of | | | | Joshua xix. 25 | | | | =HUMTAH= |Josh. xv. 54 |_Not |-- |In the mountains of | | identified_ | | Judah, and mentioned | | | | next to Hebron. | | | | =HYDASPES=, |Judith i. 6 |_Not |-- |Possibly the Choaspes River | | identified_ | | of Susiana. Not the | | | | Hydaspes of India | | | | (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =IBLEAM= |Josh. xvii. |_Yebla_ | 6 |A city of Manasseh in | 11; Judg. i. | | | Issachar. Probably | 27; 2 Kings | | | Yebla, north-west of | ix. 27 | | | Beth-shean. _See_ also | | | | Bileam. | | | | =IDALAH= |Josh. xix. 15 |_el Huwarah_ | 6 |One of the cities of | | (?)* | | Zebulon. Its later | | | | name was Hirii | | | | (_Talmud Jer_, | | | | _Megillah_ I.) Now | | | | identified with ‘el | | | | Huwarah,’ south of | | | | Bethlehem in Zebulon. | | | | (_See_ Conder’s | | | | _Handbook_, p. 268, | | | | and _Mem._ I. 288; Sh. | | | | V.) | | | | =IDUMEA= (R.V. |Is. xxxiv. |See _Edom_ |-- |The Greek form of the =EDOM=) | 5, 6; Ezek. | | | name Edom. | xxxv. 15; | | | | xxxvi. 5; 1 | | | | Macc. iv. | | | | 15, 29, 61; | | | | v. 3; vi. | | | | 31; 2 Macc. | | | | xii. 32; | | | | Mark iii. 8 | | | | | | | =IIM= (1) (R.V. |Num. xxxiii. |See |-- |A contracted form of =IYIM=) | 45 | _Ije-abarim_ | | the name Ije-abarim, | | | | which see. | | | | =IIM= (2) |Josh. xv. 29 |_Not |-- |Mentioned with | | identified_ | | ‘Beer-sheba,’ and | | | | ‘Chesil,’ or ‘Bethul,’ | | | | somewhere in the south | | | | of Judah. The Peshito | | | | Syriac version has | | | | Elin. | | | | =IJE-ABARIM= |Num. xxi. 11; |_Not |-- |Between ‘Oboth’ and (R.V. | xxxiii. 44 | identified_ | | ‘the valley of Zared,’ =IYE-ABARIM=) | | | | ‘wilderness which is | | | | before Moab.’ One of | | | | the camping stations | | | | of the Israelites. | | | | =IJON= |1 Kings xv. |_el Khîam_ | 6 |A town belonging to the | 20; 2 Kings | (?)* | | tribe of Naphtali, | xv. 29; 2 | | | ‘el Khîam,’ in the | Chr. xvi. 4 | | | Merj ʾAyûn, north of | | | | Banias (Conder). Tell | | | | Dibbin, in the same | | | | district, has also | | | | been proposed. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 88; Sh. II.) | | | | =IMMER= |Ezra ii. 59; |_Not |-- |One of the places from | Neh. vii. 61 | identified_ | | which some of the | | | | captivity returned, | | | | who could not prove | | | | their pedigree. | | | | =INDIA= |1 Esd. iii. 2 | -- |-- | | | | | =IR-NAHASH= |1 Chron. iv. |_Deir |13 |Of Judah. Possibly (R.V. ‘The | 12 | Nakhkhâs_ | | ‘Deir Nakhkhâs,’ near City of | | (?)* | | Beit Jibrîn. (_Mem._ Nahash.’) | | | | III.; Sh. XX.)--Conder. | | | | =IRON= |Josh. xix. 38 |_Yârûn_ | 6 |Named between | | | | ‘Migdal-el’ and | | | | ‘En-hazor’ in | | | | Naphtali. Now the | | | | village Yârûn. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 204; Sh. IV.) | | | | =IRPEEL= |Josh xviii. 27|_Râfât_* |14 |Mentioned between | | | | ‘Rekem’ and ‘Taralah,’ | | | | of Benjamin, both | | | | places unknown. | | | | Probably the village | | | | ‘Rafât,’ near Gibeon, | | | | (_Mem._ III. 154; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =IR-SHEMESH= |Josh. xix. 41 |_ʾAin Shems_ |14 |Identical with Beth | | | | Shemesh, which see. | | | | =ISHTOB= |2 Sam. x. 6, 8| -- |-- |R.V. ‘Men of Tob.’ | | | | _See_ Tob. | | | | =ISSACHAR=, |Gen. xxx. 18; | |-- |‘The fourth lot came Tribe of | xxxv. 23; | | | out for _Issachar_. | xlvi. 13; | | | And their border | xlix. 14; | | | was unto _Jezreel_, | Exod. i. 3; | | | and _Chesulloth_ | Num. i. 8, | | | and _Shunem_; | 28, 29; ii. | | | and _Haphraim_, | 5; vii. 18; | | | and _Shion_, and | x. 15; xiii. | | | _Anaharath_; and | 7; xxvi. 23, | | | _Rabbith_, and | 25; xxxiv. | | | _Kishion_, and _Ebez_; | 26; Deut. | | | and _Remeth_, and | xxvii. 12; | | | _En-gannim_, and | xxxiii. 18; | | | _En-haddah_, and | Josh. xvii. | | | _Beth-pazzez_; and | 10, 11; xix. | | | the border reached | 17, 23; xxi. | | | to _Tabor_, and | 6, 28; Judg. | | | _Shahazumah_, and | v. 15; x. | | | _Beth-shemesh_; and | 1; 1 Kings | | | the goings out of | iv. 17; xv. | | | their border were at | 27; 1 Chron. | | | _Jordan_; sixteen | ii. 1; vi. | | | cities with their | 62, 72; vii. | | | villages.’ (Josh. | 1, 5; xii. | | | xix. 17-23 R.V.) | 32, 40; | | | ‘_Issachar_ had its | xxvii. 18; | | | limits in length, | 2 Chr. xxx. | | | _Mount Carmel_ and the | 18; Ezek. | | | river, but its limit | xlviii. 25, | | | in breadth was _Mount | 26-33; Rev. | | | Tabor_.’ (5 Ant. I. | vii. 7 | | | 22.) | | | | =ITHNAN= |Josh. xv. 23 |_Not |-- |A town in the south | | identified_ | | of Judah named with | | | | ‘Kadesh,’ ‘Hazor,’ and | | | | ‘Ziph.’ | | | | =ITTAH-KAZIN= |Josh. xix. 13 |_Not |-- |On the boundary of (R.V. | | identified_ | | Zebulon between =ETH-KAZIN=) | | | | Gittah-hepher and | | | | Remmon. | | | | =IVAH= or =AVA= |2 Kings xvii. |_Hit_ (?) |-- |Thought to be ‘Hît’ on (R.V. =IVVAH= | 24; xviii. | | | the Euphrates? and =AVVA=) | 34; xix. 13; | | | | Isa. xxxvii. | | | | 13 | | | | | | | =JAAZER= (R.V. |Num. xxi. 32; | |-- |_See_ Jazer. =JAZER=) | xxxii. 35 | | | | | | | =JABBOK=, River |Gen. xxxii. |_Wâdy Zêrka_ |11 |The brook which Jacob | 22; Num. | | | crossed on his way | xxi. 24; | | | from ‘Haran.’ Between | Deut. ii. | | | Gerasa (Jerash) | 37; iii. 16; | | | and Philadelphia | Josh. xii. | | | (Amman)--Onomasticon. | 2; Judg. xi. | | | Now called Wâdy | 13-22 | | | ez Zêrka, having | | | | its source at the | | | | clear and copious | | | | springs in the valley | | | | above ‘Ammân,’ then | | | | sweeping round in | | | | a north-westerly | | | | direction to the | | | | south of Jerash, and | | | | entering the Jordan | | | | near ‘Succoth’ and | | | | ‘Adam.’ | | | | =JABESH-GILEAD= |Judg. xxi. 8, |_Not |11 |Six Roman miles from | 14; 1 Sam. | identified_ | | Pella on the road to | xi. 1-10; | | | Gerasa (Onomasticon.) | xxxi. 11-13; | | | The name survives in | 2 Sam. ii. | | | Wâdy el Yâbis, and | 4, 5; xxi. | | | possibly the ruin ed | 12; 1 Chr. | | | Deir marks the site. | x. 11, 12 | | | | | | | =JABEZ= |1 Chron. ii. |_Not |-- |‘Deir Abu Kabûs, | 55 | identified_ | | between Eshtaol and | | | | Ashnah, has been | | | | proposed for this | | | | place.’ (Henderson’s | | | | _Handbook to | | | | Students_.) The Arabic | | | | and Hebrew have, | | | | however, no connection. | | | | =JABNEEL=, or |Josh. xv. 11; |_Yebnah_ |13 |One of the places on =JABNEH= | 2 Chron. | | | the northern boundary | xxvi. 6; 1 | | | of Judah. Now the | Macc. iv. | | | village Yebnah, in | 15; v. 58; | | | Philistia. The Jamnia | x. 69; xv. | | | of the 1st Book of | 40; 2 Macc. | | | Maccabees. (_Mem._ II. | xii. 8, 9, 40| | | 441; Sh. XVI.) | | | | =JABNEEL= |Josh. xix. 33 |_Yemma_* | 6 |Now the ruins Yemma, | | | | 7 miles south | | | | of Tiberias in | | | | Naphtali.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 269. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 365; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =JABNEH= |2 Chr. xxvi. 6| | |_See_ Jabneel. | | | | =JAGUR= |Josh. xv. 21 |_Not |-- |Named with other towns | | identified_ | | towards the coast of | | | | Edom. | | | | =JAHAZ= |Num. xxi. 23; |_Not |10}| | Deut. ii. | identified_ | }| | 32; Judg. | | }|Identified as one | xi. 20; Is. | | }| town in Reuben. ‘Rujm | xv. 4; Jer. | | }| el Makhsiyeh,’ | xlviii. 34 | | }| north-east of Heshbon, | | | }| proposed =JAHAZA= (R.V. |Josh. xiii. 18|_Not |--}| by Capt. Conder. =JAHAZ=) | | identified_ | }| Eusebius (Onom) says | | | }| it existed in his =JAHAZAH= (R.V. |Josh. xxi. |_Not |--}| day between Medeba =JAHAZ= and | 36; Jer. | identified_ | }| and Dibon; but this =JAHZAH=) | xlviii. 21 | | }| direction does not | | | }| appear correct. =JAHZAH= (R.V. |1 Chr. vi. 78 |_Not |--}| =JAHZAH=) | | identified_ | }| | | | | =JAMNIA= |1 Macc. iv. |_Yebnah_ |13 |_See_ Jabneel (1). | 15; v. 58; | | | Jamnites 2 Macc. xii. | x. 69; xv. 40| | | 9. (250 furlongs | | | | from Jerusalem): the | | | | distance in a straight | | | | line is about 29 | | | | English miles. | | | | =JANOAH= |2 Kings xv. 29|_Yânûh_ | 6 |Now the village Yânûh, | | | | in the mountains of | | | | Naphtali. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 51, 96; Sh. I.) | | | | =JANOHAH= (R.V. |Josh. xvi. 6, |_Yânûn_ |10 |Named between =JANOAH=) | 7 | | | Taanath-shiloh (Tana) | | | | and Ataroth (not | | | | recovered). Now the | | | | village ‘Yânûn,’ or | | | | the ruins on the hill | | | | beyond it, situated | | | | 7 miles to the east | | | | of Shechem, and south | | | | of Taanath-shiloh. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 387; Sh. | | | | XV.) | | | | =JANUM= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 53 |_Beni Nʾaim_ |14 |Mentioned between =JANUM=) | | (?) | | ‘Beth-tappuah’ | | | | (Tuffuh) and ‘Eshean’ | | | | (es Simia). The | | | | present village ‘Beni | | | | Nʾaim,’ 3 miles east | | | | of Hebron. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 325; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =JAPHIA= |Josh. xix. 12 |_Yâfa_ | 6 |Now the village | | | | ‘Yâfa,’ south of | | | | Nazareth, and between | | | | ‘Chisloth-tabor’ and | | | | ‘Sarid’ in Zebulon. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 353; Sh. V.) | | | | =JAPHLETI= |Josh. xvi. 3 |_Not |-- |On the south boundary (R.V. | | identified_ | | of Ephraim. Not a town =JAPHLETITES=) | | | | name according to the | | | | R.V. | | | | =JAPHO= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 46 |_Yâfa_ | 9 |The seaport town Yâfa =JOPPA= or | | | | in Dan. _See_ Joppa. =JAPHA=) | | | | (_Mem._ II. 254, 255, | | | | 275-278; Sh. XIII.) | | | | =JAPHETH= |Judith ii. 25 |_Not |-- |‘Toward the south, over | | identified_ | | against Arabia.’ | | | | =JARMUTH= (1) |Josh. x. 3, |_Kh. el |14 |Named between ‘Enam’ | 5, 23; xiii. | Yarmûk_ | | (Kh. Wad ʾAlin) and | 11; xv. 35; | | | ‘Adullam’ (Aid el Mâ), | Neh. xi. 29 | | | now Kh. el Yarmûk in | | | | Judah. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 128; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =JARMUTH= (2) |Josh. xxi. 29 |_Rameh_ (?)* |-- |One of the cities | | | | allotted to the | | | | Levites out of the | | | | tribe of Issachar. | | | | Compare with Ramoth | | | | of 1 Chr. vi. 73, and | | | | Remeth of Josh. xix. | | | | 21, evidently all | | | | referring to the one | | | | place. The village | | | | ‘er Rameh,’ north of | | | | Shechem, has been | | | | proposed. _See_ Ramoth | | | | and Remeth.--Conder. | | | | =JASHUBI-LEHEM= |1 Chr. iv. 22 |_Not |-- |Probably a place near | | identified_ | | to ‘Chozeba’ (Kh. | | | | Kueizîba) in Judah. | | | | According to Jerome | | | | (Quaest Hebr.) and the | | | | Targum on Chronicles | | | | (ed. Wilkins, 29, 30), | | | | ‘Jashubi-lehem is | | | | Naomi and Ruth, who | | | | returned to bread, or | | | | to Beth-lehem after | | | | the famine.’ | | | | =JATTIR= |Josh. xv. 48; |_Kh. ʾAttîr_ |14 |In the mountains named | xxi. 14; 1 | | | between ‘Shamir’ (Kh. | Sam. xxx. | | | Somerah) and ‘Socoh’ | 27; 1 Chr. | | | (Shuweikeh). Now Kh. | vi. 57 | | | ʾAttîr, south of last. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 408; Sh. | | | | XXV.) | | | | =JAZER= |Num. xxxii. |_Beit Zerʾah_ |15 |In the east of Jordan | 1, 3, 35; | (?)* | | mentioned with | Josh. xiii. | | | ‘Heshbon,’ ‘Nimrah,’ | 25; xxi. | | | ‘Jogbehah,’ etc., | 39; 2 Sam. | | | ‘their (Gad) coast was | xxiv. 5; 1 | | | Jazer’ (Josh. xiii. | Chr. vi. 81; | | | 25), ‘Jazer of Gilead’ | xxvi. 31; | | | (1 Chr. xxvi. 31), | Is. xvi. | | | ‘The sea of Jazer’ | 8, 9; Jer. | | | (Jer. xlviii. 32). | xlviii. 32; | | | Jazar (1 Macc. v. 8). | 1 Macc. v. 8 | | | Jazer, according to | | | | the Onomasticon, was | | | | known, and Eusebius | | | | and Jerome place it 10 | | | | Roman miles west of | | | | Philadelphia (Amman), | | | | and 15 from Heshbon. | | | | Two sites were | | | | discovered by Seetzen | | | | in 1806 (Reisen, 1854, | | | | 397-8), ‘Khurbet Sâr’ | | | | and ‘Sîr’ (the former | | | | 6½ English miles west | | | | of Amman and 10½ | | | | English miles north of | | | | Heshbon): the latter | | | | (Sâr) 9 English miles | | | | west of Amman, and 9½ | | | | in a straight line or | | | | 14 by road north of | | | | Heshbon. Capt. Conder, | | | | in the _Eastern | | | | Survey_, proposes the | | | | ruin ‘Beit Zerah’ 3 | | | | English miles north of | | | | Heshbon, and 10 south | | | | of Amman. (_Heth and | | | | Moab_ and _Quarterly | | | | Statement_, p. 9, | | | | 1882.) | | | | =JEARIM=, Mount |Josh. xv. 10 |The ridge |14 |On the northern | | on which | | boundary of Judah. | | _Kesla_ | | ‘And the border turned | | stands (?) | | about from Baalah | | | | westward unto Mount | | | | Seir, and passed | | | | along unto the side | | | | of Mount Jearim, on | | | | the north (the same is | | | | Cheslon)’ the modern | | | | Kesla 10 miles west of | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =JEBUSI= or |Josh. xviii. |_Jerusalem_ |-- |The ancient name of =JEBUS= (R.V. | 16, 28; | | | Jerusalem. =JEBUSITE=) | Judg. xix. | | | | 10, 11; 1 | | | | Chron. xi. | | | | 4, 5; 2 Sam. | | | | v. 6, 8 | | | | | | | =JEGAR- |Gen. xxxi. 47 | -- |11 |_See_ Mizpeh. SAHADUTHA=, | | | | ‘The Heap of | | | | Witness’ in | | | | Aramaic. | | | | | | | | =JEHOSAPHAT=, |Joel iii. 2, |_Wâdy Sitti |14 |The name lingers at Valley of | 12 | Miriam_ | | Shʾafat, a village | | | | immediately north of | | | | Jerusalem. Generally | | | | recognised as the | | | | valley between | | | | Jerusalem and Mount | | | | of Olives, now called | | | | ‘Wâdy Sitti Miriam,’ | | | | and ‘Wâdy Farʾaûn.’ | | | | =JEHUD= |Josh. xix. 45 |_el Yehûdîyeh_| 9 |Now the village ‘el | | | | Yehûdîyeh,’ 8 miles to | | | | the east of Joppa, in | | | | Dan. (_Mem._ II. 258; | | | | Sh. XIII.) | | | | =JEKABZEEL= |Neh. xi. 25 |_Not |-- |= Kabzeel. A town in | | identified_ | | the extreme south of | | | | Judah. | | | | =JEMNAAN= |Judith ii. 28 | -- |-- |Probably Jabneel or | | | | Jamnia--which see. | | | | =JERICHO= |Num. xxii. 1; |_Erîha_ |14 |‘The city of palm | xxvi. 3, 63; | | | trees.’ The ancient | xxxi. 12; | | | site of this town was | xxxiii. 48, | | | probably at the mounds | 50; xxxiv. | | | near ‘ʾAin es Sultan.’ | 15; xxxv. 1; | | | (_Mem._ III. 173 and | xxxvi. 13; | | | 222; Sh. XVIII.) | Deut. xxxii. | | | Herod’s city was south | 49; xxxiv. | | | of these mounds and | 1, 3; Josh. | | | the mediæval town near | ii. 1, 3; | | | the present village | iii. 16; iv. | | | Erîha. | 13, 19; v. | | | | 10, 13; vi. | | | | 1, 2, 25, | | | | 26; vii. 2; | | | | viii. 2; ix. | | | | 3; x. 1, 28, | | | | 30; xii. 9; | | | | xiii. 32; | | | | xvi. 1, 7; | | | | xviii. 12, | | | | 21; xx. 8; | | | | xxiv. 11; 2 | | | | Sam. x. 5; 1 | | | | Kings xvi. | | | | 34; 2 Kings | | | | ii. 4, 5, | | | | 15, 18; xxv. | | | | 5; 1 Chron. | | | | vi. 78; xix. | | | | 5; 2 Chron. | | | | xxviii. 15; | | | | Ezra ii. 34; | | | | Neh. iii. | | | | 2; vii. 36; | | | | Jer. xxxix. | | | | 5; lii. 8; | | | | Judith iv. | | | | 4; Eccles. | | | | xxiv. 14; 1 | | | | Macc. ix. | | | | 50; xvi. 11, | | | | 14; 2 Macc. | | | | xii. 15 | | | | | | | =JERUEL=, The |2 Chron. xx. |_Not |-- |Near the ascent of Wilderness of | 16 | identified_ | | Ziz--‘Ye shall find | | | | them at the end of | | | | the valley before the | | | | wilderness of Jeruel.’ | | | | Part of the Jeshimon | | | | or Wilderness of Judea. | | | | =JERUSALEM= |Josh. x. 1-5; |_el Kuds esh |14 |Now called ‘el Kuds esh | xii. 10; xv. | Sherîf_ | | Sherîf.’ See _Recovery | 63; xviii. | | | of Jerusalem_, and | 28; Judg. i. | | | _Jerusalem_ Vol. | 7, 8, 21; 1 | | | | Sam. xvii. | | | | 54; 2 Sam. | | | | v. 6-14; | | | | xxiv. 16; 1 | | | | Kings iii. | | | | 1; 2 Kings; | | | | 2 Chron.; | | | | Ezra; Neh.; | | | | etc. | | | | | | | =JESHANAH= |2 Chron. |_ʾAin Sînia_* |10 |Now the village ‘Ain | xiii. 19 | | | Sînia,’ in the valley | | | | north of Bethel, | | | | as proposed by M. | | | | Clermont-Ganneau. | | | | =JESHIMON= |Num. xxi. 20; |Desert west |14 |The desert west of the | xxiii. 28; 1 | of Dead Sea | | Dead Sea. The word | Sam. xxiii. | | | is usually rendered | 19, 24; | | | ‘solitude.’ | xxvi. 1, 3 | | | | | | | =JESHUA= |Neh. xi. 26 |_Kh. Sʾaweh_ |14 |Named in a group of | | (?)* | | towns with Jekabzeel, | | | | Moladah, Beer-sheba, | | | | etc. etc. Probably the | | | | present ruin ‘Sʾaweh,’ | | | | east of Beersheba. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 409; Sh. | | | | XXV.)--Conder. | | | | =JETHLAH= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 42 |_Beit Tûl_ |14 |In the group of towns, =ITHLAH=) | | (??)* | | between ‘Ajalon’ and | | | | ‘Elon,’ in the tribe | | | | of Dan. The present | | | | ruin ‘Beit Tûl’ has | | | | been proposed by | | | | Capt. Conder. Shilta, | | | | 7 miles east of | | | | Lydda, has also been | | | | suggested by Mr. C. F. | | | | T. Drake. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 43; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =JEWRY= |1 Esd. ii. 4; | |-- |Judah or Judea. | iv. 49; v. | | | | 7, 8, 57; | | | | vi. 1; viii. | | | | 81; ix. 3 | | | | | | | =JEZREEL= |Josh. xix. |_Zerʾín_ |10 |On the borders of | 18; 1 Sam. | | | Issachar next to | xxix. 1, | | | Chesulloth. Now the | 11; 2 Sam. | | | modern village Zerʾîn. | ii. 9; iii. | | | (_Mem._ II. 88; Sh. | 2; iv. 4; 1 | | | IX.) Wine presses | Kings iv. | | | were discovered by | 12; xviii. | | | the Survey Party | 45, 46; xxi. | | | south-east of the | 1, 23; 2 | | | village. | Kings viii. | | | | 29; ix. 10, | | | | 15, 17, 30, | | | | 37; x. 1-11; | | | | 2 Chr. xxii. | | | | 6; Hos. i. | | | | 4-11; ii. 22 | | | | | | | =JEZREEL=, |Josh. xvii. | | 6 |Either part of the Valley of | 16; Judg. | | | Great Plain of | vi. 33; Hos. | | | Esdraelon, or the open | 1, 5 | | | valley running east | | | | from Jezreel to the | | | | Jordan valley. | | | | =JEZREEL= |Josh. xv. 56; |_Not |-- |Between ‘Juttah’ | 1 Sam. xxv. | identified_ | | (‘Yutta’) and Jokdeam | 43; xxvii. | | | (not known) in Judah. | 3; xxx. 5; | | | | 2 Sam. ii. | | | | 2; iii. 2; 1 | | | | Chr. iii. 1 | | | | | | | =JIPHTAH= |Josh. xv. 43 |_Not |-- |In the low country of | | identified_ | | Judah. Named between | | | | ‘Ashan’ (Aseileh?) and | | | | ‘Ashnah’ (Idhnah?) | | | | =JIPHTHAH-EL=, |Josh. xix. |_Not |-- |A valley on the the Valley | 14, 27 | identified_ | | boundary between of (R.V. | | | | ‘Asher’ and ‘Zebulon.’ =IPHTAH-EL=) | | | | The discovery of | | | | Dabbasheth (which see) | | | | points to the great | | | | Wâdy el Kurn as the | | | | valley intended. The | | | | Hebrew means ‘opened | | | | by God’ as usually | | | | rendered. Robinson | | | | (iii. 107), suggests | | | | that Jiphtah-el | | | | was identical with | | | | Jotapata (Kh. Jefat), | | | | and that ‘Wâdy | | | | ʾAbellîn,’ west of it, | | | | represents the valley, | | | | but Jefat does not | | | | represent the Hebrew | | | | word. | | | | =JOGBEHAH= |Num. xxxii. |_el Jubeihat_ |11 |Now the ruins of | 35; Judg. | | | ‘Jubeihat,’ between | viii. 11 | | | ‘Amman’ and ‘es Salt.’ | | | | (_Heth & Moab._) | | | | =JOKDEAM= |Josh. xv. 56 |_Not |14 |A city in the mountains | | identified_ | | of Judah named with | | | | ‘Juttah’ (Yutta) | | | | ‘Jezreel’ (not known) | | | | and ‘Zanoah’ (Zanuta) | | | | =JOKMEAM= |1 Chr. vi. |_Not |-- |Another name for | 68; 1 Kings | identified_ | | Kibzaim of Joshua xxi. | iv. 12 (R.V.)| | | 22. | | | | =JOKNEAM=, of |Josh. xii. |_Tell Keimûn_ |10 |The ruins and mound now Carmel | 22; xix. 11; | | | called Tell Keimûn, on | xxi. 34 | | | the edge of the plain | | | | of Esdraelon and south | | | | of Mount Carmel in | | | | Zebulon. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 69; Sh. VIII.) | | | | =JOKNEAM= (R.V. |1 Kings iv. 12|_Not |-- |_See_ Jokmeam. =JOKMEAM=) | | identified_ | | | | | | =JOKTHEEL= |Josh. xv. 38 |_Kh. |13 |A town in the lowlands | | Kutlâneh_ (?)| | of Judah. The ruin | | | | ‘Kutlâneh,’ 4 miles | | | | east of Ekron, has | | | | been proposed by | | | | Conder (see _Handbook | | | | to the Bible_). | | | | =JOKTHEEL=, |2 Kings xiv. 7|_Petra_ |28 |= Selah. Probably Petra. | | | | =JOPPA=, =JAPHO=|Josh. xix. |_Yâfa_ | 9 |The present town Yâfa. | 46; 2 Chr. | | | (_Mem._ II. 254, 255, | ii. 16; Ezra | | | 275, 278; Sh. XIII.) | iii. 7; | | | | Jonah i. 3 | | | | | | | =JOPPE= |1 Esd. v. 55; | | 9 |Yâfa. _See_ the | 1 Macc. x. | | | preceding. | 75, 76; xi. | | | | 6; xii. 33; | | | | xiii. 11; | | | | xiv. 5, 34; | | | | xv. 28, 35; | | | | 2 Macc. iv. | | | | 21; xii. 3, 7| | | | | | | =JORDAN=, River |Gen. xiii. |_Nahr esh |10,|Now called ‘Nahr esh | 10; xxxii. | Sherîʾah_ |14 | Sherîʾah’ (‘the | 10; l. 10; | | | watering-place’). | Num. xiii. | | | | 29; xxii. 1; | | | | xxxii. 5; | | | | xxxiii. 48; | | | | Deut. ii. | | | | 29; iv. 21; | | | | Jos. iii. | | | | 1-17; iv. | | | | 1-23; Judg. | | | | iii. 28; 1 | | | | Sam. xiii. | | | | 7; 2 Sam. | | | | ii. 29 | | | | | | | =JOSEPH’S TOMB= |Gen. l. 25; |_Kabr Yusef_ |10 |The building over the | Ex. xiii. | | | tomb of the Patriarch | 19; Josh. | | | Joseph was built at | xxiv. 32; | | | the expense of Mr. E. | Acts vii. 16 | | | T. Rogers, H.B.M.’s | | | | Consul at Damascus, | | | | January, 1868. Is | | | | immediately north of | | | | Jacob’s Well. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 194; Sh. XI.) | | | | =JOTBAH= |2 Kings xxi. |_Not |-- |_See_ below. | 19 | identified_ | | | | | | =JOTBATH=, or |Deut. x. 7; |_Not |-- |‘A land of rivers of =JOTBATHAH= | Num. xxxiii. | identified_ | | waters.’ One of the (R.V. | 33 | | | camping stations of =JOTBATHAH=) | | | | the Israelites. | | | | =JUDAH=, City of|2 Chron. xxv. | |-- |Cf. 2 Kings xiv. 20 | 28 | | | | | | | =JUDAH=, |Judg. i. 16; | |-- |The low country which Wilderness of | Ps. lxiii. | | | lies to the south and | (title) | | | east of ‘Tell Arad.’ | | | | (Sh. XIV.) | | | | =JUDAH= upon |Josh. xix. 34 |_Not |-- |Thought to be a Jordan (R.V. | | identified_ | | corruption of some =JUDAH= at | | | | other name. (Conder’s Jordan) | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 306, and | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | p. 183, 1883.) | | | | =JUDAH=, Tribe |Joshua xv., | -- |-- |‘The lot for the tribe of | etc. 5 Ant. | | | of _Judah_, according | i. 22 | | | to their families, was | | | | unto the border of | | | | _Edom_, even to the | | | | wilderness of _Zin_ | | | | southward, at the | | | | uttermost part of the | | | | south. And their south | | | | border was from the | | | | uttermost part of the | | | | _Salt Sea_, from the | | | | bay (or tongue) that | | | | looked southward; and | | | | it went out southward | | | | of the Ascent of | | | | _Akrabbim_, and passed | | | | along to _Zin_, and | | | | went up by the south | | | | of _Kadesh-barnea_, | | | | and passed along by | | | | _Hezron_, and went up | | | | to _Addar_, and turned | | | | about to _Karka_; | | | | and it passed along | | | | to Azmon, and went | | | | out at the brook of | | | | Egypt; and the goings | | | | out of the border | | | | were at the sea: this | | | | shall be your south | | | | border. And the east | | | | border was the _Salt | | | | Sea_, even unto the | | | | end of _Jordan_. And | | | | the border of the | | | | north quarter was from | | | | the bay (or tongue) | | | | of the sea at the | | | | end of _Jordan_; and | | | | the border went up | | | | to _Beth-hoglah_, | | | | and passed along | | | | by the north of | | | | _Beth-arabah_; and the | | | | border went up to the | | | | stone of _Bohan_, the | | | | son of _Reuben_; and | | | | the border went up | | | | to _Debir_, from the | | | | _Valley of Achor_, and | | | | so northward, looking | | | | toward _Gilgal_, that | | | | is over against the | | | | ascent of _Adummim_, | | | | which is on the south | | | | side of the river; | | | | and the border passed | | | | along to the waters | | | | of _En-shemesh_, and | | | | the goings out thereof | | | | were at _En-rogel_; | | | | and the border went up | | | | by the Valley of the | | | | _Son of Hinnom_, unto | | | | the side (or shoulder) | | | | of the Jebusite | | | | southward (the same is | | | | Jerusalem); and the | | | | border went up to the | | | | top of the mountain | | | | that lieth before the | | | | Valley of _Hinnom_ | | | | westward, which is | | | | at the uttermost | | | | part of the _Vale of | | | | Rephaim_ northward; | | | | and the border was | | | | drawn from the top of | | | | the mountain unto the | | | | fountain of the waters | | | | of _Nephtoah_, and | | | | went out to the cities | | | | of _Mount Ephron_; and | | | | the border was drawn | | | | to _Baalah_ (the same | | | | is Kiriath-jearim); | | | | and the border turned | | | | about from _Baalah_ | | | | westward unto _Mount | | | | Seir_, and passed | | | | along unto the side | | | | of _Mount Jearim_, on | | | | the north (the same is | | | | _Chesalon_), and went | | | | down to _Beth-shemesh_ | | | | and passed along by | | | | _Timnah_; and the | | | | border went out unto | | | | the side of _Ekron_ | | | | northward; and the | | | | border was drawn to | | | | _Shikkeron_, and | | | | passed along to _Mount | | | | Baalah_, and went | | | | out at _Jabneel_; | | | | and the goings out | | | | of the border were | | | | at the sea. And the | | | | west border was to | | | | the Great Sea, and | | | | the border thereof. | | | | This is the border of | | | | the children of Judah | | | | round about, according | | | | to their families.’ | | | | (Joshua xv. R.V.) | | | | ‘_Judah_ was assigned | | | | by lot the upper part | | | | of _Judea_, reaching | | | | as far as _Jerusalem_, | | | | and its breadth | | | | extended to the _Lake | | | | of Sodom_. Now in the | | | | lot of this tribe | | | | there were the cities | | | | of Askelon and Gaza.’ | | | | (5 Ant. i. 22.) | | | | =JUTTAH= |Josh. xv. 55; |_Yuttah_ |14 |The present village | xxi. 16 | | | ‘Yuttah,’ 5 miles | | | | south of Hebron, in | | | | the mountains of | | | | Judah. It is mentioned | | | | with Maon, Carmel and | | | | Ziph. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 310; Sh. XXI.) | | | | =KABZEEL= |Josh. xv. |_Not |-- |In the south of Judah, | 21; 2 Sam. | identified_ | | towards the coast of | xxiii. 20; 1 | | | Edom. _See_ Jekabzeel. | Chron. xi. | | | | 22; Neh. xi. | | | | 25 | | | | | | | =KADES= |Judith i. 9 | |-- |= Kadesh. | | | | =KADESH= |Gen. xiv. |_ʾAin Kadîs_ |20 |Also called | 7; xvi. | (?) | | ‘En-mishpat’ (Gen. | 14; xx. 1; | | | xiv. 7). The scene of | Num. xiii. | | | Miriam’s death (Num. | 26; xx. 1, | | | xxi. 1). A city in | 14, 16, 22; | | | the uttermost borders | xxvii. 14; | | | of Judah (Num. xx. | xxxiii. 36, | | | 16). ‘The water of | 37; Deut. i. | | | Meribah in Kadesh in | 46; xxxii. | | | the wilderness of Zin’ | 51; Judg. | | | (Num. xxvii. 14, Deut. | xi. 16, 17; | | | xxxii. 51). ‘In the | Ezek. xlvii. | | | wilderness of Zin, | 19; xlviii. | | | which is Kadesh’ (Num. | 28 | | | xxxiii. 36). The name | | | | still survives in the | | | | Arabic ‘ʾAin Kadîs,’ | | | | at a spring south of | | | | Beersheba, proposed | | | | as the site by the | | | | Rev. J. Rowlands, and | | | | supported by the Rev. | | | | Dr. Clay Trumbull, | | | | in his work ‘Kadesh | | | | Barnea.’ Dr. Robinson | | | | places Kadesh at ‘el | | | | Weibeh,’ in the valley | | | | of the Arabah on the | | | | west side. _See_ | | | | Conder’s _Handbook_, | | | | p. 249; and _Primer of | | | | Bible Geography_, p. | | | | 56. | | | | =KADESH-BARNEA= |Num. xxxii. | |-- |Same as the preceding. | 8; xxxiv. | | | | 4; Deut. i. | | | | 2, 19; ii. | | | | 14; ix. 23; | | | | Josh. x. 41; | | | | xiv. 6, 7; | | | | xv. 3 | | | | | | | =KADESH=, |Ps. xxix. 8 | |-- |The district of Kadesh Wilderness of | | | | Barnea. | | | | =KANAH= |Josh. xix. 28 |_Kâna_ | 6 |Now the village Kâna, | | | | south-east of Tyre 7 | | | | miles. (_Mem._ I. 51, | | | | 64; Sh. I.) | | | | =KANAH=, River |Josh. xvi. 8; |_Wâdy Kânah_ |10 |The boundary between | xvii. 9 | | | the territories of | | | | Ephraim and Manasseh. | | | | Now ‘Wâdy Kânah.’ | | | | (_Mem._ II.; Sh. XIV.) | | | | =KARKAA= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 3 |_Not |-- |On the southern =KARKA=) | | identified_ | | boundary of Judah | | | | named between ‘Adar’ | | | | and ‘Azmon.’ | | | | =KARKOR= |Judg. viii. 10|_Not |-- |Probably a district | | identified_ | | name or a descriptive | | | | term. | | | | =KARTAH= |Josh. xxi. 34 |_Not |-- |Allotted with Jokneam | | identified_ | | to the children of | | | | Merari (Levites). A | | | | city of Zebulon. | | | | =KARTAN= |Josh. xxi. 32 |_Not |-- |In the parallel list | | identified_ | | of 1 Chr. vi. 76, | | | | the name appears as | | | | ‘Kirjathaim.’ One of | | | | the cities of Naphtali | | | | allotted to the | | | | Gershonites (Levites), | | | | and mentioned after | | | | ‘Hammoth-dor.’ | | | | =KATTATH= |Josh. xix. 15 |_Not |-- |‘Ketunith,’ mentioned | | identified_ | | in the Talmud as | | | | identical with Kattath | | | | (Josh. xix. 15) may | | | | perhaps be the ruin of | | | | Koteineh (Tal. Jer. | | | | Megilla 70_a_), but | | | | this is not suitable | | | | for the Bible Kattath. | | | | One of the cities of | | | | Zebulon. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 48; Sh. VIII.) | | | | | | | | Schwarz would identify | | | | it with Cana (Kefr | | | | Kenna) of Galilee (p. | | | | 172). | | | | =KEDEMOTH= |Josh. xiii. |_Not |-- |One of the cities | 18; xxi. 37; | identified_ | | allotted to Reuben. | 1 Chr. vi. 79| | | East of the Dead Sea. | | | | =KEDESH= (1) |Josh. xv. 23 | -- | 6 |Supposed to refer to | | | | Kadesh-barnea on | | | | southern border of | | | | Judah. | | | | =KEDESH= (2) |1 Chron. vi. |_Tell Abu |10 |In the parallel list | 72 | Kadeis_* | | of Joshua xxi. 28, | | | | the name is ‘Kishon.’ | | | | Possibly ‘Tell Abu | | | | Kadeis,’ near Lejjûn, | | | | on the south-west | | | | of the Plain of | | | | Esdraelon. A city of | | | | Issachar. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 69; Sh. VIII.)--Conder. | | | | =KEDESH |Josh. xii. |_Kades_ | 6 |One of the fortified NAPHTALI= (3) | 22; xix. | | | cities of Naphtali, | 37; xx. 7; | | | appointed as a city | xxi. 32; | | | of refuge. Now the | Judg. iv. | | | village ‘Kades,’ west | 6, 9, 10, | | | of ‘el Huleh.’ (_Mem._ | 11; 2 Kings | | | I. 204, 226; Sh. IV.) | xv. 29; 1 | | | Robinson iii. 366, 8; | Chr. vi. 76; | | | Van de Velde ii. 417; | 1 Macc. | | | Stanley 365, 390. | xi. 63 | | | | | | | =KEDESH= (4) |Judg. iv. 11 |_Kh. Kadîsh_ | 6 |Near Bitzaananim (_see_ | | (??) | | Zaanaim). Possibly | | | | the ruin Kadîsh, on | | | | the shore south of | | | | Tiberias. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_.) | | | | =KEHELATHAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 22 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites. | | | | =KEILAH= |Josh. xv. |_Kh. Kîla_ |14 |Now the village | 44; 1 Sam. | | | Kîla, in the Hebron | xxiii. 1-8, | | | mountains, 6 miles to | 10-13; Neh. | | | the west of Hŭlhul. | iii. 17, 18 | | | (_Mem._ III. 314; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =KENATH NOBAH= |Num. xxxii. |_Kŭnawât_ | 8 |The ruined town | 42; 1 Chron. | | | Kanawât, east of | ii. 23 | | | Bashan. | | | | =KERIOTH-HEZRON=|Josh. xv. 25 |_Kh. el |14 |One of the cities in or =HAZOR= | | Kureitin_ (?)| | the south of Judah. | | | | Kh. Kureitin, 4½ miles | | | | north of ‘Arâd,’ has | | | | been proposed for this | | | | site. Robinson (B. R. | | | | ii. 101.) | | | | =KERIOTH= |Jer. xlviii. |_Not |15 |Probably = Kiriathaim | 24, 41 | identified_ | | of Moab which see | | | | (Conder). ‘Kureiyeh,’ | | | | about midway between | | | | Bozrah and Salkhad, | | | | in Sh. 12, has been | | | | proposed by Porter. | | | | (_Five Years in | | | | Damascus_ ii. 191, | | | | 198.) | | | | =KEZIZ=, Valley |Josh. xviii. |_Not |-- |One of the cities of (R.V. | 21 | identified_ | | mentioned with =EMEK-KEZIZ=) | | | | ‘Jericho,’ | | | | ‘Beth-hoglah’ and | | | | ‘Beth-arabah.’ The | | | | Beth-basi of 1 Macc. | | | | ix. 62, 64, is thought | | | | to be a corruption of | | | | this name (Kezîz.) | | | | =KIBROTH- |Num. xi. 34 |_Not |-- |One of the camping HATTAAVAH= | | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites. The name | | | | ‘et Taba’ occurs in | | | | the Valley of the | | | | ʾArabah, 25½ miles | | | | north of Akabah, | | | | where there is also a | | | | burying place. | | | | =KIBZAIM= |Josh. xxi. 22 |_Tell el |14 |In the parallel list | | Kabûs_ (?) | | of 1 Chr. vi. 68 | | | | ‘Jokmeam’ is given | | | | for ‘Kibzaim.’ | | | | Mentioned between | | | | Gezer and Beth-horon. | | | | Tell el Kabûs, | | | | between Michmash and | | | | Jerusalem, has been | | | | proposed. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook_.) | | | | =KIDRON=, The |2 Sam. xv. |_Wâdy en Nâr_ |14 |Now Wâdy en Nâr, the Brook | 23; 1 Kings | | | deep and rugged ravine | ii. 37; xv. | | | winding from Jerusalem | 13; 2 Kings | | | to the Dead Sea. | xxiii. 4, | | | (Conder’s _Handbook_, | 6, 12; 2 | | | p. 330.) | Chr. xv. 16; | | | | xxix. 16; | | | | xxx. 14; | | | | Jer. xxxi. 40| | | | | | | =KINAH= |Josh. xv. 22 |_Not |-- |One of the cities | | identified_ | | in the extreme | | | | south towards Edom. | | | | Mentioned between | | | | Jagur and Dimonah. | | | | =KIR= |Amos i. 5; | -- |-- |The country from which | ix. 7; 2 | | | the Syrians came, and | Kings xvi. | | | to which they were | 9; Isa. | | | taken from Damascus. | xxii. 6 | | | Supposed to be in | | | | Lower Mesopotamia. | | | | | |} | {|Variations of one name =KIR-HARASETH= |Isa. xvi. 7; |} | {| all applying to the (R.V. | 2 Kings iii. |} | {| same place. Now Kerak, =KIR-HARESETH=)| 25 |} | {| the fortified town | |} | {| to the east of the | |} | {| southern end of the =KIR-HARESH= |Isa. xvi. 11 |} _Kerak_ |14{| ‘Salt Sea.’ (Reland | |} | {| Pal, 533), (Bohaeddin, | |} | {| Vit. Sal., ch. 25), =KIR-HERES= |Jer. xlviii. |} | {| Burckhardt, 379-399; | 31, 36 |} | {| Irby (ch. vii.), | |} | {| Seetzen (Reisen i. =KIR=, of Moab |Isa. xv. 1 |} | {| 412-3), De Saulcy (La | |} | {| Mer Morte i. 355, etc.) | | | | =KIRIATHAIM= |Jer. xlviii. |_el Kŭreiyât_ |15 |Probably the present | 1, 23; Ezek. | (?) | | ruin el Kureiyât, | xxv. 9 | | | between ‘Dibon’ and | | | | ‘Madeba.’ | | | | =KIRIATHIARIUS= |1 Esd. v. 19 | |-- |A corruption of | | | | Kirjath-jearim. | | | | =KIRIOTH= (R.V. |Amos ii. 2 |_el Kŭreiyât_ |15 |Probably Kiriathaim. =KERIOTH=) | | (?) | | | | | | =KIRJATH= (R.V. |Josh. xviii. |_Kŭryet el |14 |In the tribe of =KIRIATH=) | 28 | ʾEnab_ | | Benjamin. Now | | | | generally acknowledged | | | | as ‘Kŭryet el ʾEnab,’ | | | | which is more | | | | generally called only | | | | el Kuryeh. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 132; Sh. XVII). | | | | It is also thought by | | | | many to be identical | | | | with ‘Kirjath-jearim,’ | | | | which see. | | | | =KIRJATHAIM= |Num. xxxii. |_el Kŭreiyât_ |15 |In the revised version (R.V. | 37; Josh. | (?) | | rendered ‘Kiriathaim,’ =KIRIATHAIM=) | xiii. 19 | | | which see. The ruins | | | | of ‘el Kureiyat,’ | | | | between Medeba and | | | | Dibon, are now | | | | believed to represent | | | | this site. Eusebius | | | | describes it as a | | | | village entirely of | | | | Christians, 10 miles | | | | west of Medeba, ‘close | | | | to the Baris’--‘el | | | | Kureiyat’ is this | | | | distance, but more | | | | south than west of | | | | ‘Medeba.’ | | | | =KIRJATHAIM= |1 Chron. vi. |_Not |-- |A town in Naphtali, (R.V. | 76 | identified_ | | not mentioned in the =KIRIATHAIM=) | | | | original list of Josh. | | | | xix. 32-39; and in | | | | the parallel list of | | | | Joshua xxi. 32, Kartan | | | | is given. | | | | =KIRJATH-ARBA= |Gen. xxiii. |_el Khŭlîl_ |14 |The early name of (R.V. | 2; Josh. | | | Hebron, and one of the =KIRIATH-ARBA=)| xiv. 15; xv. | | | six cities appointed | 13, 54; xx. | | | as a place of refuge. | 7; xxi. 11; | | | _See_ Hebron. | Judg. i. 10; | | | | Neh. xi. 25 | | | | | | | =KIRJATH-ARIM= |Ezra ii. 25 | |-- |Another form for (R.V. | | | | Kirjath-jearim (Neh. =KIRIATH-ARIM=)| | | | vii. 29). In the book | | | | of Esdras it is given | | | | as Kiriathiarius. | | | | _See_ Kirjath-jearim. | | | | =KIRJATH-BAAL= |Josh. xv. 60; | -- |-- |Another name for (R.V. =KIRIATH-| xviii. 14 | | | ‘Kirjath-jearim,’ BAAL=) | | | | which see. | | | | =KIRJATH-HUZOTH=|Num. xxii. 39 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in the (R.V. =KERIATH-| | identified_ | | neighbourhood of the HUZOTH=) | | | | ‘high places of Baal’ | | | | in Moab. Perhaps the | | | | same as Kiriathaim. | | | | =KIRJATH-JEARIM=|Josh. ix. 17; |_Kh. ʾErma_ |14 |Also called ‘Baalah’, (R.V. =KIRIATH-| xv. 9; | (*) or | | ‘Kirjath-baal,’ JEARIM=) | xviii. 14, | _Kuriet el | | ‘Kirjath-arim’ (?) | 15; xv. 60 | ʾEnab_ (?) | | Kirjath. On the | | | | boundary line between | | | | Benjamin and Judah, a | | | | city belonging to the | | | | latter. Eusebius and | | | | Jerome (Onomasticon-- | | | | ‘Cariathiarim’) | | | | describe it as a | | | | village at the ninth | | | | or tenth mile between | | | | Jerusalem and Lydda. | | | | Kuriet el Enab, 7½ | | | | miles from Jerusalem | | | | on the Jaffa road, was | | | | first proposed by Dr. | | | | Robinson (B. R. ii. | | | | 11) and has generally | | | | been the accepted | | | | site, till a ruin of | | | | the name of ‘Erma’ | | | | was found during | | | | the progress of the | | | | Western Survey, which | | | | Capt. Conder proposes | | | | to identify with | | | | Jearim. Its position | | | | is 4 miles west of | | | | the hill overlooking | | | | Beth-shemesh, and | | | | about 12 miles from | | | | Jerusalem. (_See | | | | Mem._ III., pp. 43 | | | | to 52, Sh. XVIII.; | | | | and _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 259.) | | | | =KIRJATH-SANNAH=|Josh. xv. 49 | == | }| (R.V. =KIRIATH-| | | }| SANNAH=) | | | }| | | | }| | | |14}|Other names of Debir, =KIRJATH-SEPHER=|Judg. i. 11, | -- | }| which see. (R.V. =KIRIATH-| 12 | | }| SEPHER=) | | | }| | | | }| | | | | =KISHION=, |Josh. xix. |_Not |-- |One of the cities on =KISHON= (R.V. | 20; xxi. 28 | identified_ | | the boundary of the =KISHION=) | | | | tribe of Issachar. | | | | =KISHON=, River |Judg. iv. 7, |_Nahr el | 6 |Now called Nahr el | 13; v. 21; 1 | Mŭkuttʾa_ | | Mŭkuttʾa, which drains | Kings xviii. | | | the whole of the great | 40; Ps. | | | Plain of Esdraelon. | lxxxiii. 9 | | | The scene of the | | | | defeat of Sisera, and | | | | of the slaughter of | | | | the Priests by Elijah. | | | | In Ps. lxxxiii. 9, | | | | ‘The Brook Kison.’ | | | | (R.V. River Kishon.) | | | | =KITHLISH= |Josh. xv. 40 |_Not |-- |A town of Judah in the (R.V. | | identified_ | | ‘lowland.’ =CHITHLISH=) | | | | | | | | =KITRON= |Judg. i. 30 |_Not | 6 |Mentioned along with | | identified_ | | Nahalol as the two | | | | towns from which | | | | Zebulon did not expel | | | | the Canaanites. The | | | | Talmud (Megillah i. | | | | 1) reads Zippori, | | | | _i.e._ Sepphoris, now | | | | Seffûrieh. | | | | =LADDER= of |1 Macc. xi. 59|_Râs en | 6 |The headland ‘Râs en Tyrus | | Nakûrah_ | | Nakûrah,’ north of | | | | ʾAkka.--For notes, | | | | see Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_. (_Mem._ | | | | I.) | | | | =LABAN= |Deut. i. 1 |_Not |-- |Thought to refer to the | | identified_ | | same place as Libnah | | | | (2) of Num. xxxiii. | | | | 20, 21. | | | | =LACHISH= |Josh. x. 3, |_Umm Lâkis_ |13 |This important city of | 5-35; xii. | (?) or _Tell | | the Amorites is | 11; xv. 39; | el Hesy_ (?)*| | described by Eusebius | 2 Kings xiv. | | | and Jerome | 19; xviii. | | | (Onomasticon) | 14, 17; | | | as being 7 miles from | xix. 8; 2 | | | Eleutheropolis (Beit | Chr. xi. 9; | | | Jibrîn) towards | xxv. 27; | | | Daroma. The Mound | xxxii. 9; | | | of ‘Umm Lâkis,’ to | Neh. xi. 30; | | | the west of Eglon, | Is. xxxvi. | | | was first suggested | 2; xxxvii. | | | by Robinson, but it | 8; Jer. | | | is 12½ miles from | xxxiv. 7; | | | Eleutheropolis. ‘Tell | Micah i. 13 | | | el Hesy,’ immediately | | | | south of Eglon, | | | | and 10½ miles from | | | | Eleutheropolis, is | | | | now proposed by Capt. | | | | Conder. (See _Mem._ | | | | III. 261; Sh. XX.) | | | | =LAHMAM= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 40 |_Kh. el Lahm_*|13 |Named between ‘Cabbon’ or =LAHMAS=) | | | | and ‘Kithlish,’ towns | | | | in the low country of | | | | Judah, but no trace to | | | | their identity has as | | | | yet been discovered. | | | | For this site the | | | | ruin el Lahm, near | | | | Beit Jibrîn, has been | | | | proposed (Conder). | | | | (_Mem._ III. 261; Sh. | | | | XX.) | | | | =LAISH= (R.V. |Judg. xviii. |_Tell el Kâdy_| 6 |Leshem, Josh. xix. 47. or =LAISHAH=) | 7-29; Is. x. | | | The original name of | 30 | | | the city Dan. Now | | | | ‘Tell el Kâdy,’ 2 | | | | miles west of Banias. | | | | _See_ Dan. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 139; Sh. II.) | | | | =LAKUM= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 33 |_Not |-- |A place on the boundary =LAKKUM=) | | identified_ | | of Naphtali, somewhere | | | | between Jabneel and | | | | the river Jordan. | | | | =LASHA= |Gen. x. 19 |_Not |-- |The position of this | | identified_ | | place is uncertain. | | | | Jerome and others | | | | identify it with | | | | Callirhoë, the famous | | | | hot springs in the | | | | wild and rugged ravine | | | | of Zerka Mʾaîn--east | | | | of the Salt Sea. | | | | =LASHARON= |Josh. xii. 18 |_Sârôna_ (?)* | 6 |Probably the present (R.V. | | | | ruin Sârôna, 6½ miles =LASSHARON=) | | | | west of the south end | | | | of the Sea of Galilee. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 370; Sh. | | | | VI.)--Conder. | | | | =LEBANON=, Mount|Deut. i. 7; |_Jebel Libnân_| 3 |Now called Jebel | iii. 25; xi. | | | Libnân.--For general | 24; Josh. i. | | | description, see | 4; ix. 1; | | | Porter’s _Handbook_. | xi. 17; xii. | | | | 7; xiii. 5; | | | | Judg. iii. | | | | 3; ix. 15; | | | | 1 Kings iv. | | | | 33; v. 6, | | | | 14; vii. 2; | | | | ix. 19; x. | | | | 17; 2 Kings | | | | xiv. 9; xix. | | | | 23; 2 Chr. | | | | ii. 8; viii. | | | | 6; ix. 16; | | | | xxv. 18; | | | | Ezra iii. 7; | | | | Ps. xxix. | | | | 5; lxxii. | | | | 16; xcii. | | | | 12; civ. 16; | | | | Cant. iii. | | | | 9; iv. 8; v. | | | | 15; vii. 4; | | | | Is. ii. 13; | | | | x. 34; xiv. | | | | 8; xxix. | | | | 17; xxxiii. | | | | 9; xxxv. 2; | | | | xxxvii. 24; | | | | xl. 16; lx. | | | | 13; Jer. | | | | xviii. 14; | | | | xxii. 6; | | | | Ezek. xvii. | | | | 3; xxvii. | | | | 5; xxxi. 3; | | | | Hos. xiv. 5; | | | | Neh. i. 4; | | | | Hab. ii. 17; | | | | Zech. x. 10; | | | | xi. 1 | | | | | | | =LEBAOTH= |Josh. xv. 32 |_Not |-- |Probably identical | | identified_ | | with Beth-lebaoth and | | | | Beth-birei. One of the | | | | cities of the south. | | | | =LEBONAH= |Judg. xxi. 19 |_el Lubban_ |10 |The present village | | | | Lubban, near the main | | | | road to Shechem, | | | | and west of Shiloh. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 286; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =LEHI= |Judg. xv. 9, |_Not |-- |Or Ramath-lehi, the | 14, 19 | identified_ | | scene of Samson’s | | | | exploit with the | | | | jawbone of an ass. The | | | | word means ‘jawbone.’ | | | | =LESHEM= |Josh. xix. 47 |_Tell el Kâdy_|-- |_See_ Laish. | | | | =LIBANUS= |1 Esd. iv. |_Jebel Libnân_|-- |Mount Lebanon. | 48; v. 55; 2 | | | | Esd. xv. 20; | | | | Judith i. | | | | 7; Eccles. | | | | xxiv. 13; l. | | | | 12 | | | | | | | =LIBNAH= (1) |Josh. x. 29, |_Not |-- |Named between Makkedah | 39; xii. | identified_ | | and Lachish, in the | 15; xv. 42; | | | ‘lowland’ of Judah. | xxi. 13; 2 | | | (_Mem._ III. 261; Sh. | Kings viii. | | | XX.) | 22; xix. 8; | | | | xxiii. 31; | | | | xxiv. 18; 1 | | | | Chr. vi. 57; | | | | Is. xxxvii. | | | | 8; 2 Chr. | | | | xxi. 10; | | | | Jer. lii. 1 | | | | | | | =LIBNAH= (2) |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 20, 21 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites, between | | | | Sinai and Kedesh. | | | | =LIBYA= (R.V. |Jer. xlvi. | |-- |Libya is part of Africa =PUT=) | 9; Ezek. | | | west of Egypt; but Put | xxxviii. 5 | | | or Phut may have been | | | | in Asia. | | | | =LO-DEBAR= |2 Sam. ix. 4, |_Not |-- |A town of Gilead. | 5; xvii. 27 | identified_ | | | | | | =LOD= |1 Chron. |_Ludd_ | 9 |The present town called | viii. 12; | | | Ludd, on the plain | Ezra ii. 33; | | | south-east of Jaffa | Neh. vii. | | | and north of Ramleh. | 37; xi. 35 | | | (_Mem._ II. 267; Sh. | | | | XIII.) | | | | =LUHITH=, The |Isa. xv. 5; |_Talʾat el |15 |Probably Talʾat el Ascent of | Jer. xlviii. | Heith_* | | Heisah (or Heith), one | 5 | | | mile to the west of | | | | Mount Nebo.--Conder’s | | | | _Heth and Moab_, | | | | p. 140; _Quarterly | | | | Statement_, 1882, p. 9. | | | | =LUZ= (1) |Gen. xxviii. |_Beitîn_ |10 |The old name of Bethel. | 19; xxxv. 6; | | | The present village | xlviii. 3; | | | Beitîn. _See_ Bethel. | Josh. xvi. | | | (_Mem._ II. 305; Sh. | 2; xviii. | | | XIV.) | 13; Judg. i. | | | | 23 | | | | | | | =LUZ= (2) |Judg. i. 26 |_Luweizîyeh_ | 6 |In the ‘land of the | | (?)* | | Hittites.’ The ruin | | | | Luweizîyeh, west of | | | | Banias, is proposed by | | | | Capt. Conder. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 96; Sh. II.) | | | | =LYCIA= |1 Macc. xv. | |-- |In the south-west of | 23; Acts | | | Asia Minor, opposite | xxvii. 5 | | | Rhodes.--Grove’s | | | | _Bible Index_. | | | | =LYDDA= |1 Macc. xi. 34|_Ludd_ |-- |Another name for Lod | | | | and Ludd. | | | | =LYDIA= |1 Macc. viii. | |-- |A province in Asia | 8 | | | Minor. | | | | =LYDIA= |Ezek. xxx. 5 | |-- |In the Revised Version | | | | ‘Lud.’ | | | | =MAACAH=, |2 Sam. x. 6, | |-- |In Deut. iii. 14; Josh. District | 8; 1 Chr. | | | xii. 5; xiii. 11-13; of (R.V. | xix. 6, 7 | | | 2 Sam. xxiii. 34; =ARAM-MAACAH=) | | | | 2 Kings xxv. 23; 1 | | | | Chron. iv. 19; Jer. | | | | xl. 8. Maachathites | | | | (Maacathites R.V.) | | | | Named with Zobah and | | | | Tob. | | | | =MAALEH |Josh. xv. 3 |_Not |21 |Very probably the ACRABBIM= | | identified_ | | steep declivity at (R.V. | | | | the southern end of =AKRABBIM=, | | | | the Salt Sea, and The Ascent of) | | | | between there and | | | | Kadesh-barnea. | | | | =MAARATH= |Josh. xv. 59 |_Beit Ummar_ |14 |The present village | | (?)* | | Beit Ummar, 6 miles | | | | north of Hebron. | | | | Named in the group of | | | | cities which contains | | | | Hŭlhûl, Beth-zur, | | | | Gedor, Beth-anoth, | | | | and between the two | | | | latter. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 303; Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =MACALON= |1 Esdras v. 21|_Mukhmas_ (?) |-- |A corruption of | | | | Michmash. | | | | =MACHMAS= |1 Macc. ix. 73|_Mukhmas_ |-- |The Greek of Michmash. | | | | =MACHPELAH=, |Gen. xxiii. | |14 |The cave beneath the Cave of | 9, 17, 19; | | | Haram at Hebron.--For | xxv. 9; | | | plan, etc., and latest | xlix. 30; l. | | | report of the Haram, | 13 | | | see Capt. Conder’s | | | | ‘visit’ in _Quarterly | | | | Statement_ for | | | | October, 1882. | | | | =MADIAN= |Judith ii. 26 | |-- |The Greek form of | | | | Midian. | | | | =MADMANNAH= |Josh. xv. 31; |_Umm Deimneh_*|13 |Named with Hormah, | 1 Chron. ii. | | | Ziklag, and Sansannah. | 49 | | | Possibly the ruin | | | | Umm Deimneh, 12 | | | | miles north-east of | | | | Beersheba. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 392, 399; Sh. | | | | XXIV.) | | | | =MADMEN= |Jer. xlviii. 2|_Umm Deineh_ |15 |A place in Moab, ‘Umm | | (??) | | Deineh,’ 12 miles | | | | north-east of Dibon, | | | | in Moab has been | | | | proposed. | | | | =MADMENAH= |Isa. x. 31 |_Not |-- |One of the towns of | | identified_ | | Benjamin, somewhere | | | | in the neighbourhood | | | | of Jerusalem on the | | | | north; not recovered. | | | | =MADON= |Josh. xi. 1; |_Kh. Madîn_ | 6 |Named with ‘Lasharon’ | xii. 19 | (?)* | | (Sarôna) and ‘Hazor.’ | | | | Possibly the ruin | | | | Madîn, west of the Sea | | | | of Galilee and close | | | | to Hattîn. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 365; Sh. VI.) ‘Kefr | | | | Menda,’ on the west | | | | corner of ‘Sahel el | | | | Buttauf,’ proposed by | | | | Schwarz (90). | | | | =MAGBISH= |Ezra ii. 30 |_Not |-- |In Benjamin, or in | | identified_ | | Judah. | | | | =MAGED= |1 Macc. v. 36 | |-- |_See_ Maked. | | | | =MAGIDDO= |1 Esd. i. 29 | |-- |_See_ Megiddo. | | | | =MAHANAIM= |Gen. xxxii. |_Mahneh_ (?) |11 |Possibly the heap of (R.V. ‘Hosts | 2; Josh. | | | ruins now called or Companies’) | xiii. 26, | | | Mahneh, 14 miles | 30; Josh. | | | south-east of | xxi. 38; 2 | | | Beth-shean and near | Sam. ii. | | | Jabesh-gilead. _See_ | 8, 12, 29; | | | Porter’s _Handbook_, | xvii. 24, | | | 332; Conder’s _Heth | 27; xix. 32; | | | and Moab_, pp. 177-180. | 1 Kings ii. | | | | 8; iv. 14; 1 | | | | Chr. vi. 80 | | | | | | | =MAHANEH-DAN= |Judg. xiii. |_Wâdy el |14 |‘Camping-place of | 25; xviii. 12| Mŭtluk_ | | Dan,’ west of | | | | Kirjath-jearim; and | | | | Judg. xiii. 25, | | | | between ‘Zoreah’ and | | | | ‘Eshtaol.’ Apparently | | | | the plain immediately | | | | south of those two | | | | places, in ‘Wâdy el | | | | Mŭtluk,’ or ‘Wâdy | | | | Serâr.’ | | | | =MAKAZ= |1 Kings iv. 9 |_Not |-- |Mentioned with | | identified_ | | Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh | | | | and Elon-beth-hanan. | | | | =MAKED= |1 Macc. v. 26 |_el Mejed_ |-- |= Maged, 1 Macc. | | (?)* | | v. 36. One of the | | | | great cities of | | | | Gilead. Perhaps el | | | | Mejed, north of | | | | Amman.--Conder. | | | | =MAKHELOTH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the | 25 | identified_ | | camping-stations of | | | | the Israelites. | | | | =MAKKEDAH= |Josh. x. 10, |_el Mûghâr_ |13 |Probably the present | 16-29; xii. | (?)* | | village ‘el Mûghâr.’ | 16; xv. 41 | | | (_Mem._ II. 411; Sh. | | | | XVI.)--Warren. | | | | =MAKTESH= |Zeph. i. 11 | | |The Targum identifies | | | | this name with the | | | | Kedron Valley. The | | | | meaning of ‘Mactesh’ | | | | is probably a deep | | | | hollow, literally a | | | | ‘mortar.’ | | | | =MALLOS= |2 Macc. iv. 30|At mouth of |-- |Was an important city | | _Seihun_ | | of Cilicia, lying | | | | at the mouth of the | | | | Pyramus, about 20 | | | | miles from Tarsus. | | | | =MAMRE=, Plain |Gen. xiii. | | |In the neighbourhood of of (R.V. | 18; xiv. 13, | | | Hebron. =MAMRE=, | 24; xviii. | | | The Oaks or | 1; xxiii. | | | Terebinth of) | 17, 19; xxv. | | | | 9; xxxv. 27; | | | | xlix. 30; l. | | | | 13 | | | | | | | =MANAHATH= |1 Chr. viii. 6|_Mâlhah_* |14 |Probably the village | | | | ‘Málhah,’ 3 miles | | | | south-west of | | | | Jerusalem. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 21; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =MANASSEH=, The |Gen. xli. 51; | |-- |‘This was the lot for Two half Tribes| xlvi. 20; | | | the tribe of Manasseh; | xlviii. 1, | | | for he was the | 5, 13, 20; | | | first-born of Joseph; | l. 23; Num. | | | as for Machir the | i. 10, 34, | | | first-born of Manasseh | 35; ii. 20; | | | the father of Gilead, | vii. 54; x. | | | because he was a man | 23; xiii. | | | of war, therefore | 11; xxvi. | | | he had Gilead and | 28, 29, | | | Bashan (Josh. xvii.). | 34; xxvii. | | | Their border was from | 1; xxxii. | | | Mahanaim, all Bashan, | 33, 39-41; | | | all the kingdom of | xxxiv. 14, | | | Og, King of Bashan, | 23; xxxvi. | | | and all the towns of | 1, 12; Deut. | | | _Jair_, which are | iii. 13, | | | in _Bashan_, three | 14; xxix. | | | score cities; and | 8; xxxiii. | | | half Gilead, and | 17; xxxiv. | | | _Ashtaroth_, and | 2; Josh. | | | _Edrei_, the cities | i. 12; iv. | | | of the Kingdom of | 12; xii. 6; | | | Og in Bashan, were | xiii. 7, 29, | | | for the children of | 31; xiv. 4; | | | Machir (Josh. xiii.). | xvi. 4, 9; | | | And there fell ten | xvii. 1-3, | | | parts to Manasseh | 5-12, 17; | | | beside the land of | xviii. 7; | | | Gilead and Bashan, | xx. 8; xxi. | | | which is beyond | 5, 6, 25, | | | Jordan.... And the | 27; xxii. 1, | | | border of _Manasseh_ | 7, 9, 11-31; | | | was from _Asher_ to | Judg. i. 27; | | | _Michmethath_, which | vi. 15, 35; | | | is before Shechem; and | vii. 23; xi. | | | the border went along | 29; 1 Kings | | | to the right hand, | iv. 13; 1 | | | unto the inhabitants | Chr. v. 18, | | | of _En-tappuah_. The | 23, 26; vi. | | | land of _Tappuah_ | 61, 62, 70, | | | belonged to Manasseh, | 71; vii. 14, | | | but _Tappuah_ on the | 17, 29; ix. | | | border of Manasseh | 3; xii. 19, | | | belonged to the | 20, 31, 37; | | | children of Ephraim. | xxvi. 32; | | | And the border went | xxvii. 20, | | | down into the brook | 21; 2 Chr. | | | of _Kanah_, southward | xv. 9; xxx. | | | of the brook; these | 1, 10, 11, | | | cities belonged to | 18; xxxi. | | | Ephraim among the | 1; xxxiv. | | | cities of Manasseh; | 6, 9; Ps. | | | and the border of | lx. 7; lxxx. | | | Manasseh was on the | 2; cviii. | | | north side of the | 8; Is. ix. | | | brook, and the goings | 21; Ezek. | | | out thereof were at | xlviii. 4, 5 | | | the sea; southward | | | | it was Ephraim’s and | | | | northward it was | | | | Manasseh’s, and the | | | | sea was his border; | | | | and they reached to | | | | Asher on the north, | | | | and to Issachar | | | | on the east. And | | | | _Manasseh_ had in | | | | _Issachar_ and in | | | | _Asher Beth-shean_ and | | | | her towns, _Ibleam_ | | | | and her towns, and | | | | the inhabitants of | | | | _Dor_ and her towns, | | | | and the inhabitants | | | | of _En-dor_ and | | | | her towns, and | | | | the inhabitants | | | | of _Taanach_ and | | | | her towns and the | | | | inhabitants of | | | | _Megiddo_ and her | | | | towns, even the three | | | | heights,’ etc. (Josh. | | | | xvii. 7-11). ‘The | | | | half-tribe of Manasseh | | | | had the land from | | | | Jordan to the city | | | | Dora; but its breadth | | | | was at Beth-shan, | | | | which is now called | | | | Scythopolis’ (5 Ant. | | | | i. 22). ‘Also Gilead | | | | and Bashan’ (9 Ant. | | | | viii. 1). | | | | =MAON= |Josh. xv. 55; |_Kh. Mʾaîn_ |14 |The present ruined town | 1 Sam. xxv. 2| | | ‘Mʾaîn,’ south of | | | | Hebron. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 404, 415; Sh. XXV.) | | | | =MAON=, |1 Sam. xxiii. | |14 |The country to the east Wilderness of | 24, 25 | | | of Maon. | | | | =MARAH= (R.V. |Exod. xv. 23; |_Not |-- |Three days’ journey margin | Num. xxxiii. | identified_ | | in the wilderness of ‘Bitterness’) | 8, 9 | | | Etham, from where the | | | | Israelites crossed | | | | the Red Sea; where | | | | the bitter waters | | | | were made sweet. | | | | ʾAin Hawârah, some | | | | 16 hours from ‘ʾAyûn | | | | Mŭsa,’ is generally | | | | supposed to represent | | | | the camping-station, | | | | or some other spring | | | | near it, possibly | | | | in Wâdy Ghurûndul. | | | | Robinson, B. R. i. 67; | | | | Burckhardt, Schubert, | | | | Stanley, etc., etc. | | | | =MARALAH= |Josh. xix. 11 |_Mʾalûl_ (?)* | 6 |A place on the boundary | | | | of Zebulon. Possibly | | | | the village Mʾalûl, | | | | west of Nazareth. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 274, 322; | | | | Sh. V.)--Conder. | | | | =MARESHAH= |Josh. xv. 44; |_Kh. Merʾash_ |13 |Now the ruin Merʾash, | 2 Chron. xi. | | | close to Beit Jibrin. | 8; xiv. 9, | | | In 2 Macc. xii. 35, | 10; xx. 37; | | | Marissaa. (_Mem._ | Micah i. 15 | | | III.; Sh. XX.) | | | | =MAROTH= |Micah i. 12 |_Not |-- |(?) Maarath, a town of | | identified_ | | Judah. | | | | =MASALOTH= |1 Macc. ix. 2 |_Not |-- |Caverns near Arbela (12 | | identified_ | | Ant. ii. 1). Probably | | | | those in ‘Wâdy Hammâm.’ | | | | =MASHAL= |1 Chron. vi. | |-- |_See_ Misheal. | 74 | | | | | | | =MASPHA= (1) |1 Macc. iii. | |-- |The ancient Mizpeh of | 46 | | | Benjamin. | | | | =MASPHA= (2) |1 Macc. v. 35 | |-- |Probably Ramath Mizpeh | | | | of Gilead. | | | | =MASREKAH= |Gen. xxxvi. |_Not |-- |In the country of | 36; 1 Chr. | identified_ | | Idumæa, in the | i. 47 | | | neighbourhood of | | | | Petra. Uncertain. | | | | =MASSAH= and |Exod. xvii. 7 | |-- |‘The rock in Horeb,’ =MERIBAH= | | | | signifying ‘Tempting’ | | | | or ‘Proving,’ and | | | | ‘Chiding’ or strife. | | | | (Margin R.V.) | | | | =MATTANAH= |Num. xxi. 18, |_Not |15 |One of the camping | 19 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites. | | | | Probably Wâdy | | | | Waleh.--_Quarterly | | | | Statement_, p. 86, | | | | 1882; _Heth and Moab_, | | | | p. 144. | | | | =MEAH=, Tower |Neh. iii. 1; |_Not |-- |One of the towers of (R.V. | xii. 39 | identified_ | | of the wall of =HAMMEAH=, | | | | Jerusalem. It stood Tower of) | | | | between the tower | | | | of Hananeel and the | | | | sheep-gate--probably | | | | near the north-east | | | | corner of the city. | | | | =MEARAH= |Josh. xiii. 4 |_el | 2 |‘Beside the Sidonians.’ | | Mogheiriyeh_*| | Probably the village | | | | Mogheirîyeh, 6 | | | | miles north-east of | | | | Sidon.--Conder. | | | | =MEDEBA= |Num. xxi. 30; |_Medeba_ |15 |The present ruins | Josh. xiii. | | | Medeba. In 1 Macc. ix. | 9, 16; 1 | | | 36, Medaba.--Conder’s | Chr. xix. 7; | | | _Heth and Moab_, p. | Isa. xv. 2 | | | 138. | | | | =MEDIA= |1 Esd. iii. | |-- |South and south-west of | 1, 14; vi. | | | the Caspian, and east | 23; Tobit | | | of Armenia. | xi. 15; xiv. | | | | 4, 14; 1 | | | | Macc. vi. | | | | 56; viii. 8; | | | | xiv. 1, 2 | | | | | | | =MEGIDDO= |Josh. xii. |_el Lejjûn_, |10 |A town in Issachar | 21; xvii. | _Tell el | | allotted to Manasseh. | 11; Judg. i. | Mutasellim_, | | Placed by Robinson | 27; v. 19; | _Kh. | | at ‘el Lejjûn’; by | 1 Kings iv. | Mujeddʾa_ | | Thomson at ‘Tell | 12; ix. 15; | (?)* | | el Mutasellim,’ | 2 Kings ix. | | | immediately north | 27; xxiii. | | | of Lejjûn; and by | 29, 30; 1 | | | Conder at Mujeddʾa, | Chr. vii. 29 | | | in the valley 3 | | | | miles south-west | | | | of Beth-shean. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 90; Sh. | | | | VIII.)--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 287. | | | | =MEGIDDO=, |Judg. v. 19 | |10 |Some fine, copious Waters of | | | | springs are near the | | | | ruins of Mujeddʾa, | | | | and also at el | | | | Lejjûn, but much | | | | smaller.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_. | | | | =MEGIDDO=, |2 Chron. | |-- |Probably the Valley Valley of, or | xxxv. 22; | | | of Jezreel, near =MEGIDDON= | Zech. xii. 11| | | Mujeddʾa.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_. | | | | =ME-JARKON= |Josh. xix. 46 |_Not | 9 |Probably near the | | identified_ | | river ʾAuja, north of | | | | Jaffa. (_Mem._ II.; | | | | Sh. XIII.) The word is | | | | said to mean ‘yellow | | | | water.’ | | | | =MEKONAH= (R.V. |Neh. ix. 37 |_Kh. el |13 |Probably Mechanum, =MECONAH=) | | Mekenna_ (?)*| | 8 Roman miles from | | | | Eleutheropolis | | | | (Onomasticon). The | | | | present large ruin | | | | ‘Mekenna,’ 12 miles | | | | north-west of Beit | | | | Jibrîn. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 425; Sh. XVI.)--Conder. | | | | =MEMPHIS= or |Isa. xix. 13; |_Mitrahumy_ |-- |A city in Egypt; it was =NOPH= | Jer. ii. 16; | | | on the left bank of | xliv. 1; | | | the Nile, the capital | xlvi. 14, | | | of lower Egypt and the | 19; Ezek. | | | site of the principal | xxx. 13, 16; | | | Egyptian Necropolis. | Hos. ix. 6; | | | Smith’s _Dictionary to | Judith i. 10 | | | the Bible_. | | | | =MEONENIM=, |Judg. ix. 37 |_Not |-- |Near Shechem (Nablus). Plain of (R.V. | | identified_ | | The word is =MEONENIM=, | | | | usually translated The Oak or | | | | ‘Enchanters.’ Terebinth of) | | | | | | | | =MEPHAATH= |Josh. xiii. |_Not |-- |A city of Reuben. | 18; xxi. 37; | identified_ | | | 1 Chron. vi. | | | | 79; Jer. | | | | xlviii. 21 | | | | | | | =MERAN= |Bar. iii. 23 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =MERIBAH= or |Ex. xvii. 7; | |-- |The name given to =MERIBAH | Num. xx. 13, | | | the place where the KADESH= | 24; xxvii. | | | rock was struck, | 14; Deut. | | | and the people | xxxiii. 8; | | | murmured.--Conder’s | Ps. lxxxi. | | | _Handbook to the | 7; Deut. | | | Bible_, and _Primer of | xxxii. 51; | | | Bible Geography_, p. | Ezek. xlvii. | | | 56. | 19 | | | | | | | =MEROM=, Waters |Josh. xi. 7 |_Baheiret el | 6 |Now ‘Baheiret el of | | Hûleh_ | | Hûleh.’ (_Mem._ I. | | | | 205; Sh. IV.) | | | | =MERONOTH= |1 Chr. xxvii. |_Kh. Marrîna_ |14 |Possibly the ruin | 30; Neh. | (??)* | | Marrîna, in the Hebron | iii. 7 | | | mountains, 4 miles | | | | north of Hŭlhûl. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 314, 359; | | | | Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =MEROZ= |Judg. v. 23 |_Not |-- |The village el | | identified_ | | Mŭrussus, 4 miles | | | | north of Beth-shean | | | | is mentioned by | | | | Burckhardt and | | | | Robinson (II. 356.) | | | | The Arabic word, | | | | however, does not | | | | represent the Hebrew. | | | | =MESHA= |Gen. x. 30 |_Not |-- |Thought to be Mûsa, on | | identified_ | | the Red Sea.--_See_ | | | | Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_. | | | | =MESOPOTAMIA= |Gen. xxiv. | |-- |The district enclosed | 10; Deut. | | | between the two | xxiii. 4; | | | rivers of Tigris | Judg. iii. | | | and Euphrates, | 8, 10; 1 | | | especially the | Chr. xix. 6; | | | north-western portion | Judith ii. | | | thereof.--Grove’s | 24; v. 7, 8; | | | _Bible Index_. | viii. 26; | | | | Acts ii. 9; | | | | vii. 2 | | | | | | | =MICHMASH= |1 Sam. xiii. |_Mŭkhmâs_ |14 |Now the village | 2-23; xiv. | | | ‘Mŭkhmâs,’ 7 miles | 5, 31; Ezra | | | north of Jerusalem. In | ii. 27; Neh. | | | Ezra ii. 27; Neh. vii. | vii. 31; xi. | | | 31, Michmas. (_Mem._ | 31; Isa. x. | | | III. 149; Sh. XVII.) | 28 | | | | | | | =MICHMETHAH= |Josh. xvi. 6; |_Sahel el |10 |Generally identified (R.V. | xvii. 7 | Mukhnah_ (?) | | with the great =MICHMETHATH=) | | | | ‘plain of Mukhnah.’ | | | | _See_ Asher. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 169; | | | | Sh. XI.)--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 104. | | | | =MIDDIN= |Josh. xv. 61 |_Not |-- |One of the six cities | | identified_ | | situated in the | | | | wilderness of Judea. | | | | The name ‘Kh. Mird’ | | | | occurs 9 miles east of | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =MIDIAN= |Frequently | |-- |Country east of gulf of | mentioned | | | ‘Akabah,’ and part of | | | | Sinai Peninsula. | | | | =MIGDAL-EL= |Josh. xix. 38 |_Mûjeidel_ | 6 |Named in the group Iron | | | | (Yarûn) and Horem | | | | (Harah), etc., etc., | | | | of Naphtali. Now | | | | Mujeidel, in Upper | | | | Galilee. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 96; Sh. II.)--Van de | | | | Velde. | | | | =MIGDAL-GAD= |Josh. xv. 37 |_el Mejdel_ |13 |Possibly the important | | (??) | | village 2 miles inland | | | | from Askelon. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 410; Sh. XVI.) | | | | =MIGDOL= |Ez. xiv. 2; | |-- |On the east borders of | Num. xxxiii. | | | Egypt. | 7; Jer. | | | | xliv. 1; | | | | xlvi. 14 | | | | | | | =MIGRON= |1 Sam. xiv. |_Not |-- |A place in the | 2; Isa. x. 28| identified_ | | neighbourhood of | | | | Gibeah. | | | | =MILLO= (1) |2 Sam. v. 9; | |-- |Part of the city of | 1 Kings ix. | | | David. | 15, 24; xi. | | | | 27; 2 Kings | | | | xii. 20; 1 | | | | Chr. xi. | | | | 8; 2 Chr. | | | | xxxii. 5 | | | | | | | =MILLO=, The |Judg. ix. 6, | |-- |In Shechem. House of | 20 | | | | | | | =MINNI= |Jer. li. 27 | | |Kingdom of Ararat. | | | | =MINNITH= |Judg. xi. 33; |_Not |-- |Four Roman miles from | Ezek. xxvii. | identified_ | | Heshbon, on the road | 17 | | | to Philadelphia | | | | (Amman)--Onomasticon. | | | | In _Heth & Moab_ | | | | ‘Minyeh,’ to the | | | | south of Nebo, is | | | | proposed.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook_ and | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | pp. 10, 81, 1882. | | | | =MIPHKAD=, The |Neh. iii. 31 | |-- |One of the gates of Gate (R.V. | | | | Jerusalem at the time =HAMMIPHKAD=, | | | | of the rebuilding of The Gate of) | | | | the wall after the | | | | return from captivity. | | | | =MISGAB= |Jer. xlviii. 1|_Not |-- |‘The high place’ | | identified_ | | (A.V.), ‘The high | | | | fort’ (R.V.) of Moab. | | | | =MISHAL=, or |Josh. xix. |_Mʾaîsleh_* | 6 |A town in Asher. The =MISHEAL= | 26; xxi. 30 | | | name is apparently (R.V. =MISHAL=)| | | | preserved in that of | | | | Wâdy Mʾaîsleh, 8 miles | | | | to the north-east of | | | | Accho. Probably one | | | | of the ruins in that | | | | valley. | | | | =MISREPHOTH- |Josh. xi. 8; |_Sarafend_ | 2 |Mentioned with Sidon MAIM= | xiii. 6 | | | (Zidon-rabbah). Now | | | | the present village | | | | and ruins (Sarafend | | | | Sarepta) on the | | | | coast north of | | | | Sidon.--Thompson. | | | | =MITHCAH= (R.V. |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the =MITHKAH=) | 29 | identified_ | | camping-stations of | | | | the Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =MIZAR=, The |Ps. xlii. 6 |_Not |-- |Signifying ‘the Hill | | identified_ | | little mountain,’ in | | | | the region of the | | | | Hermonites. | | | | =MIZPAH= (1), |Gen. xxxi. |_Sûf_ (?)* |11 |Also called or =MIZPEH= | 49; Jud. x. | | | ‘Jegar-sahadutha’ | 17; xi. 11, | | | (‘the heap of | 29, 34; xx. | | | witness’) and | 1, 3; xxi. | | | ‘Galeed’ (‘the heap | 1, 5, 8; 1 | | | of witness’) where | Mac. v. 35 | | | Jacob and Laban met. | | | | The most appropriate | | | | site for Mizpeh is | | | | that of Sûf, north of | | | | the Jabbok and near | | | | to Jerash, where a | | | | very fine group of | | | | rude stone monuments | | | | exists.--Conder’s | | | | _Heth & Moab_ (new | | | | edition), p. 181, | | | | and _Primer to Bible | | | | Geography_, pp. | | | | 43, 85. See also | | | | Oliphant’s _Land of | | | | Gilead_, pp. 209-216. | | | | =MIZPEH=, Moab |1 Sam. xxii. 3|_Not |-- |See Conder’s _Heth & (2) | | identified_ | | Moab_, 175. | | | | =MIZPEH=, The |Josh. xi. 3 |_el Bukeiʾa_ | 3 |And ‘Valley of Mizpeh’ Land of (3) | | (?) | | (Josh. xi. 8). | | | | Apparently the present | | | | plain ‘el Bukeiʾa,’ | | | | west of Hermon. | | | | =MIZPEH= (4) |Josh. xv. 38 |_Not |-- |A city of Judah, | | identified_ | | mentioned with | | | | Migdal-gad, Dilean, | | | | and Joktheel--on the | | | | plain of Philistia. | | | | =MIZPEH= (5) |Josh. xviii. |_Not |14 |A city of Benjamin, | 26; Judg. | identified_ | | named in the group | xx. 1-3; | | | between Beeroth | xxi. 1, 5, | | | (Bireh), and Chephirah | 8; 1 Sam. | | | (Kefîreh). Robinson | vii. 5-16; | | | (B. R. I. 460) places | x. 17; 1 | | | it at ‘Neby Samwil.’ | Kings xv. | | | Others propose ‘Tell | 22; 2 Kings | | | el Fûl.’ ‘Scopus,’ | xxv. 23, 25; | | | Stanley (S. and P. | 2 Chr. xvi. | | | 1st ed. 222), and | 6; Neh. iii. | | | Dr. Bonar (Land of | 7, 15, 19; | | | Promise). In Conder’s | Jer. xl. | | | _Handbook_, p. 277, | 6-15; xli. | | | it is suggested that | 1-16; Hos. | | | perhaps Nob and Mizpeh | v. 1 | | | are the same place. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 149; | | | | Sh. XVII.)--Conder’s | | | | _Primer of Bible | | | | Geography_, p. 90. | | | | =MIZRAIM= |Gen. x. 6, | |-- |Egypt. | 13; 1 Chr. | | | | i. 8, 11. | | | | Elsewhere | | | | called Egypt | | | | | | | =MOAB= |Very |_Co. east of |-- |The application of the | frequently | Dead Sea_ | | term seems to differ | mentioned | | | at different periods. | | | | =MOCHMUR=, The |Judith vii. 18|_Wâdy el |10 |Probably ‘Wâdy el Brook | | Ahmar_* | | Ahmar’--one of | | | | the names of the | | | | valley south of | | | | ‘Kuzah’--having | | | | its source at | | | | ‘ʾAkrabah.’ (Sh. XIV., | | | | XV.)--Conder. | | | | =MODIN= |1 Macc. ii. |_Midieh_ |10 |The present village | 1, 15, 23, | | | Midieh, 13 miles west | 70; ix. 19; | | | of Bethel. (_Mem._ II. | xiii. 25, | | | 341; Sh. XIV.) | 30; xvi. | | | | 4; 2 Macc. | | | | xiii. 14 | | | | | | | =MOLADAH= |Josh. xv. 26; |_Not |-- |‘One of the uttermost | xix. 2; 1 | identified_ | | cities of Judah | Chr. iv. 28; | | | towards the coast | Neh. xi. 26 | | | of Edom.’ Placed by | | | | Robinson at ‘Tell el | | | | Milh,’ 13 miles east | | | | of Beer Sheba (Vol. | | | | II. pp. 201, 621.) For | | | | ‘Tell el Milh’ Captain | | | | Conder proposes the | | | | ‘City of Salt.’ Josh. | | | | xv. 62. (_Mem._ III. | | | | pp. 404, 415; Sh. | | | | XXV.) The Hebrew has | | | | no connection with the | | | | Arabic Milh ‘Salt,’ | | | | Heb. Melakh. The | | | | identification of Tell | | | | el Milh is due to the | | | | Onomasticon. | | | | =MOREH=, Oak or |Gen. xii. 6; | |10 |The plain east of Plain of (R.V. | Deut. xi. 30 | | | Shechem. or =TEREBINTH=)| | | | | | | | =MOREH=, Hill of|Judg. vii. 1 |_Neby Dŭhy_ |10 |Very probably the hill | | (?) | | called ‘Neby Dŭhy,’ | | | | and sometimes little | | | | Hermon.--Smith’s | | | | _Dictionary to the | | | | Bible_. | | | | =MORESHETH-GATH=|Micah i. 14 |_Not |-- |Perhaps Mareshah, south | | identified_ | | of Gath. | | | | =MORIAH=, Land |Gen. xxii. 2 | |-- |_See_ Smith’s _Bible of | | | | Dictionary_. Usually | | | | identified with | | | | Mount Moriah. Dean | | | | Stanley (_Sinai and | | | | Palestine_) proposed | | | | Gerizim. Jewish | | | | tradition indicates | | | | the first; the | | | | Samaritans hold to the | | | | latter. | | | | =MORIAH=, Mount |2 Chr. iii. 1 | |-- |The Temple Area, | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =MOSERA=, or |Deut. x. 6; |_Not |-- |In the neighbourhood of =MOSEROTH= | Num. xxxiii. | identified_ | | Petra. (R.V. | 30, 31 | | | =MOSERAH=) | | | | | | | | =MOUNTAIN OF |Deut. i. 19, | |-- |Between Horeb and THE AMORITES= | 20 | | | Kadesh-barnea. | | | | =MOUNT OF |1 Kings xi. | |-- |Part of Olivet. Perhaps CORRUPTION= | 7; 2 Kings | | | should read ‘Mt. of | xxiii. 13 | | | Anointing.’ (_See_ | | | | Conder’s _Handbook_.) | | | | =MOZAH= |Josh. xviii. |_Kh. Beit |14 |Talmud Jer. Succah 4, | 26 | Mizzeh_ | | 5, calls it Colonia. | | | | Near Kôlonia, west of | | | | Jerusalem, is the ruin | | | | Beit Mizzeh, one of | | | | the cities allotted | | | | to Benjamin. (_Mem._ | | | | III.; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =MYNDUS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Mentesche_ |-- |A town on the coast of | | (?) | | Caria, between Miletus | | | | and Halicarnassus | | | | (Budrum.) | | | | =NAAMAH= |Josh. xv. 41 |_Nâʾaneh_* |13 |A town in the lowland | | | | of Judah. Now the | | | | village Nâʾaneh, 6 | | | | miles south of ‘Lod.’ | | | | (_Mem._ II. 403; Sh. | | | | XVI.)--Warren. | | | | =NAARAN= (R.V. |1 Chr. vii. 28| |-- |Probably the same as =NAARAN= or | | | | the next. =NAARAH=) | | | | | | | | =NAARATH= (R.V. |Josh. xvi. 7 |_Kh. el Aûjeh |10 |Eusebius and Jerome =NAARAH=) | | et Tahtâni_ | | (Onomasticon) speak | | (?)* | | of it as a small | | | | village of the Jews, | | | | 5 miles from Jericho, | | | | ‘Naorath.’ One of | | | | the towns on the | | | | borders of Ephraim and | | | | Benjamin, named next | | | | to Ataroth (Tell et | | | | Truny) and Jericho. | | | | Five miles north of | | | | Jericho are traces of | | | | a ruined town, now | | | | called ‘Khurbet el | | | | Aujeh et Tahtâni.’ | | | | (_Mem._ II. 391; Sh. | | | | XV.)--Conder. | | | | =NADABATHA= |1 Macc. ix. 37|_Not |-- |Thought to be on the | | identified_ | | east of Jordan. | | | | =NAHALLAL= or |Josh. xix. |_ʾAin Mâhil_ | 6 |The Talmud Jer. =NAHALAL= | 15; xxi. 35 | (?)* | | Megillah i. 1, renders | | | | it Mahlul. Probably =NAHALOL= (R.V. |Judg. i. 30 | | | from its relative =NAHALAL= or | | | | position ‘ʾAin Mâhil.’ =NAHALOL=) | | | | (_Mem._ I. 365; Sh. | | | | VI.)--Conder. | | | | =NAHALIEL= |Num. xxi. 19 |_Wâdy Zerka |15 |One of the | | Mʾain_ (?)* | | camping-stations of | | | | the Israelites: the | | | | next after Mattaneh. | | | | Very probably | | | | the rugged and | | | | precipitous ravine | | | | now called ‘Wâdy | | | | Zerka Mʾaîn.’--Conder | | | | (_Heth & Moab_, pp. | | | | 141, 144); _Quarterly | | | | Statement_, p. 86, | | | | 1882. | | | | =NAIOTH= |1 Sam. xix. |_Not |-- |Somewhere near Ramah. | 18; 22, 23; | identified_ | | | xx. 1 | | | | | | | =NANEA=, Temple |2 Macc. i. | |-- |Perhaps the Babylonian of | 13, 15 | | | Nana or ‘mother’ | | | | goddess. | | | | =NAPHTALI=, |Gen. xxx. 8; | |-- |‘Naphtali--And their Tribe of | xxxv. 25; | | | border was from | xlvi. 24; | | | _Heleph_, from the | xlix. 21; | | | oak in _Zaanannim_ | Exodus i. | | | and _Adami-nekeb_, | 4; Num. i. | | | and _Jabneel_, unto | 15, 42, 43; | | | _Lakkum_; and the | ii. 29; vii. | | | goings out thereof | 78; x. 27; | | | were at _Jordan_, | xiii. 14; | | | and the border | xxvi. 48, | | | turned westward to | 50; xxxiv. | | | _Aznoth-tabor_, | 28; Deut. | | | and went out from | xxvii. 13; | | | thence to _Hukkok_; | xxxiii. 23; | | | and it reached to | xxxiv. 2; | | | _Zebulon_ on the | Josh. xix. | | | south, and reached to | 32, 39; xx. | | | _Asher_ on the west, | 7; xxi. 6, | | | and to _Judah_ at | 32; Judg. i. | | | _Jordan_ toward the | 33; iv. 6, | | | sunrising. And the | 10; v. 18; | | | fenced cities were | vi. 35; vii. | | | _Ziddim_, _Zer_, and | 23; 1 Kings | | | _Hammath_, _Rakkath_, | iv. 15; vii. | | | and _Chinnereth_; and | 14; xv. 20; | | | _Adamah_, and _Ramah_, | 2 Kings xv. | | | and _Hazor_; and | 29; 1 Chr. | | | _Kedesh_, and _Edrei_, | ii. 2; vi. | | | and _En-hazor_; and | 62, 76; vii. | | | _Iron_, _Migdal-el_, | 13; xii. 34, | | | _Horem_, and | 40; xxvii. | | | _Beth-anath_, and | 19; 2 Chr. | | | _Beth-shemesh_; | xvi. 4; | | | nineteen cities with | xxxiv. 6; | | | their villages’ (Josh. | Ps. lxviii. | | | xix. 33-39). ‘The | 27; Is. ix. | | | Naphtalites received | 1; Ezek. | | | the eastern part, | xlviii. 3, | | | as far as the city | 4, 34 | | | of Damascus and the | | | | Upper Galilee, unto | | | | Mount Libanus, and the | | | | fountains of Jordan | | | | which rise out of that | | | | mountain; that is, out | | | | of that part of it | | | | whose limits belong to | | | | the neighbouring city | | | | of Ara’ (5 Ant. i. 22). | | | | =NASOR=, The |1 Macc. xi. 67|_Merj el | 6 |Josephus reads Asor (13 Plain of | | Hadîreh_* | | Ant. v. 7). Now Merj | | | | el Hadîreh, west of | | | | the Hûleh Lake. _See_ | | | | Hazor. | | | | =NEAH= |Josh. xix. 13 |_Not |-- |A place on the boundary | | identified_ | | of Zebulon, next to | | | | Remmon-methoar. | | | | =NEBALLAT= |Neh. xi. 34 |_Beit Nebâla_ |10 |Named with ‘Lod’ | | | | (Lydda) and Ono (Kefr | | | | Ana). Now the village | | | | Beit Nebâla, 3½ miles | | | | north-east of Lydda. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 296; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =NEBO=, Mount |Deut. xxxii. |_Jebel Neba_ |15 |Now Jebel Neba in Moab, (1) | 49; xxxiv. 1 | | | overlooking the Jordan | | | | Valley. _See_ Conder’s | | | | _Heth & Moab_, pp. | | | | 129-137, 249. | | | | =NEBO= (2) |Num. xxxii. | |-- |Perhaps on the | 3, 38; | | | mountain--Mount Nebo. | xxxiii. 47; | | | (_Heth & Moab_, pp. | 1 Chr. v. 8; | | | 129-137.) The notices | Is. xv. 2; | | | of Eusebius and Jerome | Jer. xlviii. | | | make the two (Mount | 1, 22 | | | Nebo and Nebo) to be | | | | distinct and distant | | | | from each other, and | | | | place the town 8 miles | | | | south of Heshbon, | | | | where a number of | | | | ruins exist. | | | | =NEBO= (3) |Ezra ii. 29; |_Beit Nuba_ |14 |Thought by some to be | Neh. vii. 33 | (?) or | | ‘Beit Nuba,’ in the | | _Nûba_ (?)* | | valley of Ajalon, 12 | | | | miles to the west of | | | | Jerusalem. (Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | | | | The village Nuba, | | | | 4 miles south of | | | | Adullam, proposed by | | | | Capt. Conder. See | | | | _Mem._ p. 302; Sh. XXI. | | | | =NEIEL= |Josh. xix. 27 |_Kh. Yʾanîn_ | 6 |A place mentioned as | | (?)* | | being on the boundary | | | | of Asher, and between | | | | Jiphthah-el and Cabul. | | | | The ruin ‘Yʾanîn,’ 9 | | | | miles east of ʾAkka, | | | | proposed by Capt. | | | | Conder. (_Mem._ I. | | | | pp. 322, 325; Sh. | | | | V.) The village | | | | ‘Miar,’ 2 miles east | | | | of ‘Yʾanîn,’ was | | | | proposed by Robinson | | | | and adopted by others. | | | | (Rob. iii. 87, 103.) | | | | =NEKEB= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 33 |_Kh. | 6 |The Tal. Jer. =ADAMI-NEKEB=) | | Seiyâdeh_ | | Megillah i. 1 reads | | (?)* | | Tziadathah. Now the | | | | ruin ‘Seiyâdeh,’ | | | | immediately west of | | | | the Sea of Galilee. | | | | Named between | | | | Zaanannim and Jabneel, | | | | on the boundary of | | | | Naphtali. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 365; Sh. VI.) In the | | | | R.V. rendered as one | | | | name Adami-nekeb. | | | | _See_ Adami. | | | | =NEPHIS= |1 Esd. v. 21 | |-- | | | | | =NEPHTOAH=, The |Josh. xv. 9; |_ʾAin ʾAtan_ |14 |On the border of Waters of | xviii. 15 | (?)* | | Judah and Benjamin, | | | | generally identified | | | | with Lifta. Conder, | | | | in his _Handbook | | | | to Bible_, p. 258, | | | | points out that | | | | the Rabbinical | | | | commentators (Tal Bab | | | | Yoma 31_a_) make the | | | | waters of Nephtoah | | | | and ‘En Etam’ to be | | | | the same, whence an | | | | aqueduct led to the | | | | Temple, and thus | | | | identifies with ʾAin | | | | ʾAtan, south-west of | | | | Bethlehem, which still | | | | supplies the Haram | | | | Area of Jerusalem. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 43; Sh. | | | | XVII.) | | | | =NETOPHAH= |Ezra ii. 22; |_Kh. Umm |14 |The ruin ‘Umm Toba,’ | Neh. vii. | Tôba_ (?) | | north of Bethlehem. | 26; 1 Esd. | | | (_Mem._ III. 52; Sh. | v. 18 | | | XVIII.) Or possibly | | | | Beit Nettif (Rob. | | | | _Bib. Res._ ii. 16, | | | | 17). _See_ Porter’s | | | | _Handbook_, p. 248. | | | | =NEZIB= |Josh. xv. 43 |_Beit Nŭsîb_ |14 |The present ruin ‘Beit | | | | Nŭsîb,’ 8 miles | | | | north-west of Hebron. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 314; Sh. | | | | XXI.) | | | | =NIBSHAN= |Josh. xv. 62 |_Not |-- |One of the six cities | | identified_ | | of Judah, which were | | | | in the wilderness. | | | | =NIMRAH= |Num. xxxii. 3 |_Tell Nimrin_ |14 |_See_ Beth-nimrah. R.V. | | | | margin. | | | | =NIMRIM=, |Isaiah xv. 6; |_W. Nimrin_ |14 |Either the springs near Waters of | Jer. xlviii. | (?) | | ‘Beth-nimrah’ or those | 34 | | | in ‘Wady N’meirah,’ | | | | between Kerak and the | | | | Brook Zered, near the | | | | south end of the Dead | | | | Sea. De Saulcy Voyage, | | | | i. 284; Seetzen, ii. | | | | 354; Tristram, Land of | | | | Israel, 1882, p. 334. | | | | =NINEVEH= |Gen. x. 11, | |-- |On the river Tigris, | 12; 2 Kings | | | opposite Mosul. | xix. 36; Is. | | | _See_ Smith’s _Bible | xxxvii. 37; | | | Dictionary_. | Jonah i. 2; | | | | iii. 2-7; | | | | iv. 11; Nah. | | | | i. 1; ii. | | | | 8; iii. 7; | | | | Zeph. ii. | | | | 13; Matt. | | | | xii. 41 | | | | | | | =NO=, or |Jer. xlvi. |_Thebes_ |-- |A city of Egypt, Thebæ =NO-AMON= | 25; Ezek. | | | (Thebes) or Diospolis | xxx. 14; 15, | | | Magna.--Smith’s _Bible | 16; Nah. | | | Dictionary_. | iii. 8 | | | | | | | =NOB= |1 Sam. xxi. |_Not |-- |A Priests’ city in | 1; xxii. 9, | identified_ | | sight of Jerusalem, | 11, 19; Neh. | | | where the Ark of the | xi. 32; Isa. | | | covenant was deposited | x. 32 | | | for some time. Jerome | | | | states that nothing | | | | remained in his time | | | | to indicate where it | | | | had been. Dr. Robinson | | | | would place it | | | | somewhere on the Mount | | | | of Olives north-east | | | | of the city. (Vol. | | | | I. p. 464.) Porter’s | | | | _Handbook_, ii. | | | | 324--the ruin to the | | | | east of Shʾafât. | | | | Capt. Conder proposes | | | | to identify it with | | | | Mizpeh. See _Quarterly | | | | Statement_, 1875, pp. | | | | 34-41. | | | | =NOBAH= (1) |Num. xxxii. |_Kânawât_ | 8 |_See_ Kenath--probably =NOBAH= (2) | 42 Judg. | | | the same place. | viii. 11 | | | | | | | =NOPH= |Is. xix. 13; |_Abu Sîr_ |-- |Memphis--the modern | Jer. ii. 16; | | | ‘Abu-Sîr’ in Egypt. | xliv. 1; | | | | xlvi. 14, | | | | 19; Ezek. | | | | xxx. 13, 16 | | | | | | | =NOPHAH= |Num. xxi. 30 |_Not |-- |Named with ‘Dibon’ and | | identified_ | | ‘Medeba,’ on the east | | | | of Jordan. | | | | =OBOTH= |Num. xxi. 10; |_Not |-- |One of the | xxxiii. 43 | identified_ | | camping-stations of | | | | the Israelites. | | | | =OCINA= |Judith ii. 28 |_Accho_ (??) |-- |Thought to refer to | | | | Accho. | | | | =ODOLLAM= |2 Macc. xii. |_ʾAid el Mâ_* |-- |= Adullam, which see. | 38 | | | | | | | =OLIVET=, |2 Sam. xv. |_Jebel et Tôr_|14 |Now called Jebel et Olives, Mount | 30; Ezek. | | | Tôr. (_Mem._ III.; of | xi. 23; | | | Sh. XVII.) East of (R.V. =OLIVES=,| Zech. xiv. 4 | | | Jerusalem. Mount of) | | | | | | | | =ON= |Gen. xli. 45; |_Heliopolis_ |-- |A town of lower Egypt. | xlvi. 20 | | | The sacred city of | | | | Heliopolis, about 10 | | | | miles north-east of | | | | Cairo; also called | | | | Beth-shemesh and Aven, | | | | which see. | | | | =ONO= |1 Chr. viii. |_Kefr ʾAna_ | 9 |Now the village ‘Kefr | 12; Ezra ii. | | | ʾAna,’ 5 miles north | 33; Neh. vi. | | | of Lydda. In 1 Esdr. | 2; vii. 37; | | | v. 22 Onus. (_Mem._ | xi. 35 | | | II. 251; Sh. XIII.) | | | | =OPHEL= |2 Chr. xxvii. | |-- |A part of ancient | 3; xxxiii. | | | Jerusalem, south of | 14; Neh. | | | the Temple enclosure. | iii. 26, 27; | | | | xi. 21 | | | | | | | =OPHIR= |Gen. x. 29; |_Not |-- |Probably Southern | 1 Kings ix. | identified_ | | Arabia. _See_ Smith’s | 28; x. 11; | | | _Bible Dictionary_. | xxii. 48; 1 | | | | Chr. i. 23; | | | | xxix. 4; 2 | | | | Chr. viii. | | | | 18; ix. 10; | | | | Job xxii. | | | | 24; xxviii. | | | | 16; Ps. xlv. | | | | 9; Isaiah | | | | xiii. 12; | | | | Tobit xiii. | | | | 17 | | | | | | | =OPHNI= |Josh. xviii. |_Jufna_ (?) |10 |A town of Benjamin. | 24 | | | Supposed by some to | | | | be Jufna, the Gophna | | | | of Josephus, 3 miles | | | | north-west of Bethel, | | | | but this would perhaps | | | | place it outside | | | | Benjamin. (_Mem._ II.; | | | | Sh. XIV.) | | | | =OPHRAH= (1) |Josh. xviii. |_et Taiyibeh_ |10 |‘Five Roman miles | 23; 1 Sam. | | | east of Bethel’ | xiii. 17 | | | (Onomasticon). This | | | | appears to point to | | | | the present large | | | | village Taiyibeh. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 293; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =OPHRAH= (2) |Jud. vi. 11, |_Ferʾata_ (?)*|10 |Probably the present | 24; viii. | | | village Ferʾata, | 27, 32; ix. 5| | | 6 miles west of | | | | Shechem, the old name | | | | of which was Ophrah | | | | (Samaritan Chronicle). | | | | (_Mem._ II. 162; Sh. | | | | XI.)--Conder. | | | | =OREB=, The Rock|Judg. vii. |_Not |-- |ʾOsh el Ghurâb, a | 25; Isa. x. | identified_ | | prominent peak in | 26 | | | the Jordan Valley, | | | | north of Jericho, has | | | | been proposed. See | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | p. 22, 1877. (_Mem._ | | | | III.; Sh. XVIII.) | | | | =OREB=, Mount |2 Esdras ii. | |-- |Mount Horeb. | 33 | | | | | | | =PADAN= |Gen. xlviii. 7| |-- |Padan-aram. | | | | =PADAN-ARAM= |Gen. xxv. | |-- |The land of Mesopotamia. | 20; xxviii. | | | | 2, 5, 6, 7; | | | | xxxi. 18; | | | | xxxiii. 18; | | | | xxxv. 9, 26; | | | | xlvi. 15 | | | | | | | =PAMPHYLIA= |1 Macc. xv. 23| |-- |A district on the south | | | | coast of Asia Minor, | | | | between Lycia and | | | | Cilicia. | | | | =PARAH= |Josh. xviii. |_Kh. Fârah_ |14 |One of the cities | 23 | | | in and allotted to | | | | Benjamin. Now the ruin | | | | Fârah, south-east of | | | | Michmash. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 174; Sh. XVIII.) | | | | =PARAN=, Desert |Gen. xiv. 6; |_et Tih_ |27 |The desert (‘et Tih’) of (el Paran) | xxi. 21; | | | between Kadesh and | Num. x. 12; | | | Sinai. | xii. 16; | | | | xiii. 3, 26; | | | | Deut. i. 1; | | | | 1 Sam. xxv. | | | | 1; 1 Kings | | | | xi. 18 | | | | | | | =PARAN=, Mount |Deut. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |_See_ preceding. | 2; Hab. iii. | identified_ | | | 3 | | | | | | | =PARVAIM= |2 Chr. iii. 6 |_Not |-- |The name of the country | | identified_ | | from which the gold | | | | was procured for | | | | the decoration of | | | | Solomon’s Temple. | | | | =PAS-DAMMIM= |1 Chr. xi. 13 | |-- |_See_ Ephes-dammim. | | | | =PATHROS= |Is. xi. 11; | |-- |A part of Upper Egypt, | Jer. xliv. | | | possibly about Thebes. | 1, 15; Ezek. | | | Pathrusim, Gen. x. 14; | xxix. 14; | | | 1 Chr. i. 12 | xxx. 14 | | | | | | | =PAU= |Gen. xxxvi. 39|_Not |-- |The capital of Hadar, | | identified_ | | King of Edom. | | | | =PAI= |1 Chr. i. 50 |_Not |-- |Probably the same as | | identified_ | | the preceding. | | | | =PENIEL= AND |Gen. xxxii. |_Not |-- |Very probably somewhere =PENUEL= | 30; xxxii. | identified_ | | on the northern slope | 31; Judg. | | | of ‘Jebel Osha.’ See | viii. 8, 9, | | | _Heth & Moab_, pp. | 17; 1 Kings | | | 177-179. | xii. 25 | | | | | | | =PEOR=, Top of |Num. xxiii. 28|_Not |14 |_See_ Beth-peor. | | identified_ | | Probably the | | | | commanding peak | | | | above ‘ʾAin Minyeh,’ | | | | overlooking the Dead | | | | Sea, etc. _Quarterly | | | | Statement_, p. 87; | | | | 1882. | | | | =PERAZIM=, Mount|Isaiah |_Not |-- |_See_ Baal-perazim. | xxviii. 21 | identified_ | | | | | | =PEREZ-UZZAH= |2 Sam. vi. 8; |_Not |-- |The threshing-floor | 1 Chr. xiii. | identified_ | | of Nachon, in the | 11 | | | neighbourhood of | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =PERSEPOLIS= |2 Macc. ix. 2 |_Chehl-Minar_ |-- |At one time the capital | | | | of Persia proper. Now | | | | called Chehl-Minar. | | | | The ruins are of | | | | great extent and | | | | magnificence, covering | | | | an area of many | | | | acres. _See_ Niebuhr | | | | (_Reis_, ii. 121); | | | | Chardin (_Voyages_, | | | | ii. 245); Ker Porter | | | | (_Travels_, i. 576); | | | | Heeren (_Asiatic | | | | Nations_, i. 143-196); | | | | Rich (_Residence in | | | | Khurdistan_, ii. pp. | | | | 218-222); Fergusson | | | | (_Palaces of Nineveh | | | | and Persepolis | | | | Restored_, pp. | | | | 89-124); etc. | | | | =PERSIA= |2 Chr. xxxvi. | |-- | | 20, 22, 23; | | | | Ezr. i. 1, | | | | 2, 8; iii. | | | | 7; iv. 3, 5, | | | | 7, 24; vi. | | | | 14; vii. 1; | | | | ix. 9; Esth. | | | | i. 3, 14, | | | | 18; x. 2; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 10; xxxviii. | | | | 5; Dan. | | | | viii. 20; | | | | x. 1, 13, | | | | 20; xi. 2; 1 | | | | Esdr. iii. | | | | 1, 9, 14; v. | | | | 6; vii. 4; | | | | viii. 80; | | | | Judith i. | | | | 7; Bel i. | | | | 1; 1 Macc. | | | | iii. 31; vi. | | | | 1, 5, 56; 2 | | | | Macc. i. 13, | | | | 19, 20, 33; | | | | ix. 1, 21 | | | | | | | =PETHOR= |Num. xxii. 5; | |-- |A town of Mesopotamia, | Deut. xxiii. | | | where Balaam resided. | 4 | | | Situated on the | | | | Euphrates. | | | | =PHARATHONI= |1 Macc. ix. 50|_Not |-- |Probably Pirathon, | | identified_ | | which see. | | | | =PHARPAR=, River|2 Kings v. 12 |_Nahr Taura_, |-- |In the Arabic version | | one of the | | Nahr Taura takes the | | branches of | | place of Pharpar. | | the Barada | | | | (?) | | | | | | =PHASELIS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Tekrova_ |-- |A town on the coast of | | | | Asia Minor, on the | | | | confines of Lycia and | | | | Pamphylia. Now called | | | | Tekrova. (Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | | | | =PHENICE= |1 Esdr. ii. | |-- |Phenicia in 3 Macc. | 17, 24, 25, | | | iii. 15; 4 Macc. iv. 2 | 27; iv. 48; | | | | vi. 3, 7, | | | | 27, 29; vii. | | | | 1; viii. 19, | | | | 23, 67; 2 | | | | Esdr. 1, 2; | | | | 2 Macc. iii. | | | | 5, 8; iv. 4, | | | | 22; viii. 8; | | | | x. 11 | | | | | | | =PHILISTIA= |Ps. lx. 8; | |-- |The south part of the | lxxxvii. 4; | | | maritime plain of | cviii. 9 | | | Syria. Identical with | | | | the word Palestine. | | | | (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =PHISON= |Ecclus. xxiv. | |-- |The Greek form of Pison. | 25 | | | | | | | =PHUD= |Judith ii. 23 | |-- |Phut. _See_ Put. | | | | =PI-BESETH= |Ezek. xxx. 17 |_Tell Basta_ |-- |Bubastis. Now ‘Tell | | | | Basta,’ near Zagazig, | | | | in Lower Egypt. | | | | =PI-HAHIROTH= |Ex. xiv. 2, |_Not |-- |Camping-station of the | 9; Num. | identified_ | | Israelites before | xxxiii. 7, 8 | | | Migdol. | | | | =PIRA= |1 Esdr. v. 19 | |-- |Thought to be a | | | | repetition and | | | | variation of Caphira | | | | in the same verse. | | | | =PIRATHON= |Judg. xii. 15 |_Ferʾôn_ (?)* |10 |‘In the land of | | | | Ephraim in the Mount | | | | of the Amalekites.’ | | | | According to the old | | | | traveller Hap-Parchi, | | | | it lay about two | | | | hours (6 miles) west | | | | of Shechem, and was | | | | called ‘Ferʾata’ | | | | (Asher’s Benjamin | | | | of Tud. ii. 426; | | | | Robinson iii. 134). | | | | Some 14 miles to the | | | | west of Shechem and | | | | north of Ferʾata is | | | | the village Ferʾôn, | | | | which Capt. Conder | | | | proposes to identify | | | | with Pirathon. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 164; Sh. XI.) | | | | Pharathoni (1 Macc. | | | | ix. 50) is possibly | | | | the same. | | | | =PISGAH=, Mount |Num. xxi. 20; |_Râs Sîâghah_ |15 |Apparently the peak | xxiii. 14; | | | called ‘Râs Sîâghah,’ | Deut. iii. | | | west of Neba (Mount | 17, 27; iv. | | | Nebo). (_Heth and | 49; xxxiv. 1 | | | Moab_, p. 129.) | | | | =PISON= (R.V. |Gen. ii. 11 | | |One of the four heads =PISHON=) | | | | flowing out of Eden. | | | | =PITHOM= |Ex. i. 11 |_Tell Mahuta_ |-- |In Lower Egypt, on | | | | the Ismailia Zagazig | | | | Railway. | | | | =PTOLEMAIS= |1 Macc. v. |_ʾAkka_ |-- |Accho--St. Jean d’Acre, | 15, 22, 55; | | | the modern ʾAkka; | x. 1, 39, | | | _see_ Accho. | 50-58, 60; | | | | xi. 22, 24; | | | | xii. 45, 48; | | | | xiii. 12; 2 | | | | Macc. xiii. | | | | 24, 25; Acts | | | | xxi. 7 | | | | | | | =PUNON= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |Camping-station of the | 43 | identified_ | | Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =PUT= |1 Chr. i. 8; |_Not |-- |A Hamite people. Phut | Nah. iii. 9 | identified_ | | (Gen. x. 6); Phud | | | | (Judith ii. 23); Libya | | | | (Jer. xlvi. 9; Ezek. | | | | xxxviii. 5; _see_ | | | | Libya.) (Grove’s | | | | _Bible Index_.) | | | | =RABBAH= |Josh. xv. 60 |_Kh. Rubba_ |14 |A city of Judah, named | | (?)* | | with Kirjath-jearim. | | | | Possibly ‘Rubba,’ in | | | | the hills, 4 miles | | | | east of Beit Jibrîn. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 314; Sh. | | | | XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =RABBAH= |Josh. xiii. |_ʾAmmân_ |11 |Now called ʾAmmân, | 25; 2 Sam. | | | on the highlands of | xi. 1; xii. | | | Gilead. A large Roman | 26, 27, 29; | | | city (Philadelphia) | xvii. 27; 1 | | | was built there in the | Chr. xx. 1; | | | second century | Ezek. xxi. 20| | | A.D., of which fine | | | | ruins yet remain. =RABBAH= of the |Jer. xlix. 2, | | | ‘The City of Waters’ Ammonites | 3 | | | (_Heth and Moab_, p. | | | | 152); Conder’s _Primer =RABBATH= of |Ezek. xxi. 20 | | | of Bible Geography_, the Ammonites | | | | p. 103; _see_ also (R.V. =RABBAH=)| | | | Burckhardt (_Syria_, | | | | 357-360); Seetzen =RABBATH= of |Deut. iii. 11 | | | (_Reisen_ i. 396; Ammon (R.V. | | | | iv. 212, 214); Irby =RABBAH=) | | | | (June 14); Buckingham | | | | (_East Syria_, 68-82); | | | | Lord Lindsay (5th ed. | | | | 278-284); Robinson | | | | (ii. 172-178). | | | | =RABBITH= |Josh. xix. 20 |_Râba_* |10 |Now the village ‘Râba,’ | | | | on the watershed south | | | | of Gilboa. (_Mem._ II. | | | | Sh. XII.)--Conder. | | | | =RACHAL= (R.V. |1 Sam. xxx. 29|_Not |-- |In the south of Judah. =RACAL=) | | identified_ | | | | | | =RACHEL=, Tomb |Gen. xxxv. |_Kubbet Râhîl_|14 |Kubbet Râhil, near of | 20; 1 Sam. | | | Bethlehem. The site | x. 2 | | | has been shown from | | | | the fourth century | | | | to the present time | | | | in the same place. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 54, 55, | | | | and 129; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =RAGAU= |Judith i. 5, | |-- |Probably another form | 15 | | | for ‘Rages.’ | | | | =RAGES= |Job i. 14; |_Rhey_ |-- |‘A city of Media.’ The | iv. 1, 20; | | | name ‘Rhey’ is now | v. 5; vi. 9, | | | applied to the ruins | 12; ix. 2 | | | 5 miles south-east of | | | | Teheran. _See_ Ker | | | | Porter’s _Travels_, | | | | i. 357-364; Fraser’s | | | | _Khorassan_, p. 286. | | | | =RAKKATH= |Josh. xix. 35 |_Tûbarîya_ | 6 |One of the fortified | | | | towns of Naphtali. The | | | | old name of Tiberias. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 365; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =RAKKON= |Josh. xix. 46 |_Tell er | 9 |One of the towns | | Rakkeit_* | | of Dan. Now Tell | | | | er Rakkeit, north | | | | of Jaffa. (_Mem._ | | | | II. 262, 275; Sh. | | | | XIII.)--Conder. | | | | =RAMAH= (1), of |Josh. xviii. |_er-Ram_ |14 |Now the village er-Ram, Benjamin | 25; Judg. | | | 5 miles north of | iv. 5; xix. | | | Jerusalem. It is | 13; 1 Sam. | | | uncertain whether | xxii. 6; 1 | | | these references point | Kings xv. | | | to one or more places. | 17, 21; 2 | | | (_Mem._ III. 13; Sh. | Chr. xvi. 1; | | | XVII.) | Ezra ii. 26; | | | | Neh. vii. | | | | 30; xi. 33; | | | | Is. x. 29; | | | | Jer. xxxi. | | | | 15; xl. 1; | | | | Hos. v. 8 | | | | | | | =RAMAH= (2) |Josh. xix. 36 |_er Râmeh_ | 6 |Now the village | | | | ‘Râmeh,’ in Lower | | | | Galilee, west of | | | | Safed. (_Mem._ I. 205; | | | | Sh. IV.) | | | | =RAMAH= (3) |Josh. xix. 29 |_Râmia_ (?) | 6 |Now the village Râmia, | | | | east of the Ladder | | | | of Tyrus, in Upper | | | | Galilee. (_Mem._ I.; | | | | Sh. IV.) | | | | =RAMATH-LEHI= |Judg. xv. 17 |_Not |-- | | | identified_ | | | | | | =RAMATH-MIZPEH= |Josh. xiii. 26|_er Rimthe_ |11 |Possibly the ruin | | (??)* | | ‘Rimthe,’ in the | | | | northern limits of | | | | Gad, and about midway | | | | between Bozrah and the | | | | Jordan (Conder’s _Heth | | | | & Moab_, 175). | | | | =RAMATH-NEGEB= |Josh. xix. 8; |_Not |-- |Somewhere in the south (R.V. =RAMAH= | 1 Sam. xxx. | identified_ | | of Judah. In Sam. xxx. of the South) | 27 | | | 27 Ramoth. | | | | =RAMATHAIM- |1 Sam. i. 1, |_Not |-- |Somewhere in Mount ZOPHIM= or | 19; ii. 11; | identified_ | | Ephraim. It does not =RAMAH= | vii. 17; | | | appear to have been | viii. 4; xv. | | | the same place as | 34; xvi. 13; | | | Ramah (1). | xix. 18-23; | | | | xx. 1; xxv. | | | | 1; xxviii. 3 | | | | | | | =RAMATHEM= |1 Macc. xi. 34|_Not |-- |Thought to be the same | | identified_ | | as last. | | | | =RAMESES |Gen. xlvii. |_Not |-- |A city in Lower Egypt. RAAMSES | 11; Ex. i. | identified_ | | Thought to be the same RAMESSE= | 11; xii. 37; | | | as Zoan; which see. | Num. xxxiii. | | | | 3, 5; Judith | | | | i. 9 | | | | | | | =RAMOTH= |1 Chr. vi. 73 |_er Râmeh_* |10 |Now the village Râmeh, | | | | south of the plain | | | | of Esdraelon. _See_ | | | | Remeth. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 155; Sh. XI.)--Conder. | | | | =RAMOTH= in |Deut. iv. 43; |_Reimûn_ (?)* |11 |One of the six Gilead | Josh. xx. | | | cities of refuge. | 8; xxi. 38; | | | Fifteen Roman miles | 1 Kings iv. | | | from Philadelphia | 13; xxii. | | | (Onomasticon). The | 3-24; 2 | | | village Es-Salt is | Kings viii. | | | about this distance. | 28; ix. 1, | | | In 2 Kings viii. 29, | 4, 14; 1 | | | and Chr. xxii. 6, | Chr. vi. | | | called Ramah. Probably | 80; 2 Chr. | | | Reimûn (Conder’s _Heth | xviii. 2-28; | | | and Moab_, p. 175). | xxii. 5 | | | | | | | =RAPHIA= |3 Macc. i. 1 | |-- |Probably the same as | | | | Raphon. | | | | =RAPHON= or |1 Macc. v. 37 |_Rafeh_ (?) | 7 |Placed at ‘Rafeh,’ 4 =RAPHANA= | | | | miles south-west of | | | | Edrei, by Dr. Merill | | | | (East of Jordan). | | | | =RECHAH= (R.V. |1 Chr. iv. 12 |_Not |-- | =RECAH=) | | identified_ | | | | | | =RED SEA= |Ex. x. 19; | | | | xiii. 18; | | | | xv. 4, 22; | | | | xxiii. 31; | | | | Num. xiv. | | | | 25; xxi. 4, | | | | 14; xxxiii. | | | | 10, 11; | | | | Deut. i. 1, | | | | 40; xi. 4; | | | | Josh. ii. | | | | 10; iv. 23; | | | | xxiv. 6; | | | | Judg. xi. | | | | 16; 1 Kings | | | | ix. 26; Neh. | | | | ix. 9; Ps. | | | | cvi. 5-9, | | | | 22; cxxxvi. | | | | 13, 15; | | | | Jer. xlix. | | | | 21; Judith | | | | v. 13; 1 | | | | Macc. iv. | | | | 9; Called | | | | ‘the Sea’ in | | | | Exodus xiv. | | | | 2, 9, 16, | | | | 21, 28; xv. | | | | 1, 4, 8, 10, | | | | 19; Josh. | | | | xxiv. 6, 7 | | | | | | | =REHOB= (1) |Num. xiii. |_Hunîn_ (??) | 6 |_See_ Beth-rehob, near | 21; 2 Sam. | | | Banias, Laish, and Dan | x. 6, 8 | | | (Tell el Kâdy), a city | | | | in the valley that | | | | lieth by ‘Beth-rehob.’ | | | | =REHOB= (2) |Josh. xix. |_Not |-- |Allotted to Asher. | 28; xxi. 31; | identified_ | | | 1 Chr. vi. 75| | | | | | | =REHOB= (3) |Josh. xix. |_Not |-- |Allotted to Asher. | 30; Judg. i. | identified_ | | | 31 | | | | | | | =REHOBOTH= |Gen. xxvi. 22 |_Ruheibeh_ |20 |To the south of | | | | Beersheba and Bered | | | | are a heap of ruins, | | | | and some wells called | | | | ‘er Ruheibeh.’ _See | | | | Desert of Sinai_, 316, | | | | by Dr. Bonar. | | | | =REHOBOTH=, The |Gen. x. 11 |_Not |11 |Usually placed near City (R.V. | | identified_ | | Nineveh on the south =REHOBOTH-IR=) | | | | side. _See_ the next. | | | | =REHOBOTH= by |Gen. xxxvi. |_Rahabeh_, |-- |‘The name “Rahabeh” is the River | 37; 1 Chr. | or _Rahabeh | | applied to two places | i. 48 | Melek_ (?) | | on the Euphrates, | | | | one 8 miles below | | | | the junction of the | | | | Khabûr, about 3 miles | | | | west of the river | | | | (Chesney, _Euphrates_, | | | | i. 119; ii. 610), the | | | | other 4 or 5 miles | | | | further down on the | | | | left bank, and called | | | | Rahabeh Melek.’ | | | | =REKEM= |Josh. xviii. |_Not |-- |One of the towns of | 27 | identified_ | | Benjamin. Named | | | | between Mozah (Beit | | | | Mizzeh) and Irpeel | | | | (Rafat?). ʾAin Karim | | | | has been proposed | | | | (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_), but the | | | | name and position are | | | | alike unsatisfactory. | | | | Possibly the word | | | | should read Dekem, in | | | | which case Beit Dukku | | | | lies in a probable | | | | position. | | | | =REMETH= |Josh. xix. 21 |_er Râmeh_ |10 |? Ramoth of 1 Chr. vi. | | (?)* | | 73. Now the village | | | | er Râmeh, 5½ miles | | | | north of Samaria. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 155; Sh. | | | | XI.)--Conder. | | | | =REMMON= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 7 | |13 |_See_ En-rimmon (of =RIMMON=) | | | | Simeon). | | | | =REMMON |Josh. xix. 13 |_Rummâneh_ | 6 |Now the village METHOAR= (R.V. | | | | Rummâneh, on the edge =RIMMON=) | | | | of ‘Sahel el Buttauf,’ | | | | north of Nazareth and | | | | Seffurieh. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 363; Sh. VI.) | | | | Methoar means ‘which | | | | stretches.’ | | | | =REPHAIM=, The |Josh. xv. |_el Bŭkeiʾa_ |14 |Now called el Bŭkeiʾa, Valley of | 8; xviii. | | | the plain south of | 16; 2 Sam. | | | Jerusalem, on the way | v. 18-22; | | | to Bethlehem. | xxiii. 13; 1 | | | | Chr. xi. 15; | | | | xiv. 9; Is. | | | | xvii. 5 | | | | | | | =REPHIDIM= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 14, 15 | identified_ | | places of the | | | | Israelites in the | | | | desert between Alush | | | | and Sinai. Robinson | | | | places Rephidim in | | | | ‘Wady esh Sheikh.’ | | | | (Rob. i. 121.) | | | | Burckhardt (_Syria and | | | | C._ 488), Stanley (S. | | | | and P. 40-42), Ritter | | | | (xiv. 740, 741), in | | | | Wâdy Feiran. | | | | =RESEN= |Gen. x. 12 |_Not |-- |One of the cities built | | identified_ | | by Asshur, ‘between | | Between | | Nineveh and Calah.’ | | _Nimrúd_ and | | The ruins of a town | | _Kuyunjik_ | | near the modern | | | | village of Selamiyeh | | | | would suit the | | | | situation, but they | | | | are not of any great | | | | importance. (Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | | | | =REUBEN=, Tribe |Josh. xiii. | |-- |The eastern parts of of | 15-23; | | | the country beyond | Josephus 9 | | | Jordan, which belonged | Ant. viii. 1 | | | to the Reubenites | | | | and Gadites and to | | | | the half tribes of | | | | Manasseh. (9 Ant. | | | | viii. 1.) | | | | =REZEPH= |2 Kings xix. |_Not |-- |There are several | 12; Is. | identified_ | | towns of this name in | xxxvii. 12 | Near | | Mesopotamia. One west | | _Nisibin_ | | of the Euphrates on | | | | the road from Racca | | | | to Hŭms, the other | | | | east of the Euphrates | | | | near Bagdad; between | | | | these two rests the | | | | claim to the ancient | | | | site. (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =RHODUS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Island of |-- |The Island of Rhodes in | | Rhodes_ | | the Mediterranean. | | | | =RIBLAH= |Num. xxxiv. |_Ribleh_ |-- |Probably the same as | 11; 2 Kings | | | in 2 Kings xxiii. 33. | xxiii. 33; | | | The present Ribleh, | xxv. 6, 21; | | | on east bank of the | Jer. xxxix. | | | Orontes, 35 miles | 5, 6; lii. | | | north-east of Baalbek. | 9, 10, 27 | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_.) | | | | =RIMMON= (1) |1 Chr. vi. 77 |_Rummâneh_ | 6 |A city of Zebulon (R.V. | | | | = Remmon-methoar, =RIMMONO=) | | | | (_Mem._ I. 363; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =RIMMON= (2) |Josh. xv. 32; |_Kh. Umm er |13 |Now ‘Umm er Rŭmâmîn.’ | xix. 7; 1 | Rŭmâmîn_? | | _See_ En-rimmon. | Chr. iv. 32 | | | _Mem._ III.; Sh. XXIV. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_.) | | | | =RIMMON PAREZ= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping (R.V. =RIMMON | 19, 20 | identified_ | | stations of the PEREZ=) | | | | Israelites in the | | | | Desert. | | | | =RIMMON= |Judg. xx. 45, |_Rŭmmôn_ |10 |The rock on which the The Rock | 47; xxi. 13 | | | six hundred Benjamites | | | | took refuge. Now the | | | | rock and village | | | | Rŭmmon, east of | | | | Bethel. In Benjamin. | | | | =RISSAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 25 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites. It has | | | | been considered (Winer | | | | s.v.) identical | | | | with Rasa in the | | | | Peuting. Itiner., | | | | 32 Roman miles from | | | | Ailah (ʾAkabeh) and | | | | 203 miles south of | | | | Jerusalem. No site has | | | | been found to suit | | | | this. (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =RITHMAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 18 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites next to | | | | Hazeroth. | | | | =RIVER OF |Num. xxxiv. |_Wâdy el |19 |Generally believed EGYPT= (R.V. | 5; Josh. xv. | ʾArîsh_ | | to be ‘Wady el (R.V. =BROOK OF| 4, 47; 1 | | | ʾArish’--the principal EGYPT=) | Kings viii. | | | watercourse in the | 65; 2 Kings | | | south country. It | xxiv. 7; | | | rises south of ‘Kŭlʾat | Is. xxvii. | | | en Nahl,’ and has | 12; Ezek. | | | a run of over 120 | xlviii. 28; | | | miles, receiving many | Judith i. 9 | | | branches on its way, | | | | before it enters the | | | | Mediterranean south of | | | | Gaza. | | | | =ROGELIM= |2 Sam. xvii. |_Not |-- |Somewhere in Gad east | 27; xix. 31 | identified_ | | of Jordan. | | | | =RUMAH= |2 Kings |_Not |-- |The position of | xxiii. 36 | identified_ | | this place is very | | | | doubtful; thought to | | | | be either the ruined | | | | village Rûmeh (Sh. V.) | | | | north of Nazareth, or | | | | el Ormeh (Sh. XV.) | | | | (ʾArumah, Judg. ix. | | | | 41), near Shechem. | | | | =ROME= |1 Macc. i. | | | | 10; vii. 1; | | | | viii. 17, | | | | 19; xii. 1, | | | | 3; xiv. 16, | | | | 24; xv. 15; | | | | 2 Macc. iv. | | | | 11 | | | | | | | =SALCAH= or |Deut. iii. |_Salkhad_ |12 |A city in the extreme =SALCHAH= | 10; Josh. | | | limits of Bashan. Now (R.V. | xii. 5; | | | the present large =SALECAH=) | xiii. 11; 1 | | | town called Salkhad, | Chr. v. 11 | | | east of Bashan. For | | | | various descriptions | | | | see _Will. of Tyre_, | | | | xvi. 8; Burckhardt | | | | (_Syria_, Nov. 22, | | | | 1810); Porter (_Five | | | | Years in Damascus_, | | | | ii. 176). | | | | =SALEM (1)= |Ps. lxxvi. 2 |_Jerusalem_ |-- |Jerusalem. | | | | =SALEM (2)= |Gen. xiv. 18 |_Not |-- |Jerusalem (Jewish | | identified_ | | Commentators, and | | | | Josephus, Ant. i. | | | | 10, 2; vii. 3, 2). | | | | According to the | | | | Samaritans the same | | | | as Shalem, which see. | | | | Jerome states it was a | | | | town near Scythopolis | | | | (Beisan), and known in | | | | his day as Salem. It | | | | is otherwise regarded | | | | not as a town but as a | | | | personal name. | | | | =SALEM=, Valley |Judith iv. 4 |_Not |-- |Mentioned among the | | identified_ | | places that were | | | | fortified by the Jews | | | | on the approach of | | | | Holofernes (Judith iv. | | | | 4). | | | | =SALT=, City of |Josh. xv. 62 |_Tell el |14 |Probably ‘Tell el | | Milh_ (?)* | | Milh,’ (‘salt mound’) | | | | east of ‘Beersheba’ | | | | (Conder). ‘Tell el | | | | Milh’ is generally | | | | identified with the | | | | Biblical Moladah | | | | (Josh. xv. 26); but | | | | there is an objection | | | | to this on account of | | | | the guttural, which | | | | is not likely to have | | | | replaced the dental. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 404, 415; | | | | Sh. XXV.) | | | | =SALT SEA=, The |Gen. xiv. 3; |_Bahr Lût_ or |14 |Now called ‘The Dead | Num. xxxiv. | _Baheirat | | Sea,’ ‘Bahr Lût,’ 53 | 3, 12; Deut. | Lût_ | | miles long by 8½ miles | iii. 17; | | | broad. In Deut. iv. | Josh. iii. | | | 49; 2 Kings xiv. 25 | 16; xii. 3; | | | Sea of the Plain--the | xv. 2, 5; | | | Sea of Arabah (R.V.); | xviii. 19 | | | Deut. iii. 17; Josh. | | | | iii. 16; xii. 3 Sea of | | | | the Plain--the Salt | | | | Sea (R.V.); Joel ii. | | | | 20; Ezek. xlvii. 18; | | | | Zech. xiv. 8 the East | | | | Sea--the East Sea | | | | (R.V.); Ezek. xlvii. | | | | 8 the Sea; 2 Esdr. v. | | | | 7 the Sodomitish Sea. | | | | (_See_ Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =SALT=, Valley |2 Sam. viii. | |21 |Very probably the of | 13; 2 Kings | | | northern part of ‘Wâdy | xiv. 7; 1 | | | Arabah,’ from where | Chr. xviii. | | | the valley suddenly | 12; 2 Chr. | | | dips 300 feet, and | xxv. 11 | | | forms a plain reaching | | | | to the south end of | | | | the Salt Sea. | | | | =SAMARIA= |1 Kings xiii. |_es |10 |The present village and | 32; xvi. 24, | Sebŭstiyeh_ | | ruins Sebŭstieh, west | 28, 29, 32; | | | of Shechem. (_Mem._ | xviii. 2; | | | II. 211-214; Sh. XI. | xx. 1, 10, | | | Robinson’s _Bib. Res._ | 17, 34, 43; | | | ii. 127-133; Stanley’s | xxi. 1, 18; | | | _Sinai and Palestine_, | xxii. 10, | | | 242-246; Smith’s | 37, 38, 51; | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | 2 Kings i. | | | Mountains of Samaria, | 2; ii. 25; | | | Jer. xxxi. 5; Amos | iii. 1, 6; | | | iii. 9; iv. 1; vi. 1; | v. 3; vi. | | | Ecclus. l. 26. The | 19-25; vii. | | | hill Samaria, 1 Kings | 1, 18; x. | | | xvi. 24. | 1-36; xiii. | | | | 1-13; xiv. | | | | 14-23; xv. | | | | 8-27; xvii. | | | | 1-28; xviii. | | | | 9-34; xxi. | | | | 13; xxiii. | | | | 18, 19; 2 | | | | Chr. xviii. | | | | 2, 9; xxii. | | | | 9; xxv. 13, | | | | 24; xxviii. | | | | 8, 9, 15; | | | | Ezra iv. 10, | | | | 17; Neh. iv. | | | | 2; Is. vii. | | | | 9; viii. | | | | 4; ix. 9; | | | | x. 9-11; | | | | xxxvi. 19; | | | | Jer. xxiii. | | | | 13; xxxi. | | | | 5; xli. 5; | | | | Ezek. xvi. | | | | 46, 55; | | | | xxiii. 4, | | | | 33; Hos. | | | | vii. 1; | | | | viii. 5, 6; | | | | x. 5, 7; | | | | xiii. 16; | | | | Am. iii. 9, | | | | 12; iv. 1; | | | | vi. 1; viii. | | | | 14; Ob. 19; | | | | Mic. i. 1, | | | | 5, 6; 1 Esd. | | | | ii. 16, 25; | | | | Ecclus. l. | | | | 26; Judith | | | | i. 9; iv. 4; | | | | 1 Macc. iii. | | | | 10; v. 66; | | | | x. 30, 38; | | | | xi. 28, 34; | | | | 2 Macc. xv. 1| | | | | | | =SAMOS= |1 Macc. xv. |_Samos_ |-- |An island near Ephesus, | 23; Acts xx. | | | off the west coast of | 15 | | | Asia Minor. | | | | =SAMPSAMES= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Samsûn_ (?) |-- |Thought to be Samsûn, | | | | on the coast of the | | | | Black Sea, between | | | | Sinope and Trebizond. | | | | =SANSANNAH= |Josh. xv. 31 |_Not |-- |Somewhere in the south | | identified_ | | of Judah. Comparing | | | | the parallel lists | | | | of Josh. xv. 31 | | | | with Josh. xix. 5, | | | | and 1 Chr. iv. 31. | | | | Hazar-susim or Susah | | | | takes the place of | | | | Sansannah. Simsim, | | | | near Gaza, has been | | | | proposed. | | | | =SAPHIR= (R.V. |Micah i. 11 |_es Sûâfîr_ |13 |Described by Eusebius =SHAPHIR=) | | | | and Jerome as being | | | | ‘in the mountain | | | | district between | | | | Eleutheropolis and | | | | Ascalon.’ Probably one | | | | of the three villages | | | | Suâfir, near Ashdod. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 413; Sh. | | | | XVI.) | | | | =SARID= |Josh. xix. |_Tell Shadûd_ |10 |A place mentioned | 10, 12 | (?)* | | on the boundary of | | | | Zebulon. The Syriac | | | | version reads ‘Asdod,’ | | | | and the LXX Seddouk. | | | | Probably ‘Tell | | | | Shadûd,’ on the north | | | | edge of the plain of | | | | Esdraelon, 4½ miles | | | | west of ‘Chisloth | | | | Tabor.’ (_Mem._ II. | | | | 70; Sh. VIII.)--Conder. | | | | =SCHEDIA= |3 Macc. iv. 11| |-- | | | | | =SCYTHOPOLIS= |Judith iii. |_Beisân_ |10 |Beth-shean, which see. | 10; 2 Macc. | | | Sh. IX. | xii. 29, 30 | | | | | | | =SECACAH= |Josh. xv. 61 |_Kh. ed |14 |Perhaps the ruin ed | | Dikkeh_ (?)* | | Dikkeh, also called | | | | Kh. es Sikkeh, ‘ruin | | | | of the path,’ 2 miles | | | | south of Bethany. | | | | Uncertain. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_.) Was one | | | | of the six cities | | | | of Judah in the | | | | Wilderness. | | | | =SECHU= (R.V. |1 Sam. xix. 22|_Kh. |14 |Probably ‘Kh. =SECU=) | | Shuweikeh_* | | Shuweikeh,’ | | | | immediately south of | | | | ‘Beeroth.’ (_Mem._ | | | | III. 52, 126; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =SEIR=, Mount |Gen. xiv. | |21,|The mountainous range (1) | 6; xxxii. | |28 | of Petra. | 3; xxxiii. | | | | 14, 16; | | | | xxxvi. 8, | | | | 9, 20, 30; | | | | Num. xxiv. | | | | 18; Deut. | | | | 1, 2, 44; | | | | ii. 1-29; | | | | xxxiii. 2; | | | | Josh. xi. | | | | 17; xii. 7; | | | | xxiv. 4; | | | | Judg. v. 4; | | | | 1 Chr. i. | | | | 38; iv. 42; | | | | 2 Chr. xx. | | | | 10-23; xxv. | | | | 11, 14; Isa. | | | | xxi. 11; | | | | Ezek. xxv. | | | | 8; xxxv. 2-15| | | | | | | =SEIR=, Mount |Josh. xv. 10 | |14 |Probably the ridge (2) | | | | north of Kh. Erma | | | | (Kirjath-jearim). | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 259; | | | | Smith’s _Dictionary to | | | | the Bible_.) | | | | =SEIRATH= (R.V. |Judg. iii. 26 |_Not |-- |In Mount Ephraim. =SEIRAH=) | | identified_ | | | | | | =SELA= and |2 Kings xiv. |_Petra_ |28 |Judges i. 36, ‘The =SELAH= (R.V. | 7; Isa. xvi. | | | rock,’ LXX. reads =SELA= or | 1; Obd. 3 | | | Petra. Now Petra =PETRA=) | | | | ‘in the midst of | | | | Mount Seir, in the | | | | neighbourhood of Mount | | | | Hor’ (Josephus Ant. | | | | iv. 4, 7). | | | | =SELA- |1 Sam. xxiii. |_Wâdy Malâky_*|14 |A rock in the HAMMAHLEKOTH= | 28 | | | wilderness of Maon. | | | | Now ‘Wâdy Malâky,’ | | | | east of Maon. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 314; Sh. | | | | XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =SELEUCIA= |1 Macc. xi. 8 |_es |-- |The seaport of Antioch. | | Suweidiyeh_ | | | | | | =SENAAH= |Ez. ii. 35; |_Not |-- |Eusebius and | Neh. vii. 38 | identified_ | | Jerome mention a | | | | Magdal-Senna, 7 miles | | | | north of Jericho | | | | (Onomasticon). Neh. | | | | iii. 3, Has-senaah. | | | | =SENEH=, The |1 Sam. xiv. 4 |_Wâdy |14 |The scene of Jonathan’s Rock | | Suweinît_ | | adventure on the south | | | | side of Wady Suweinît, | | | | in which word the name | | | | seems to survive. | | | | =SENIR= |1 Chr. v. 23; |_Mount Hermon_|-- |The Amorite name for | Ezek. xxvii. | | | Mount Hermon, which | 5 | | | see. | | | | =SEPHARVAIM= |2 Kings xvii. |_Sippara_ |-- |The town of Sippara, on | 24; xviii. | | | the Euphrates above | 34; xix. 13; | | | Babylon. | Is. xxxvi. | | | | 19; xxxvii. | | | | 13 | | | | | | | =SEPHELA= |1 Macc. xii. | |-- |In Deut. i. 7; Josh. | 38 | | | ix. 1; x. 40; xi. 2, | | | | 16; xii. 8; xv. 33; | | | | Judg. i. 9; 1 Kings | | | | x. 27; 1 Chr. xxvii. | | | | 28; 2 Chr. i. 15; ix. | | | | 27; xxvi. 10; xxviii. | | | | 18; Jer. xvii. 26; | | | | xxxii. 44, xxxiii. | | | | 13; Obad. 19; Zech. | | | | vii. 7, rendered ‘the | | | | vale,’ ‘the valley,’ | | | | ‘the plain,’ ‘the | | | | low plains,’ and | | | | ‘the low country.’ | | | | (Hash-Shefelâh). The | | | | lower hills between | | | | the high range and | | | | plain of Judah. _See_ | | | | Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 302. | | | | =SHAALABBIN= |Josh. xix. 42 |_Selbît_ (?) |14 |Mentioned with | | | | ‘Aijalon’ and | | | | ‘Beth-shemesh,’ | | | | allotted to Dan. | | | | Probably the present | | | | village ‘Selbît,’ | | | | south-east of Lydda, | | | | near ‘Aijalon.’ | | | | (_Mem._ III. 52; Sh. | | | | XVII.) | | | | =SHAALBIM= |Judg. i. 35; | |-- |_See_ Shaalabbin. | 1 Kings iv. 9| | | Another form of name. | | | | =SHAARAIM= |Josh. xv. 36; |_Kh. Sʾaîreh_ |14 |Mentioned in the group | 1 Sam. xvii. | (?) | | of towns allotted to | 52; 1 Chr. | | | Judah as being in ‘the | iv. 31 | | | valley’ (Shefelah) | | | | along with ‘Adullam’ | | | | Socoh, etc. Probably | | | | the ruins ‘Sʾaîreh,’ | | | | west of Beit ʾAtâb | | | | (Etam). Josh. xv. | | | | 36 ‘Sharaim’ (R.V. | | | | ‘Shaaraim’). (_Mem._ | | | | III.; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =SHAHAZIMAH= |Josh. xix. 22 |_Not |-- |One of the towns (R.V. | | identified_ | | allotted to Issachar. =SHAHAZUMAH=) | | | | Somewhere between | | | | Mount Tabor and the | | | | Jordan. | | | | =SHALEM= |Gen. xxxiii. |_Sâlim_ |10 |The village Sâlim, 4 | 18 | | | miles east of Shechem. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 230; Sh. | | | | XII.) R.V. has ‘in | | | | peace’ for Shalem, | | | | which appears only in | | | | margin. | | | | =SHALIM=, The |1 Sam. ix. 4 |_Not |-- |The district through Land of (R.V. | | identified_ | | which Saul passed =SHAALIM=) | | | | in search of his | | | | father’s asses, | | | | _i.e._, ‘the land of | | | | caverns,’ thought to | | | | be identical with the | | | | land of Shual, which | | | | see. | | | | =SHALISHA=, |1 Sam. ix. 4 |_Not |-- |Next to the land Land of (R.V. | | identified_ | | of Shalim. _See_ =SHALISHAH=) | | | | Baal-shalisha. | | | | =SHALLECHETH=, |1 Chr. xxvi. |_Not |14 |Has been thought The Gate | 16 | identified_ | | identical with the | | | | ‘Bab Silsileh’ in the | | | | west wall of the Haram | | | | area at Jerusalem, | | | | but the names have no | | | | connection. | | | | =SHAMIR= (1) |Josh. xv. 48 |_Kh. Sômerah_ |14 |Mentioned in the group | | (?)* | | of ‘Jattir,’ ‘Socoh,’ | | | | ‘Debir,’ etc. Probably | | | | the ruin Sômerah, west | | | | of Debir. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 262; Sh. XX.)--Conder. | | | | =SHAMIR= (2) |Judg. x. 1, 2 |_Not |-- |In Mount Ephraim. | | identified_ | | | | | | =SHAPHER=, Mount|Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 23 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =SHARON= |1 Chr. v. 16 |_Not |-- |Either a town or a | | identified_ | | district in the | | | | neighbourhood of | | | | Gilead and Bashan, | | | | east of Jordan. | | | | Possibly a synonym for | | | | the Mishor. (Stanley, | | | | _Sinai & P._ App. § 7.) | | | | =SHARON=, Plain |1 Chr. xxvii. | |-- |The great and fertile of | 29; Is. | | | plain extending from | xxxiii. 9; | | | near Joppa on the | xxxv. 2; | | | south to Mount Carmel | lxv. 10; | | | on the north, and | Cant. ii. 1 | | | bounded on the west | | | | by the Mediterranean, | | | | and on the east by the | | | | hills of Samaria, etc. | | | | =SHARUHEN= |Josh. xix. 6 |_Tell esh |13 |A town allotted to | | Sherîʾah_ | | Simeon in the south. | | (?)* | | (?) Another name for | | | | ‘Shilhim’ of Josh. | | | | xv. 32, and Shaaraim | | | | of 1 Chr. iv. 31. | | | | Very probably the | | | | large ruin ‘Tell | | | | esh Sherîʾah,’ 12 | | | | miles north-west of | | | | Beersheba. (_Mem._ | | | | III. 399; Sh. XXIV.) | | | | =SHAVEH=, |Gen. xiv. |_Not |-- |In the neighbourhood of Valley | 17; 2 Sam. | identified_ | | Jerusalem. of (R.V. | xviii. 18 | | | =SHAVEH=, Vale | | | | of, or ‘King’s | | | | Vale’) | | | | | | | | =SHAVEH |Gen. xiv. 5 |_Not |-- |A valley or plain near KIRIATHAIM= | | identified_ | | Kiriathaim. | | | | =SHEARING- |2 Kings x. | |-- |Beth-achath, which see. HOUSE=, The | 12, 14 | | | | | | | =SHEBA= |Josh. xix. 2 |_Tell es |13 |Allotted to Simeon, | | Sebʾa_ (?) | | between Beer-sheba and | | | | Moladah. Very probably | | | | ‘Tell es Sebʾa,’ 2½ | | | | miles east of Bir es | | | | Sebʾa. (_Mem._ III.; | | | | Sh. XXIV.)--Conder. | | | | =SHEBAH= |Gen. xxvi. 33 | |-- |_See_ Beer-sheba. (R.V. =SHIBAH=)| | | | | | | | =SHEBAM= |Num. xxxii. 3 | |-- |Mentioned between (R.V. =SEBAM= | | | | ‘Elealeh’ and ‘Nebo.’ or =SIBMAH=) | | | | Another form for | | | | ‘Shibmah’ and ‘Sibmah.’ | | | | =SHEBARIM= |Josh. vii. 5 |_Not |-- |In the neighbourhood of | | identified_ | | ‘Ai.’ | | | | =SHECHEM= |Gen. xii. 6; |_Nablûs_ |10 |The present city | xxxiii. 18; | | | Nablus, Neapolis, in | xxxv. 4; | | | the valley between | xxxvii. 12, | | | Mounts Ebal and | 14; Josh. | | | Gerizim. One of the | xvii. 7; xx. | | | six cities of refuge. | 7; xxi. 21; | | | (_Mem._ II. 293; Sh. | xxiv. 1, 25, | | | XI.) | 32; Judg. | | | | viii. 31; | | | | ix. 1-57; | | | | xxi. 19; 1 | | | | Kings xii. | | | | 1, 25; 1 | | | | Chr. vi. 67; | | | | vii. 28; 2 | | | | Chr. x. 1; | | | | Ps. lx. 6; | | | | cviii. 7; | | | | Jer. xli. 5 | | | | | | | =SHEEP GATE=, |Neh. iii. 1, |_Not |-- |One of the gates of The | 32; xii. 39 | identified_ | | Jerusalem, rebuilt by | | | | Nehemiah. | | | | =SHEN= |1 Sam. vii. 12|_Not |-- |Mentioned with | | identified_ | | Mizpah. ‘Between | | | | Mizpah and Shen’ the | | | | stone Eben-ezer was | | | | set up by Samuel, | | | | commemorating the rout | | | | of the Philistines. | | | | Three miles west of | | | | Jerusalem and 1½ miles | | | | north of ‘ʾAin Karim’ | | | | is Deir Yesin. This | | | | will not suit if the | | | | identification of Deir | | | | Aban with Eben-ezer be | | | | right; which see. | | | | =SHEMA= |Josh. xv. 26 |_Not |-- |Named between ʾAmam and | | identified_ | | Moladah--in the south. | | | | Allotted to Judah. In | | | | Josh. xix. 2, Sheba | | | | takes the place of | | | | Shema. | | | | =SHENIR= |Deut. iii. 9; | |-- |Another form of Senir; | Cant. iv. 8 | | | which see. | | | | =SHEPHAM= |Num. xxxiv. |_Not |-- |A place mentioned as on | 10, 11 | identified_ | | the eastern boundary | | | | of the Promised Land, | | | | between Hazor-enan | | | | and Riblah. Somewhere | | | | north of Riblah. | | | | =SHIBMAH= (R.V. |Num. xxxii. 38| |-- |= Sibmah, which see. =SIBMAH=) | | | | | | | | =SHICRON= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 11 |_Not |-- |Between Mount Baalah =SHIKKERON=) | | identified_ | | (not identified) | | | | and Ekron (Akir), | | | | (Sh. XVI.), in the | | | | north-west corner of | | | | Judah. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 417; Sh. XVI.) | | | | =SHIHON= (R.V. |Josh. xix. 19 |_ʾAyûn es | 6 |‘ʾAyûn es Shʾaîn,’ =SHION=) | | Shʾaîn_ (?)* | | north of Tabor. This | | | | site appears to | | | | represent the Seon | | | | of the Onomasticon | | | | mentioned by Jerome | | | | as near Tabor, and | | | | identified by him with | | | | Shihon of Issachar, | | | | an identification | | | | possibly correct. In | | | | the Talmud Shihin is | | | | mentioned as near | | | | Sepphoris. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 370; Sh. VI.)--Conder. | | | | =SHIHOR OF |1 Chr. xiii. |_W. el ʾArîsh_|-- |‘The Brook of Egypt’ EGYPT= | 5; Num. | | | (R.V.) In Num. xxxiv. | xxxiv. 5; | | | 5, River of Egypt | Josh. xiii. 3| | | (A.V.); Brook of Egypt | | | | (R.V.); Josh. xiii. 3, | | | | Sihor; Shihor (R.V.) | | | | Wâdy el ʾArîsh. _See_ | | | | River of Egypt. | | | | =SHIHOR-LIBNATH=|Josh. xix. 26 |_Nahr | 6 |One of the names on | | Nʾamein_? | | the boundary of | | | | Asher--rendered by | | | | some ‘River of Glass.’ | | | | Thought to be the | | | | Belus (Nahr Nʾamein S. | | | | of ʾAkka) from whose | | | | bed, according to | | | | tradition, the fine | | | | sand was obtained by | | | | the Phœnicians for the | | | | glass they first made. | | | | (Pliny, _H. N._, Book | | | | xxxvi. ch. 26). _Mem._ | | | | I. 268; Sh. V. | | | | =SHILHIM= |Josh. xv. 32 |_Not |-- |One of the cities in | | identified_ | | the southern portion | | | | of Judah, named | | | | between Lebaoth and | | | | ʾAin. In the parallel | | | | lists of Josh. xix. | | | | 6 Sharuhen is given, | | | | and in 1 Chr. iv. 31 | | | | Shaaraim, which see. | | | | =SHILOAH=, The |Is. viii. 6; | |-- |Siloam and Siloah. Waters of | 2 Chr. xxxii.| | | | | | | =SHILOH= |Josh. xviii. |_Seilûn_ |10 |Now a ruined town | 1-10; xix. | | | called Seilûn, about | 51; xxi. 2; | | | midway between Bethel | xxii. 9, | | | and Mt. Girizim, near | 12; Judg. | | | the ancient highway | xviii. 31; | | | from Jerusalem to | xxi. 12-21; | | | Shechem and the North. | 1 Sam. i. | | | _Mem._ II. 367-370; | 3, 9, 24; | | | Sh. XIV. | ii. 14; iii. | | | | 21; iv. 3, | | | | 12; xiv. 3; | | | | 1 Kings ii. | | | | 27; xiv. | | | | 2-4; Ps. | | | | lxxviii. | | | | 60; Jer. | | | | vii. 12, 14; | | | | xxvi. 6, 9; | | | | xli. 5 | | | | | | | =SHIMRON= |Josh. xi. 1; |_Semûnieh_ | 6 |Called in the Talmud | xix. 15 | | | (Jerus, Megillah, cap. | | | | 1) Semûnieh--now a | | | | small village 5 miles | | | | west of Nazareth. | | | | _Mem._ I. 339; Sh. V. | | | | =SHIMRON-MERON= |Josh. xii. 20 |_Not |-- |Uncertain whether this | | identified_ | | name refers to the | | | | same place as Shimron | | | | (Semunieh). The old | | | | Jewish traveller | | | | Hap-Parchi fixes it at | | | | two hours east of En | | | | Gannim (Jenîn), south | | | | of Mount Gilboa, at | | | | a village called in | | | | his day ‘Dar Meron.’ | | | | (Asher’s _Benjamin of | | | | Tudela_, II. 434). | | | | =SHINAR= (The |Gen. x. 10; | |-- |‘The ancient name of Land of) | xi. 2; xiv. | | | the great alluvial | 1; Is. xi. | | | tract through which | 11; Dan. i. | | | the Tigris and | 2; Zech. v. | | | Euphrates pass before | 11 | | | reaching the sea. The | | | | tract known in later | | | | times as Chaldea or | | | | Babylonia.’ Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_. | | | | =SHITTIM= (R.V. |Num. xxv. 1; |_Ghor es |14 |= Abel-shittim, which =VALLEY OF | Josh. ii. | Seisebân_ | | see. ACACIAS=) | 1; iii. 1; | | | | Mich. vi. 5; | | | | Joel iii. 18 | | | | | | | =SHOCO= |2 Chr. xi. 7 |_Kh. |-- |A variation of the name | | Shuweikeh_ | | Socoh (1), which see. | | | | =SHOCHO= |2 Chr. | |-- |_See_ Socoh (1) | xxviii. 18 | | | | | | | =SHOCHOH= |1 Sam. xvii. 1| |-- |_See_ Socoh (1) | | | | =SHOPHAN= (R.V. |Num. xxxii. 35|_Not |-- |One of the fortified =ATROTH- | | identified_ | | towns on the East of SHOPHAN=) | | | | Jordan. | | | | =SHUAL=, |1 Sam. xiii. |_Not |-- |Near Ophrah (1), which The Land of | 17 | identified_ | | see. | | | | =SHUNEM= |Josh. xix. |_Sôlam_ |10 |A city of Issachar, | 18; 1 Sam. | | | mentioned with | xxviii. 4; 1 | | | Jezreel, Chesulloth, | Kings i. 3, | | | &c. Now the village | 15; ii. 17, | | | Sôlam, north of | 21, 22; 2 | | | Jezreel. _Mem._ II. | Kings iv. 8, | | | 87; Sh. IX. | 12, 25, 36 | | | | | | | =SHUR= (Desert |Gen. xvi. | |-- |Between Egypt and of) | 7; xx. 1; | | | Philistia. | xxv. 18; Ex. | | | | xv. 22; 1 | | | | Sam. xv. 7; | | | | xxvii. 8 | | | | | | | =SHUSHAN= |Esth. iii. |_Susa_ |-- |Susa, one of the chief | 15; iv. 16; | | | cities of Persia. Now | viii. 15; | | | identified with the | Dan. viii. 2 | | | ruins of Susa on the | | | | River Shapur. Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_. | | | | =SIBMAH= |Josh. xiii. |_Sûmia_ (?)* |15 |A town on the East | 19; Is. xvi. | | | of Jordan, also | 8, 9; Jer. | | | called Shibmah (Num. | xlviii. 32 | | | xxxii. 38) and Shebam | | | | (Num. xxxii. 3). | | | | Very probably the | | | | important site Sûmia, | | | | 2½ miles west of | | | | Heshbon. ‘Hardly 500 | | | | paces from Heshbon’ | | | | (Onomasticon). See | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | p. 9, 1882.--Conder’s | | | | _Heth and Moab_. | | | | =SIBRAIM= |Ezek. xlvii. |_Not |-- |Mentioned as being | 16 | identified_ | | between Berothah and | | | | Hazar-hatticon, and | | | | as lying between the | | | | boundary of Damascus, | | | | and that of Hamath. | | | | =SICHEM= (R.V. |Gen. xii. 6 | |-- |Shechem, which see. =SHECHEM=) | | | | | | | | =SICYON= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Vasilika_ |-- |A city in the Gulf of | | | | Corinth. | | | | =SIDE= |1 Macc. xv. 23| |-- |In Pamphylia, on the | | | | sea coast east of | | | | Adalia. | | | | =SIDDIM=, Vale |Gen. xiv. 3, | |-- |The Jordan Valley and of | 8, 10 | | | Dead Sea. | | | | =SIDON=, |Gen. x. 15, |_Saida_ | 2 |The present town Saida =ZIDON= | 19; 2 Esd. | | | on the coast between (R.V. =ZIDON=) | i. 11; | | | Beirut and Tyre. _See_ | Judith ii. | | | Zidon. | 28; 1 Macc. | | | | v. 15 | | | | | | | =SIHOR= |Josh. xiii. | |-- |_See_ Shihor. | 3; Jer. ii. | | | | 18; Is. | | | | xxiii. 3 | | | | | | | =SILOAH=, The |Neh. iii. 15; |_Birket |14 |= Siloam. One of Pool of (R.V. | Is. viii. 6 | Silwan_ | | the pools south of =SHELAH= or | | | | Jerusalem. Birket =SHILOAH=) | | | | Silwan. (_Jerusalem_ | | | | Vol.; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =SIMEON=, Tribe |Josh. xix.; | |-- |‘The lot of Simeon of | Josephus v. | | | included that part of | Ant. i. 22 | | | Idumea which bordered | | | | upon Egypt and Arabia’ | | | | (5 Ant. i. 22.) | | | | =SIN=, |Num. xxxiii. | |-- |Between Elim and Sinai. Wilderness of | 11-14; Exod. | | | | xvi. 1; | | | | xvii. 1 | | | | | | | =SINAI=, Mount |Ex. xvi. 1; |_Jebel Mûsa_ |-- |Generally identified | xix. 1-23; | (_Râs | | with Jebel Mûsa, the | xxiv. 16; | Sûfsâfeh_) | | second highest granite | xxxi. 18; | | | peak in the Peninsula. | xxxiv. 2, | | | _See_ Smith’s _Bible | 4, 29, 32; | | | Dictionary_. | Lev. vii. | | | | 38; xxv. 1; | | | | xxvi. 46; | | | | xxvii. 34; | | | | Num. i. 1, | | | | 19; iii. 1, | | | | 4, 14; ix. | | | | 1, 5; x. 12; | | | | xxvi. 64; | | | | xxviii. 6; | | | | xxxiii. 15, | | | | 16; Deut. | | | | xxxiii. 2; | | | | Judg. v. 5; | | | | Neh. ix. 13; | | | | Ps. lxviii. | | | | 8, 17; 2 | | | | Esdr. iii. | | | | 17; xiv. 4; | | | | Judith v. | | | | 14; Eccles. | | | | xlviii. 7 | | | | | | | =SINAI=, Desert |Ex. xix. 1; | |-- |The desert round Jebel of (R.V. | Num. xxxiii. | | | Mûsa. =SINAI=, | 16 | | | Wilderness of) | | | | | | | | =SION= |1 Esd. | |-- |= Zion. | viii. 81, | | | | etc., very | | | | frequently | | | | mentioned in | | | | the Apocrypha| | | | | | | =SION=, Mount |2 Esd. xiii. | |-- | | 35; 1 Macc. | | | | iv. 37, 60, | | | | v. 54; vi. | | | | 48, 62; vii. | | | | 33; x. 11; | | | | xiv. 27 | | | | | | | =SION=, Mount |Deut. iv. 48; |_Jebel esh |-- |One of the names of | Ps. cxxxiii. | Sheikh_ | | Mount Hermon, thought | 3 | | | to be a clerical error | | | | for Sirion; which see. | | | | =SIPHMOTH= |1 Sam. xxx. 28|_Not |-- |In the south of Judah | | identified_ | | the resort of David. | | | | =SIRAH=, The |2 Sam. iii. 26|_ʾAin Sârah_ |14 |The present ʾAin Sârah, Well of (R.V. | | | | near Hebron. _Mem._ =SIRAH=, Well | | | | III. 314; Sh. XXI. or Cistern of) | | | | | | | | =SIRION= |Deut. iii. 9; | | 3 |The Zidonian name for | Ps. xxix. 6 | | | Mount Hermon, which | | | | see. | | | | =SITNAH=, Well |Gen. xxvi. 21 |_Not |20 |The second of the two of | | identified_ | | wells dug by Isaac in (R.V. =ENMITY=,| | | | the valley of Gerar. Well of) | | | | | | | | =SOCOH= (1), In |Josh. xv. 35 |_Kh. |14 |Sochoh (1 Kings iv. the Valley | | Shuweikeh_ | | 10), Shochoh (1 Sam. | | | | xvii. 1), Shoco (2 | | | | Chr. xi. 7), Shocho (2 | | | | Chr. xxviii. 18). Now | | | | represented by ‘Kh. | | | | Shuweikeh,’ on the | | | | brink of the ‘Valley | | | | of Elah.’ (_Mem._ | | | | III. 53; Sh. XVII.) | | | | Robinson (B. R. ii. | | | | 21.) | | | | =SOCOH= (2), In |Josh. xv. 48 |_Kh. |14 |Named in the group ‘in the Mountains | | Shuweikeh_ | | the mountains,’ with | | | | ʾAttir (Yuttah), Debir | | | | (edh Dhaherîyeh), | | | | etc. Now the ruins | | | | Shuweikeh, south-west | | | | of Yutta. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 404, 410; Sh. XXV.) | | | | Robinson (B. R. i. | | | | 494.) | | | | =SODOM= |Gen. x. 19; |_Not |-- |One of the cities | xiii. 10-13; | identified_ | | of the plain, near | xiv. 2-22; | | | Zoar.--(Smith’s _Bible | xviii. | | | Dictionary_.) | 16-26; xix. | | | | 1, 4, 24, | | | | 28; Deut. | | | | xxix. 23; | | | | xxxii. 32; | | | | Is. i. 9, | | | | 10; iii. 9; | | | | xiii. 19; | | | | Jer. xxiii. | | | | 14; xlix. | | | | 18; l. 40; | | | | Lam. iv. 6; | | | | Ezek. xvi. | | | | 46-56; Am. | | | | iv. 11; | | | | Zeph. ii. 9; | | | | 2 Esd. ii. 8 | | | | | | | =SODOMITISH |2 Esdr. v. 7 | |-- |The Salt Sea; which see. SEA=, The | | | | | | | | =SOREK=, Valley |Judg. xvi. 4 |_Wâdy Sŭrâr_ |13,|Now Wâdy Sŭrâr, on the of | | |14 | north side of which | | | | is the ruin Sŭrîk. | | | | This valley has its | | | | source near ‘Beeroth,’ | | | | and in its course | | | | of 44 miles passes | | | | Hazor, Beth-shemesh, | | | | Makkedah, Jabneel, | | | | and enters the sea 8½ | | | | miles south of Jaffa. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 53; Sh. | | | | XVII.) | | | | =SPARTA= |1 Macc. xiv. | |-- | | 16 | | | | | | | =SPAIN= |1 Macc. viii. | |-- | | 3 | | | | | | | =SUCCOTH= (1) |Gen. xxxiii. |_Tell |10 |Probably Tell Darʾala, | 17; Josh. | Darʾala_ (?) | | on the east of the | xiii. 27; | | | Jordan Valley, East of | Judg. viii. | | | the Jordan (Merrill), | 5-16; 1 | | | pp. 385-388; Conder’s | Kings vii. | | | _Heth & Moab_, p. 177. | 46; 2 Chr. | | | The Talmud is the | iv. 17; | | | authority for this | Ps. lx. 6; | | | identification. | cviii. 7 | | | | | | | =SUCCOTH= (2) |Ex. xii. 37; |_Not |-- |The first camping place | xiii. 20; | identified_ | | of the Israelites on | Num. xxxiii. | | | leaving Egypt. | 5, 6 | | | | | | | =SUD=, River |Baruch i. 4 |_Not |-- |A river somewhere near | | identified_ | | Babylon. | | | | =SUR= |Judith ii. 28 |_Not |-- |On the sea coast of | | identified_ | | Phœnicia--not Tyre. | | | | =SUR=, The Gate |2 Kings xi. 6 |_Not |-- |In 2 Chr. xxiii. 5, of | | identified_ | | the King’s House at | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =SYENE=, or |Ezek. xxix. |_Assúân_ |-- |In Egypt. Mentioned =SEVENEH= | 10; xxx. 6 | | | with Migdol. R.V. (R.V. | | | | ‘tower of Seveneh;’ =SEVENEH=) | | | | margin, ‘from Migdol | | | | to Seveneh.’ | | | | =SYRIA= |Judg. x. | |-- |The country north and | 6; 2 Sam. | | | north-east of Damascus. | viii. 6, | | | | 12; xv. 8, | | | | etc., very | | | | frequently | | | | mentioned | | | | | | | =TAANACH= |Josh. xii. |_Tʾannuk_ |10 |Between 3 and 4 Roman | 21; xvii. | | | miles from Legio | 11; xxi. 25; | | | (Lejjun)--Onomasticon. | Judg. i. | | | Now the village | 27; v. 19; | | | Tʾannuk, on the | 1 Kings iv. | | | southern edge | 12; 1 Chr. | | | of the plain of | vii. 29 | | | Esdraelon.--Robinson, | | | | ii. 316, 329; Van | | | | de Velde, i. 358; | | | | Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 285. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 68; Sh. | | | | VIII.) | | | | =TAANATH-SHILOH=|Josh. xvi. 6 |_Tʾana_ |10 |Now the ruin of Tʾana, | | | | east of Nablus, on | | | | the boundary between | | | | Ephraim and Manasseh. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 232; Sh. | | | | XII.)--Van de Velde. | | | | =TABBATH= |Judg. vii. 22 |_Not |10 |Appears to have lain | | identified_ | | west of Jordan, near | | | | Abel-meholah, which | | | | see. | | | | =TABERAH= |Deut. ix. 22; |_Not |-- |The name of a place | Num. xi. 3 | identified_ | | in the wilderness of | | | | Paran. | | | | =TABOR= |1 Chr. vi. 77 |_Iksâl_ |-- |= Chisloth-tabor; which | | | | see. | | | | =TABOR=, Mount |Josh. xix. |_Jebel et Tôr_| 6 |Now called Jebel et | 22; Judg. | | | Tôr. Robinson’s | iv. 6, 12, | | | _Researches_, ii. 353. | 14; viii. | | | (_Mem._ I. 365, 367; | 18; Ps. | | | Sh. VI.) | lxxxix. 12; | | | | Jer. xlvi. | | | | 18; Hos. v. 1| | | | | | | =TABOR=, The |1 Sam. x. 3 |_Not |-- |‘The Oak or Terebinth Plain of (R.V. | | identified_ | | of Tabor’ is generally =TABOR=, | | | | thought the correct The Oak or | | | | translation. Terebinth of) | | | | | | | | =TADMOR=, In |1 Kings ix. |_Tadmûr_ |-- |Palmyra, in the desert, the Wilderness | 18; 2 Chr. | | | between Damascus and (R.V. =TAMAR=) | viii. 4 | | | the confluence of | | | | the Khabour with the | | | | Euphrates. See _The | | | | Ruins of Palmyra_, by | | | | Robert Wood, published | | | | in 1753; _Decline and | | | | Fall of the Roman | | | | Empire_, 11th chap., | | | | Gibbon; Porter’s | | | | _Handbook for Syria | | | | and Palestine_, pp. | | | | 543-549. | | | | =TAHATH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 26 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =TAHPANHES= |Jer. xliii. |} | | | 7, 8, 9; |} | | | xliv. 1; |} | |A town of Lower Egypt | xlvi. 14 |} | | near the eastern | |} _Tell | | border, Tell Defenneh. =TEHAPHNEHES= |Ezek. xxx. 18 |} Defenneh_ |-- | Smith’s _Bible | |} | | Dictionary_. =TAHAPANES= |Jer. ii. 16 |} | | | |} | | =TAPHNES= |Judith i. 9 |} | | | | | | =TAHTIM-HODSHI=,|2 Sam. xxiv. 6|_Kades_ (?)* |-- |Between Gilead and The Land of | | | | Dan-jaan. According | | | | to the LXX. ‘Kadesh | | | | of the Hittites,’ now | | | | the ruin _Kades_, | | | | near Tell Neby | | | | Mendeh.--Conder. | | | | =TAMAR= |Ezek. xlvii. |_Not |-- |Somewhere on the | 19; xlviii. | identified_ | | south-east border of | 28 | | | Judah. Perhaps Hazazon | | | | Tamar, the old name of | | | | En-gedi. | | | | =TANACH= (R.V. |Josh. xxi. 25 | |-- |Taanach, which see. =TAANACH=) | | | | | | | | =TANIS= |Judith i. 10 |_San_ |-- |Zoan in Egypt. | | | | =TAPHON= |1 Macc. ix. 50|_Tŭffûh_ |14 |Beth Tappuah, one | | | | of the cities in | | | | Judæa, fortified by | | | | Bacchides. Probably | | | | Beth-tappuah of Josh. | | | | xv. 53. | | | | =TAPPUAH= (1) |Josh. xv. 34 |_Not |-- |A city of Judah. | | identified_ | | | | | | =TAPPUAH= (2) |Josh. xvi. 8; | |10 |En-tappuah, which see. | xvii. 8 | | | | | | | =TAPPUAH=, The |Josh. xvii. 8 | |-- |In the territory of Land of | | | | Manasseh, the land in | | | | the neighbourhood of | | | | En-tappuah. | | | | =TARAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping R.V. =TERAH=) | 27, 28 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites in the | | | | desert. | | | | =TARALAH= |Josh. xviii. |_Not |-- |A city allotted to the | 27 | identified_ | | tribe of Benjamin | | | | and mentioned in the | | | | group with Mizpeh, | | | | Chephirah, and | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =TARSHISH= |Gen. x. 4; 1 |_Not |-- |Has been variously | Chr. i. 7; | identified_ | | sought in Spain, | Ps. xlviii. | | | India, etc. Capt. | 7; lxxii. | | | Conder suggests | 10; 2 Chr. | | | Tarsus. (_Syrian | ix. 21; xx. | | | Stone-Lore_.) | 36, 37; Is. | | | | ii. 16; | | | | xxiii. 1, 6, | | | | 10, 14; lx. | | | | 9; lxvi. 19; | | | | Jer. x. 9; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 12, 25; | | | | xxxviii. 13; | | | | Jonah i. 3; | | | | iv. 2 | | | | | | | =TARSUS= |2 Macc. iv. |_Tarsus_ |-- |The chief city | 30; Acts ix. | | | of Cilicia, the | 11, 30; xi. | | | birth-place of St. | 25; xxi. 39; | | | Paul. | | | | =TEKOA= and |2 Sam. xiv. |_Kh. Tekûʾa_ |14 |The ruined village =TEKOAH= | 2, 4, 9; 1 | | | Tekûʾa, south of | Chr. ii. 24; | | | Bethlehem 5 miles, and | iv. 5; xi. | | | 10 from Jerusalem. | 28; xxvii. | | | (_Mem._ III. 314; Sh. | 9; 2 Chr. | | | XXI.) | xi. 6; Neh. | | | | iii. 5, 27; | | | | Jer. vi. 1; | | | | Am. i. 1 | | | | | | | =TEKOA=, The |2 Chr. xx. 20 | |14 |The desolate region Wilderness of | | | | between ‘Tekoa’ and | | | | the Salt Sea. Thecoe, | | | | 1 Macc. ix. 33. | | | | =TEL-ABIB= |Ezek. iii. 15 |_Not |-- |‘By the River of | | identified_ | | Chebar.’ Was probably | | | | a city of Chaldæa or | | | | Babylonia, not of | | | | Upper Mesopotamia. | | | | Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_. | | | | =TELAIM= |1 Sam. xv. 4; |_Not |-- |Telem, Josh. xv. 24. | Josh. xv. 24 | identified_ | | One of the cities in | | | | the extreme south of | | | | Judah. | | | | =TELASSAR= or |2 Kings xix. |_Not |-- | =THELASAR= | 12; Is. | identified_ | | (R.V. | xxxvii. 12 | | | =TELASSAR=) | | | | | | | | =TEL-HARSA= or |Ezra ii. 59; |_Not |-- |One of the five places =TEL-HARESHA= | Neh. vii. 61 | identified_ | | from which some of the | | | | Captivity returned | | | | ‘who could not shew | | | | their father’s house.’ | | | | Thelersas, 1 Esd. v. | | | | 36. | | | | =TEL-MELAH= |Ezra ii. 59; |_Thelme_ (?) |-- |Supposed to be Thelme | Neh. vii. 61 | | | of Ptolemy, a city of | | | | the low salt tract | | | | near the Persian Gulf. | | | | Thermeleth, 1 Esd. v. | | | | 36. | | | | =TEMAN= |Jer. xlix. 7, |_Not |-- |In Edom. Baruch iii. | 20; Ezek. | identified_ | | 22, 23, Theman. | xxv. 13; | | | | Amos i. 12; | | | | Obad. 9; | | | | Hab. iii. 3 | | | | | | | =THAMNATHA= |1 Macc. ix. 50| |-- |One of the cities of | | | | Judah, fortified | | | | by Bacchides. = | | | | Thimnathah; which see. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 299; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =THEBEZ= |Judg. ix. 50; |_Tûbâs_ |10 |Now the village Tûbâs, | 2 Sam. xi. 21| | | north-east of Shechem | | | | (Nablus). (_Mem._ II. | | | | 247; Sh. XII.) | | | | =THECOE=, The |1 Macc. ix. 33| |-- |The Greek form of Wilderness of | | | | Tekoa. _See_ Tekoa. | | | | =THELASAR= |2 Kings xix. | |-- |_See_ Tel-asar. | 12 | | | | | | | =THELERSAS= |1 Esd. v. 36 | |-- |The Greek equivalent of | | | | Tel-harsa, which see. | | | | =THEMAN= |Baruch iii. | |-- |_See_ Teman. | 22, 23 | | | | | | | =THERAS=, River |1 Esd. viii. |_Not |-- |The Ahava of the | 41, 61 | identified_ | | parallel passage in | | | | Ezra. _See_ Ahava. | | | | =THERMELETH= |1 Esd. v. 36 | | |The Greek equivalent of | | | | the name Tel-melah; | | | | which see. | | | | =THIMNATHAH= |Josh. xix. |_Tibneh_ (?) |10 |A town belonging to (R.V. =TIMNAH=)| 43; 2 Chr. | | | Dan. Probably the ruin | xxviii. 18 | | | Tibneh, north-east | | | | of Lydda 12 miles. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 299; Sh. | | | | XIV.) | | | | =THISBE= |Tobit i. 2 |_Not |-- |A city of Naphtali. | | identified_ | | | | | | =THRACIA= |2 Macc. xii. | |-- |All the region now | 35 | | | included in Bulgaria | | | | and Roumelia. | | | | =TIBHATH= |1 Chr. xviii. | |-- |_See_ Berothah. | 8 | | | | | | | =TIGRIS= |Tobit vi. 1; | |-- |The Greek equivalent of | Jud. i. 6; | | | the Hebrew Hiddekel of | Eccl. xxiv. | | | Gen. ii. 14, etc. | 25 | | | | | | | =TIMNAH= (1) |Josh. xv. 10 |_Tibnah_ |13 |Now the ruins Tibnah, | | | | on the south side of | | | | the ‘Valley of Sorek,’ | | | | and west of ‘Beth | | | | Shemesh.’ Timnath in | | | | Gen. xxxviii. 12-14; | | | | Judg. xiv. 1-5. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 417; Sh. | | | | XVI.) | | | | =TIMNAH= (2) |Josh. xv. 57 |_Tibna_* |14 |Near Gibeah of Judah. | | | | Now the ruin Tibna, | | | | near Jebʾa (Gibeah), | | | | west of Bethlehem. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 53; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Conder. | | | | =TIMNATH= |Gen. xxxviii. | |-- |_See_ Timnah. | 12, 13, 14; | | | | Judg. xiv. | | | | 1, 2, 5 | | | | | | | =TIMNATH-HERES= |Judg. ii. 9 |} | | or | |}_Kefr |10 |The city and =TIMNATH-SERAH=|Josh. xix. |} Hâris_* | | burial-place of | 50; xxiv. 30 |} | | Joshua. ‘In the Mount | | | | of Ephraim, on the | | | | north side of the hill | | | | Gaash.’ According to | | | | tradition the present | | | | ‘Kefr Hâris,’ 9 miles | | | | south of Shechem | | | | (Nablus) in Ephraim. | | | | (_Mem._ II. 284; Sh. | | | | XIV.)--Conder. | | | | =TIPHSAH= (1) |1 Kings iv. 24| |-- |Thapsacus, near Deir on | | | | the Euphrates. | | | | =TIPHSAH= (2) |2 Kings xv. 16|_Kh. Tafsah_* |10 |The name Kh. Tafsah | | | | occurs to an old site | | | | south-west of Shechem | | | | 6 miles. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 169; Sh. XI.)--Conder. | | | | =TIRZAH= |Josh. xii. |_Teîasír_* |10 |Now the village | 24; 1 Kings | | | Teîasîr in the | xiv. 17; | | | valley, 11 miles | xv. 21, 33; | | | north of Shechem, | xvi. 6, 8, | | | and 12 miles east of | 9, 15, 17, | | | Samaria.--Conder. | 23; 2 Kings | | | (_Mem._ II. 216; | xv. 14, 16; | | | Sh. XI.; 228, XII.) | Cant. vi. 4 | | | Robinson (B. R. iii. | | | | 302), Van de Velde | | | | (_Syria & Palestine_, | | | | iii. 334), place it | | | | at Talluza, a village | | | | on the hill, 6 miles | | | | east of Samaria. | | | | Was a royal city, | | | | the residence of | | | | Jeroboam (1 Kings | | | | xiv. 17). Brocardus | | | | places ‘Thersa’ on | | | | a high mountain 3 | | | | leagues (leucae) from | | | | Samaria to the east | | | | (_Descriptio_, cap. | | | | vii.). | | | | =TOB=, The Land |Judg. xi. 3, 5|_Taiyibeh_ |11 |The Tubieni near of | | (?)* | | Characa of 2 Macc. =ISHTOB=, |2 Sam. x. 6, 8| | | xii. 17 (_see_ The Men of Tob| | | | Characa). The name is =TOBIE=, The |1 Macc. v. 13 | | | preserved in that of places of | | | | Taiyibeh, a village =TUBIENI= |2 Macc. xii. | | | between Jerash and | 17 | | | the Sea of Galilee. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 295.) | | | | =TOCHEN= |1 Chr. iv. 32 |_Not |-- |A place mentioned | | identified_ | | amongst the towns of | | | | Simeon. | | | | =TOLAD=, or |1 Chr. iv. 29 |_Not |-- |One of the towns of =EL TOLAD= | | identified_ | | Simeon. | | | | =TOPHEL= |Deut. i. 1 |_et Tŭfîleh_ |21 |The present ruins ‘et | | | | Tŭfîleh,’ on the table | | | | land of the mountains | | | | south-east of the Dead | | | | Sea. | | | | =TOPHETH=, or |2 Kings | |-- |In the ‘valley of the =TOPHET= | xxiii. 10; | | | son of Hinnom.’ | Is. xxx. 33; | | | | Jer. vii. | | | | 31, 32; xix. | | | | 6, 11-14 | | | | | | | =TRIPOLIS= |2 Macc. xiv. 1|_Tarablus_ |-- |The small village ‘el | | | | Minyeh’ is thought to | | | | occupy the ancient | | | | site some 2 miles | | | | distant from the | | | | modern town called | | | | Tarablus. | | | | =TYRE= and |Josh. xix. |_es Sûr_ | 6 |The present town Sûr, =TYRUS= | 29; 2 Sam. | | | on the coast. For | v. 11; xxiv. | | | plans and detailed | 7, etc. Very | | | description, see | frequently | | | _Mem._ I. 72-81; | mentioned | | | Conder’s _Primer of | | | | Bible Geography_; | | | | Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_. | | | | =TYRUS=, The |1 Macc. xi. 59|_Râs en | 6 |The steps by which the Ladder of | | Nakûrah_ | | road winds round the | | | | headland called ‘Râs | | | | en Nakûrah,’ between | | | | Tyre and Akka. | | | | =ULAI=, River |Dan. viii. 2, |_Kerkhah, |-- |The Eulaeus of the | 16 | R._ (?) or | | Greek and Roman | | _Karún R._ | | geographers (Arr. | | (?) | | Exp. Al. vii. 7; | | | | Strab. xv. 3 § 22; | | | | Ptol. vi. 3; Pliny, | | | | H. N., vi. 31.) Now | | | | the modern Kerkhah, | | | | an affluent of the | | | | Tigris. (Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | | | | Otherwise the Karûn R. | | | | =UMMAH= |Josh. xix. 30 |_ʾAlma esh | 6 |One of the cities of | | Shʾaub_ (?) | | Asher. Probably the | | | | ruin ʾAlma, north of | | | | Achzib, opposite the | | | | Ladder of Tyrus. _Land | | | | and the Book_ chap. | | | | xx. (Dr. Thomson.) | | | | (_Mem._ I. 150; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =UPHAZ= |Jer. x. 9; |_Not |-- |_cf._ R.V. margin, | Dan. x. 5 | identified_ | | ‘according to some | | | | ancient versions | | | | Ophir.’ | | | | =UR=, of the |Gen. xi. 28, |_Mugheir_ (?) |-- |Ur means ‘city,’ Chaldees | 31; xv. 7 | | | generally placed | | | | at Mugheir. Others | | | | suggest Warka. _See_ | | | | Erech. | | | | =UZZA=, The |2 Kings xxi. |_Not |-- |The garden in which Garden of | 18, 26; 2 | identified_ | | Manasseh and his | Chr. xxxiii. | | | son Ammon, Kings of | 20; 2 Sam. | | | Judah, were buried. At | vi. 8 | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =UZZEN-SHERAH= |1 Chr. vii. 24|_Beit Sîra_ |14 |Named in connexion with (R.V. =UZZEN- | | | | the two Beth-horons. SHEERAH=) | | | | Probably the present | | | | village ‘Beit Sîra,’ | | | | 2 miles S.W. of | | | | Beth-horon (the | | | | lower.) (_Mem._ III. | | | | 16; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ZAANAIM=, |Judg. iv. 11 |} | |More correctly Plain of (R.V. | |} | | ‘Bezaanannim,’ =ZAANANNIM= | |} | | according to Tal. Jer. ‘Oak’ or | |} | | Megillah, and Targums. Terebinth of) | |} _Bessum_ (?)| | (In Targum Mishor = | |} | 6 | Elon.) The plateau =ZAANANNIM= |Josh. xix. 33 |} | | west of the ‘Sea of The ‘Oak’ or | |} | | Galilee,’ near the ‘Terebinth’ of | |} | | present ruined village ‘Bezaanannim’ | |} | | _Bessum_. (_Mem._ I. | |} | | 365; Sh. VI.) | | | | =ZAANAN= |Micah i. 11 | |-- |= Zenan of Josh. xv. 37. | | | | =ZAIR= |2 Kings viii. |_Not |-- |The position of this | 21 | identified_ | | place is uncertain. It | | | | probably lay east of | | | | the Dead Sea. In the | | | | Hebrew it is not very | | | | different from Zoar. | | | | =ZALMON=, Mount |Judg. ix. 48 |_Not |10 |Generally believed to | | identified_ | | be the southern peak | | | | of the Mt. Gerizim | | | | range, on which stands | | | | the tomb of Sh. Selman | | | | el Farsi. In Ps. | | | | lxviii. 14, Salmon. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 210.) | | | | Ebal is now called | | | | _Jebel Eslamîyeh_. | | | | =ZALMONAH= |Num. xxxiii. |_Not |-- |One of the camping | 41, 42 | identified_ | | stations of the | | | | Israelites between | | | | ‘Mount Hor’ and | | | | ‘Punon.’ Maʾan, east | | | | of Petra, and Wady | | | | Ithm, north of Akabah, | | | | have been proposed. | | | | =ZANOAH= (1) |Josh. xv. 34; |_Kh. Zanûʾa_ |14 |A city of Judah in | Neh. iii. 13;| | | the valley between | xi. 30 | | | ‘Ashnah’ and | | | | ‘En-gannim.’ Now | | | | Zanûʾa, a ruined town | | | | 2½ miles south of Beth | | | | Shemesh. Robinson (B. | | | | R. ii. 16.) (_Mem._ | | | | III. 128; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ZANOAH= (2) |Josh. xv. 56 |_Kh. Zanûta_ |14 |A city of Judah named | | | | in the group of Maon | | | | (Kh. Mʾain), Ziph | | | | (Tell ez Zîf), Jutta | | | | (Yutta), etc. Now | | | | Kh. Zanûta, south of | | | | ‘Yutta.’ Van de Velde | | | | (_Mem._ III. 354). | | | | Robinson (B. R. ii. | | | | 204 Note). (_Mem._ | | | | III. 410; Sh. XXV.) | | | | =ZAPHON= |Josh. xiii. 27|_el Hammeh_ | 7 |One of the four cities | | | | ‘in the valley’ | | | | allotted to Gad. | | | | Identified by the | | | | Talmudists with | | | | Amathi, the Amathus | | | | of Josephus; now the | | | | ruined site of el | | | | Hammeh, on the banks | | | | of the Yarmûk, to the | | | | south-east of the Sea | | | | of Galilee. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 253.) | | | | =ZAREAH= (R.V. |Neh. xi. 29; | | |_See_ Zorah. =ZORAH=) | 1 Chr. ii. 53| | | | | | | =ZARED=, The |Num. xxi. 12; |_Wâdy el Hesi_|21,|Generally believed Valley of | Deut. ii. | |22 | to be the great (R.V. =ZERED= | 13, 14 | | | water course (as Valley of) | | | | suggested by Robinson) | | | | known under the | | | | different names | | | | of ‘Seil Garahy,’ | | | | ‘Wâdy Garahy,’ ‘Wâdy | | | | Siddiyeh,’ and ‘Wâdy | | | | el Hesi,’ having its | | | | source east of ‘Kulʾat | | | | el Garahy’ in the | | | | Desert of Arabia, and | | | | entering the eastern | | | | bay of the south end | | | | of the Dead Sea. | | | | =ZAREPHATH= |1 Kings xvii. |_Sarafend_ | 2 |‘Not far from Sidon and | 9, 10; | | | Tyre.’ (Josephus Ant. | Obadiah 20 | | | viii. 13, § 2). ‘On | | | | the shore of Sarepta.’ | | | | (Sancta Paula.) ‘It | | | | lay on the public | | | | road’ (coast road), | | | | Jerome (Onomasticon). | | | | Now the village | | | | and ruins south of | | | | Sidon. Original name | | | | Misrephoth-maim, which | | | | see. In the N.T. | | | | (Sarepta), Luke iv. 26 | | | | (A.V.) Zarephath (R.V.) | | | | =ZARETAN= (R.V. |Josh. iii. 16 | | |A city beside Adam = =ZARETHAN=) | | | | Zarthan, which see. | | | | Adam is possibly ‘Tell | | | | Damieh.’ | | | | =ZARETH-SHAHAR= |Josh. xiii. 19|_Zara_, or |14 |‘In the mount of the (R.V. =ZERETH- | | _Sara_ (?) | | valley.’ Thought to SHABAR=) | | | | be the heap of ruins | | | | called Zara or Sara on | | | | a hill on the south | | | | side of the great | | | | gorge of Wâdy Zerka | | | | Mʾaîn, near where it | | | | joins the Salt Sea. | | | | =ZARTANAH= |1 Kings iv. 12|_Not |10 |‘Beneath Jezreel.’ (R.V. | | identified_ | | Perhaps the same as =ZARETHAN=) | | | | Zererath, of Judg. | | | | vii. 22. Probably a | | | | separate town from | | | | Zarthan (‘in the | | | | plain’), Zeredath | | | | (‘in the plain’), | | | | and Zaretan (‘a city | | | | beside Adam.’) Placed | | | | by Conder at Tell | | | | Sarêm, 3 miles south | | | | of ‘Beth Shean.’ | | | | (_Mem._ II. 99; Sh. | | | | IX.) By Henderson | | | | (_Handbook_, p. 220) | | | | at Tellel ez Zahrah, | | | | 3 miles west of | | | | Beth-shean and between | | | | the latter place and | | | | Jezreel, opposite | | | | Shuttah. See also | | | | _Quarterly Statement_, | | | | 1874, p. 182. | | | | =ZARTHAN= (R.V. |1 Kings vii. |_Not |-- |‘In the clay ground =ZARETHAN=) | 46 | identified_ | | between Succoth’ (Tell | | | | Darʾala, eastern side | | | | of Jordan valley) ‘and | | | | Zarthan, in the plain | | | | of Jordan, did Solomon | | | | cast the vessels, | | | | etc., for the temple.’ | | | | Probably Zaretan, | | | | which see. | | | | =ZEBOIM= and |Gen. x. 19; |_Not |-- |One of the five cities =ZEBOIIM= (1) | xiv. 2, 8; | identified_ | | of the plain (Jordan | Deut. xxix. | | | Valley) next to | 23; Hos. xi. | | | Admah. Somewhere in | 8 | | | the southern parts of | | | | the Jordan Valley. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 241.) | | | | =ZEBOIM= (2) |Neh. xi. 34 |_Not |-- |Mentioned between | | identified_ | | Hadid (Haditheh) and | | | | Neballat (Beit Nabala) | | | | east of Lydda (Lod.) | | | | =ZEBOIM=, The |1 Sam. xiii. |_Not |14 |One of the valleys Valley of | 18 | identified_ | | in Benjamin toward | | | | the wilderness. The | | | | name Shukh ed Dubʾa | | | | in which the name | | | | Zeboim is possibly | | | | preserved, is applied | | | | to a smaller branch of | | | | one of the many gorges | | | | in that neighbourhood. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 241.) | | | | =ZEBULUN= |Josh. xix. 27 |_Neby | 6 |‘A strong city of | | Sebelân_ (?)*| | Galilee,’ called | | | | the ‘city of men’ | | | | (Josephus, Wars ii. | | | | 18, 9). The discovery | | | | of Dabbasheth (which | | | | see) indicates the | | | | village Neby Sebelân | | | | for this town. | | | | =ZEBULUN=, |Josh. xix. | | |‘The tribe of Zebulon’s Tribe of | 10-17; | | | lot included the land | Josephus v. | | | which lay as far as | Ant. i. 22 | | | the Lake of Genesareth | | | | and that which | | | | belonged to Carmel and | | | | the Sea.’ (Jos. v. | | | | Ant. i. 22.) | | | | =ZEDAD= |Num. xxxiv. |_Sadûd_ (??) |-- |One of the landmarks | 8; Ezek. | | | on the north borders | xlvii. 15 | | | of the land of | | | | Israel. Possibly | | | | Sadûd, between | | | | Hums and Baalbec. | | | | (Porter, _Five Years | | | | in Damascus_, ii. | | | | 354-356.) | | | | =ZEEB=, |Judg. vii. 25 |_Not |-- |In the Jordan Valley. Winepress of | | identified_ | | | | | | =ZELAH= |Josh. xviii. |_Not |-- |In the allotment of | 28; 2 Sam. | identified_ | | Benjamin, between | xxi. 14 | | | ‘Taralah’ (not known) | | | | and ‘Eleph’ (Lifta). | | | | The burial-place of | | | | Saul and Jonathan. | | | | =ZELZAH= |1 Sam. x. 2 |_Not |-- |‘A place named once | | identified_ | | only as on the | | | | boundary of Benjamin, | | | | close to Rachel’s | | | | sepulchre,’ 1 Sam. x. | | | | 2. | | | | =ZEMARAIM= |Josh. xviii. |_Kh. es |14 |One of the towns of | 22 | Sŭmrah_ (?) | | Benjamin, named | | | | between Beth-arabah | | | | (site not known) and | | | | Bethel (Beitin). | | | | Generally believed | | | | to be the large ruin | | | | Sŭmrah, north of | | | | Jericho. Robinson (B. | | | | R. i. 569.) (_Mem._ | | | | III. 174; Sh. XVIII.) | | | | =ZEMARAIM=, |2 Chr. xiii. 4|_Not |-- |In Mount Ephraim--? in Mount | | identified_ | | the neighbourhood of | | | | Zemaraim of Josh. | | | | xviii. 22. | | | | =ZENAN= |Josh. xv. 37 |_Not |-- |One of the towns | | identified_ | | of Judah--to be | | | | found somewhere in | | | | the Shefelah--next | | | | to Hadashah and | | | | Migdal-gad. In Micah | | | | i. 11. Zaanan. | | | | =ZEPHATH= |Judg. i. 17 |_Not | |_See_ Hormah. | | identified_ | | | | | | =ZEPHATHAH= The |2 Chr. xiv. 10|_Wâdy Safieh_*|13 |‘At or belonging to Valley of | | | | Mareshah.’ The name | | | | Wâdy Safieh applies | | | | to the leading valley | | | | which passes ‘Beit | | | | Jibrîn,’ 2½ miles to | | | | the north-east of | | | | Mareshah.--Conder. | | | | =ZER= |Josh. xix. 35 |_Not |-- |A fortified town of | | identified_ | | Naphtali. Probably | | | | somewhere on the | | | | south-west side of | | | | the Sea of Tiberias. | | | | Mentioned between | | | | Ziddim (Hattin) and | | | | Hammath (Hummam | | | | Tabariya.) | | | | =ZERED=, The |Deut. ii. 13, | |-- |_See_ Zared--the Valley Brook | 14 | | | of. | | | | =ZEREDA= (R.V. |1 Kings xi. 26|_Surdah_ (?)* |10 |This site was =ZEREDAH=) | | | | identified with | | | | Kh. Serada on the | | | | east edge of Merj | | | | el ʾAyûn, west of | | | | Banias, by R. Gerson | | | | in 1561 A.D. (_Mem._ | | | | I. 96; Sh. II.) The | | | | village Surdah, west | | | | of Bethel, is now | | | | proposed by Capt. | | | | Conder. (_Mem._ II. | | | | 295; Sh. XIV.) Was | | | | the birth-place of | | | | Jeroboam. | | | | =ZEREDATHAH= |2 Chr. iv. 17 |_Not |10 |‘In the plain of (R.V. | | identified_ | | Jordan.’ In 1 Kings =ZEREDAH=) | | | | vii. 46 Zarthan | | | | (A.V.), Zarethan | | | | (R.V.) _See_ Zarthan. | | | | =ZERERATH= |Judg. vii. 22 |_Not |10 |‘As far as Beth-shittah (R.V. | | identified_ | | (Shutta) toward =ZERERAH=) | | | | Zererah.’ _See_ | | | | Zartanah. | | | | =ZIDDIM= |Josh. xix. 35 |_Hattîn_ (?) | 6 |The Jerusalem Talmud | | | | (Megillah i.) | | | | identifies this place | | | | with ‘Kefr Chittai.’ | | | | Apparently the village | | | | Hattîn, west of the | | | | ‘Sea of Galilee.’ A | | | | fortified town of | | | | Naphtali. (_Mem._ I. | | | | 365; Sh. VI.) | | | | =ZIDON= or |Gen. xlix. |_Saida_ | 2 |An ancient and wealthy =SIDON= | 13; Josh. | | | city of Phœnicia, | xix. 28; | | | on the coast, 25 | Judg. i. | | | miles south of | 31; x. 6; | | | Beirout. (Porter’s | xviii. 28; 2 | | | _Handbook for Syria | Sam. xxiv. | | | and Palestine_, 1858; | 6; 1 Kings | | | Robinson’s _Biblical | xvii. 9; | | | Researches_, iii.) | Ezra iii. 7; | | | | Is. xxiii. | | | | 2, 4, 12; | | | | Jer. xxv. | | | | 22; xxvii. | | | | 3; xlvii. 4; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 8; xxviii. | | | | 21, 22; Joel | | | | iii. 4; | | | | Zech. ix. 2; | | | | 1 Esd. v. 55 | | | | | | | =ZIKLAG= |Josh. xv. 31; |_ʾAslûj_ (?) |20 |Named between Hormah | xix. 5; 1 | | | and Madmannah a town | Sam. xxx. | | | of Simeon in Judah. | 1, 14, 26; | | | The name ʾAslûj, | xxvii. 6; 2 | | | applied to a heap | Sam. i. 1; | | | of ruins south of | iv. 10; 1 | | | Beersheba and 7 miles | Chr. iv. 30; | | | to the east of Bered | xii. 1, 20; | | | (Khalasah), was first | Neh. xi. 28 | | | discovered by Mr. | | | | Rowlands in 1842. | | | | (See Williams’s _Holy | | | | City_, i. 463-468; | | | | Robinson’s _Biblical | | | | Researches_, ii. 201.) | | | | The name is not very | | | | close to the Hebrew, | | | | but is a possible | | | | corruption. | | | | =ZIN=, The |Num. xiii. | |-- |In Num. xxxiv. 4; Josh. Wilderness of | 21; xx. 1; | | | xv. 3, simply Zin. A | xxvii. 14; | | | portion of the desert | xxxiii. 36; | | | country west of the | xxxiv. 3; | | | Wâdy Arabah containing | Deut. xxxii. | | | Kadesh. | 51; Josh. | | | | xv. 1 | | | | | | | =ZION= |2 Sam. v. | |-- |Jerusalem. The modern | 7; 1 Kings | | | Arabic ‘Sahyûn’ is | viii. 1; 2 | | | correct equivalent of | Kings xix. | | | Zion, according to | 21; 1 Chr. | | | Gesenius, the meaning | xi. 5; 2 | | | of the word being | Chr. v. 2; | | | ‘sunny,’ and a valley | Ps. ix. 11, | | | and ruin called Sahyûn | 14; xiv. | | | now exists 1½ miles | 7; xx. 2; | | | west of the present | xlviii. 12; | | | city wall. The word | l. 2; li. | | | Zion does not occur in | 18; liii. 6; | | | the works of Josephus, | lxix. 35; | | | the name Jerusalem | lxxvi. 2; | | | being used instead. | lxxxiv. 7; | | | (Conder’s _Handbook_, | lxxxvii. 2, | | | p. 336.) | 5; xcvii. | | | | 8; xcix. 2; | | | | cii. 13, 16, | | | | 21; cx. 2; | | | | cxxvi. 1; | | | | cxxviii. 5; | | | | cxxix. 5; | | | | cxxxii. 13; | | | | cxxxiii. 3; | | | | cxxxiv. 3; | | | | cxxxv. 21; | | | | cxxxvii. 1, | | | | 3; cxlvi. | | | | 10; cxlvii. | | | | 12; cxlix. | | | | 2; Is. i. | | | | 8, 27; ii. | | | | 3; iv. 3; | | | | x. 24; xii. | | | | 6; xiv. 32; | | | | xxviii. | | | | 16; xxx. | | | | 19; xxxi. | | | | 9; xxxiii. | | | | 5, 14, 20; | | | | xxxiv. 8; | | | | xxxv. 10; | | | | xl. 9; xli. | | | | 27; xlvi. | | | | 13; xlix. | | | | 14; li. 3, | | | | 11, 16; | | | | lii. 1, 7, | | | | 8; lix. 20; | | | | lx. 14; lxi. | | | | 3; lxii. 1; | | | | lxiv. 10; | | | | lxvi. 8; | | | | Jer. iii. | | | | 14; iv. 6; | | | | viii. 19; | | | | ix. 19; xiv. | | | | 19; xxvi. | | | | 18; xxx. 17; | | | | xxxi. 6, 12; | | | | l. 5, 28; | | | | li. 10, 24, | | | | 35; Lam. i. | | | | 4, 17; ii. | | | | 6; iv. 2, | | | | 11; v. 11; | | | | Joel ii. 1, | | | | 15, 23; iii. | | | | 16, 17, 21; | | | | Amos i. 2; | | | | vi. 1; Micah | | | | iii. 10, 12; | | | | iv. 2, 11; | | | | Zeph. iii. | | | | 16; Zech. i. | | | | 14, 17; ii. | | | | 7; viii. 2, | | | | 3; ix. 9, 13 | | | | | | | =ZION=, Mount |2 Kings | |-- |One of the hills of | xix. 31; | | | Jerusalem. | Ps. ii. 6; | | | | xlviii. 2, | | | | 11; lxxiv. | | | | 2; lxxviii. | | | | 68; cxxv. 1; | | | | cxxxiii. 3; | | | | Is. iv. 5; | | | | viii. 18; x. | | | | 12, 32; xvi. | | | | 1; xviii. | | | | 7; xxiv. | | | | 23; xxix. | | | | 8; xxxi. 4; | | | | xxxvii. 32; | | | | Lam. v. 18; | | | | Joel ii. 32; | | | | iii. 17; | | | | Obad. xvii. | | | | 21; Micah | | | | iv. 7; 2 | | | | Esd. ii. 42 | | | | | | | =ZIOR= |Josh. xv. 54 |_Siʾaîr_ (?)* |14 |Mentioned next to | | | | Hebron in Judah. | | | | Eusebius and Jerome | | | | (Onomasticon) | | | | mentions it as a | | | | village between Aelia | | | | (Jerusalem) and | | | | Eleutheropolis (Beit | | | | Jibrîn). Probably | | | | Siʾaîr, 4½ miles | | | | north of Hebron. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 309; Sh. | | | | XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =ZIPH= (1) |Josh. xv. 24 |_Not |-- |A town in the south of | | identified_ | | Judah. | | | | =ZIPH= (2) |Josh. xv. |_Tell Zîf_ |14 |Now the ruins and Mound | 55; 1 Sam. | | | called Tell Zîf, south | xxiii. 14, | | | of Hebron and next to | 15, 24; | | | Carmel and Yuttah. | xxvi. 2; 2 | | | (_Mem._ III. 315; Sh. | Chr. xi. 8 | | | XXI.) Robinson (B. R., | | | | i. 492). | | | | =ZIPH=, |1 Sam. xxiii. | |14 |The rugged country east Wilderness of | 14 | | | of Tell Zîf. | | | | =ZIPHRON= |Num. xxxiv. 9 |_Not |-- |Named next to Zedad as | | identified_ | | one of the places on | | | | the limit of the north | | | | boundary line of the | | | | Promised Land. | | | | =ZIZ=, Cliff of |2 Chr. xx. 16 |_Wâdy Hŭsâsah_|14 |Probably = Hazezon (R.V. =ZIZ=, | | | | Tamar; the name The Ascent of) | | | | surviving in the | | | | valley called | | | | Hŭsâsah, near ‘En | | | | Gedi.’--Conder. The | | | | Pass of ‘Ain Jîdy.’-- | | | | Robinson (B. R., i. | | | | 508, 527, 530). | | | | =ZOAN= |Num. xiii. |_San_ |-- |An ancient city of | 22; Ps. | | | Lower Egypt. The ruins | lxxviii. 12, | | | near Lake Menzaleh. | 43; Is. xix. | | | In Judith i. 10 | 11, 13; xxx. | | | Tanis.--(Smith’s | 4; Ezek. | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | xxx. 14 | | | | | | | =ZOAR (BELA)= |Gen. xiii. |_Tell esh |14 |The original name was | 10; xiv. | Shaghûr_ (?)*| | Bela. Probably the | 2, 8; xix. | | | mound of Tell esh | 22, 24, 30; | | | Shaghûr marks the | Deut. xxxiv. | | | ancient site. It is | 3; Is. xv. | | | on the south side of | 5; Jer. | | | Wâdy Hesbân near the | xlviii. 34 | | | edge of the plain | | | | at the foot of the | | | | hills. Zoar meaning | | | | small, which in Arabic | | | | is Saghîr. Shaghûr | | | | signifies ‘soft soil’ | | | | in Arabic. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the Bible | | | | and Primer_, p. 38; | | | | _Heth & Moab_, p. 150.) | | | | =ZOBA= or |1 Sam. xiv. | |-- |A district which formed =ZOBAH= | 47; 2 Sam. | | | a separate kingdom | viii. 3, 5, | | | in the time of Saul, | 12; x. 6, 8; | | | David and Solomon. | xxiii. 36; | | | Extending north-east | 1 Kings xi. | | | and eastwards of Coele | 23, 24; 1 | | | Syria, towards the | Chr. xviii. | | | Euphrates. (Smith’s | 3, 5, 9; | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | xix. 6; 2 | | | | Chr. viii. 3 | | | | | | | =ZOHELETH=, The |1 Kings i. 9 |_Zahweileh_ |14 |‘Near the well of Stone | | | | Rogel.’ The cliff | | | | Zahweileh, on which | | | | the present village | | | | stands, opposite | | | | ‘En-rogel.’ (_Mem._ | | | | III. 53; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Clermont- | | | | Ganneau. | | | | =ZOPHIM=, The |Num. xxiii. 14|_Talʾat es |15 |‘We can have little Field of | | Safa_* | | hesitation in | | | | identifying the | | | | “Field of Zophim” | | | | with the plateau of | | | | arable land, a rich | | | | red field at the top | | | | of “Talʾat es Safa,” | | | | from which the knoll | | | | of limestone called | | | | “Râs Neba” (Mount | | | | Nebo) rises some 50 | | | | feet on the west. | | | | The word, signifying | | | | views, comes from | | | | a root identical | | | | with the Arabic | | | | Safa, “clear” or | | | | shining.’--(_Eastern | | | | Survey, Quarterly | | | | Statement_, p. 9; | | | | Conder’s _Heth & | | | | Moab_, p. 130.) | | | | =ZORAH= |Josh. xix. |_Surʾah_ |14 |In Neh. xi. 29 Zareah; | 41; Judg. | | | Joshua xv. 33 Zoreah. | xiii. 2, 25; | | | A town of Dan. Now | xvi. 31; | | | the village ‘Surʾah,’ | xviii. 2, | | | on the north side | 11; 2 Chr. | | | of the Valley of | xi. 10 | | | Sorek, opposite ‘Beth | | | | Shemesh.’ One of the | | | | fenced cities of | | | | Rehoboam. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 158; Sh. XVII.) | | | | =ZUPH=, The |1 Sam. ix. 5 |_Not |-- |This name has not been Land of | | identified_ | | recovered. (_See_ | | | | Conder’s _Primer of | | | | Bible Geography_, p. | | | | 91.) It is thought by | | | | some to be personal | | | | (see 1 Sam. i. 1.) | | | | ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+-----------------------