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

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

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

----------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-------------------- 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.) | | | | ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+-----------------------