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NAMES AND PLACES

(Dlb anh ^eto Testament ani
^poagpha,
WITH THEIR MODERN IDENTIFICATIONS.

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

PUBLISHED FOK THE
COMMITTEE OF THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND
BV
ALEXANDER P. WATT,
2, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1889.

M£v99 GrS

PREFACE.

This Index has been compiled from the Old and New
Testament and Apocrypha, the alterations in the Revised
Version being noted in their places; from the ' Memoirs and
Name Lists of the Survey of Western Palestine ;* from that
portion which is completed (as yet unpublished) of the
' Memoirs and Name Lists of the Survey of Eastern
Palestine;' from Smith's 'Bible Dictionary;' from the list
drawn up by Sir George Grove for Clarke's 'Bible Atlas'
(S.P.C.K.); and from Conder's 'Handbook to the Bible'
and ' Primer of Bible Geography,' with numerous references
to the ' Quarterly Statements.' The identifications adopted
are those that will be found on the new maps (to be issued
about the end of this year) of the Old and New Testament,
covering both sides ofthe Jordan, and authorized by Colonel
Sir Charles Wilson and Major Conder, R.E.
The Index to the Old Testament Sites includes upwards
of 1,150 names of places in the Holy Land, Mesopotamia,
Edom, the Desert of Sinai, and Egypt; being, it is believed,
all those that are mentioned in the Old Testament and the
Apocrypha. The Index to the New Testament Sites contains 162
names, with references to Josephus (Whiston's), in addition
to those in the New Testament. Of these names 144 are
known, 10 uncertain, and 8 not identified.
The identifications suggested by Major Conder as due
to the Survey are marked with a star.
There are still 290 places mentioned in the Old Testament,.
in the East of Jordan, the Desert and Western Palestine,
which remain to be identified. Reference is made in every
case to the number of the sheet of the large and small maps
on which the modern name will be found. Under the
heading ' Remarks,' etc., will be found fuller particulars of
the proposed site from the ' Memoirs of Western Palestine.'
G. A.
1, Adam -Street,
Adelphi,
March 22nd, 1

Diagram shewing
JS%~ and relative posmcms
of sheets
of Large and Reduced Maps.
L...\Sheets of bar ye Map f One ThcKScale)
UDSheets offtlhch. Scale Map .
LjJRtb'tishxd.'by the&d^tineEcploralion,
aFortiane afS)ieets Surveyed, and, in.
"preparation, .

Scale of Miles

OLD TESTAMENT SITES
{Including all the Names to Sites in ihe Bible and Apocrypha.)

In the column ' Modem 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 ofthe 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.

No. of

Remarks, References,

Bible and
Apocrypha

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on $}-iii.

and
No. of Sheet on

Nam:.

Map.
Large Map.
ABANA,
2 Kings v. 12
Nakr Abanias,
3 and 4
One of the rivers of
River
a branch of the
Nahr Barada
Damascus. Now
called the Barada,
(R.V. ABA-
rising in the Anti-
NAH or
Lebanon, near Zeb-
AMANAH)
dany, flowing
through Suk ¦ Wady,
Barada, receiving
the waters of the
_ copious spring of 'Ain
Fijeh, and continu
ing its course througli
Damascus on to the
great marsh on the
?
plain called Bahret el
Kibliyeh.
ABARIM,
Num. xxvii. 12;
The range ol
15
Mountains beyond Jor
Mountains of
xxxiii. 47, 48 ;
Deut. xxxii. 49
Neba (Nelw)
dan, the range of
Nebo.
ABDON
Josh. xxi. 30 ; 1
Chron. vi. 74
Kh. 'Abcleh
6
A city of Ashar, 10
miles north of Akka.
[Mem. I. 170; Sh,
III.)
ABEL, The
1 Sara. vi. 18
Detr 'Ab&n (?)

Signifying ' The great
Great Stone of
near Beth-
shemesh
stone of the meadow'
(R.V.).— M.Clermont
Ganneau.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

ABEL BETH-
MAACHAH,(R.V. ABEL
BETH -MA A-
CAH)
ABEL -CER A-
MIM,
(R.V. ABEL-
CHERAMIM
ABEL-MAIM)

ABEL-MEHO LAH

ABEL-MIZ- RAIM

ABEL- SHITTIM

References.

2 Sam. xx. 14, 15,
1 8 ; 1 Kings xv.
20 ; 2 Kings xv
29

Judg. xi. 33

2 Chron. xvi. 4

Judges vii. 22
I Sam. xviii. 19;
2 Sam. xxi. 8;
1 Kings iv. 12;
xix. 16

Gen. 1. 11

Num. xxxiii. 49

Modern
Identification.

AU

Not identified

AU

'A in He'weh*

ABEZ, (R.V. EBEZ)

Josh. xix. 20

Not identified

Kef rein, at
northern margin
of Gh8r es Sei
seban

No. of
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on jl-in.
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Kh.elBeida (?)1

H

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Now a village, 6£ miles
west of Banias, in
Naphtali ; also called
Abel-maim. (Mem. I.
85 & 107; Sh. IF.)
A place east of Jordan,
beyond 'Aroer.'

Apparently identical
with Abel Beth-
maachah. (Compare
with 1 Kings xv.. 20. )
Jerome places it 10
miles south of Scytho-
polis, or at the present
' 'Ain Helweh,' 9J
miles south of Beth-
shean. (Mem. II. 231;
Sh. XII.)— Conder.
The threshing-floor of
Atad. ' Beyond Jor
dan.' Placed byjerome
at Beth Hogla, on the
west bank.
Known in the days of
Josephus as Abila ;
60 stadia from the
river. The town
and palms have dis
appeared ; but an ex
tensive acacia - grove
and some ruins still
remain on the plain
now called Seiseban.
(Conder's Heth and
Moab, p. 148.)
A town of Issachar,
named between Kish-
ion and Remeth. Pos
sibly the ruin el Beida
= ' white,' at north
limit of the plain of
Esdraelon. (Mem. I.
309; Sh.V.)— Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

No. of

Remarks, References,

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on jj-in.

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No. of Sheet on

Map.
Large Map.
ABRONAH
Num. xxxiii. 34.
Not identified
_
(Ebronah)
35
ACCAD
Gen. x. 10
Nisibis (??)
One of the cities in the
land of Shinar. Nisi
bis, a city on the Kha-
bour river at the north
east part of Mesopo
tamia, and midway
between Orfa and
Nineveh, is generally
believed to occupy the
ancient site.
ACCARON
1 Mace. x. 89
—
See Ekron.
ACCHO,
Judg. i. 31
'Akka
6
St. Jean d'Acre. The
(R.V. ACCO)
Ptolemais of the ist
Book of Maccabees.
A seaport town.
(Mem. I. 145, 153,
160; Sh. III.)
ACHOR,
Josh. vii. 24, 26 ;
W&dy Kelt
'4
Now Wady Kelt, the
Valley of
xv. 7 ! Is. lxv.
10; Hos. ii. 15
deep ravine south of
Jericho. (Mem. III.
167 ; Sh. XVIII.)
ACHSHAPH
Josh. xi. 1 ; xii.
20 ; xix. 2 5
Kefr Yaszf(?)*
6
The present village,
'Kefr Yaslf,' 6 miles
north-east of ' Accho.'
— Conder. Named
between Beten and
Alarn-melech, a city
in Asher. Kh. Iksaf
(Sh. II., p. 119), and
Haifa (Sh. V.), have
also been proposed.
(AfeOT.I.i69;Sh.III.)
ACHZIB (i)
Josh. xv. 44 ;
Micah, i. 14
Ain Kezbeh (?)*
14
A city of Judah, named
with - ' Keilah ' and
'Mareshah.' — Conder.
See Chezib.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
ong-in. Map.

Remarks, References,
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No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

ACHZIB (2)

AD AD AH

Josh. xix. 29 ;
Judg. i. 31 ; v.
17

Josh. xv. 22

ezZlb

'AcPadah

H

ADAM

Josh. iii. 16

ed D&mieh (?)

ADAMAH

ADAMI, (R.V. ADAM-
NEKEB

Josh. xix. 36

Josh. xix. 33

ed Ddmieh*

Kh. Admah*

ADAS, or HA
ZAR ADDAR
(R.V. ADDAR)

ADASA

Josh. xv. 3
I Mace. vii. 40-
45

Not identified

Kh. 'Adaseh

•4

The Ecdippa of Jose
phus. The present
town, ' Ez Zib,' 8J
miles north of 'Akka'
in ' Asher. ' (Mem. I.
155; Sh. III.)
One of the cities in the
south of Judah, named
with ' Dimonah ' and
'Kedesh.' Probably
the present ruin Ada-
dah in the desert east
of Beersheba.
' A city on the Jordan,
beside Zarthan.' The
name is probably pre
served in that of Tell
Damieh, near the ford
of ed D&mieh. (Mem.
II. 387 ;Sh. XV.)
One of the fenced cities
of Naphtali. Now the
ruin ' ed Damieh,' 5
miles west of Tiberias.
(Mem. I. 365; Sh. VI.)
A place named as being
on the border of Naph
tali. The present ruiri
'Admah,' 5miles south
west ofthe Sea of Gali
lee. (Mem.ll.89; Sh.
IX. )— Conder.
A place on the south
boundary of Palestine.
'Jebel Maderah,' in
the desert, is proposed
forthissite. (Quarterly
Statement, p. 61, 1 88 1.)
According to Josephus
(12 Ant. x. 5; 5 Wars
xi. 5) was 30stadiafrom
Bethhoyon. Now the
present ruin 'Adaseh,
8 miles south of Jufna.
(Mem. III. 106; Sh.
XVII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

No. of

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References.

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ADDAN, or
Ezra ii. 59; Neh.
Not identified
One of the places
ADDON
vii. 61
from which some of
the Captivity returned
to Judea, who could
not show their pedi
gree.
ADIDA
I Mace. xii. 38 ;
xiii. 13
Haditheh
10
A town on an eminence
(13 Ant. vi. 4) in the
Shephelah. The pre
sent village Haditheh,
close to Lydda on east.
See Hadid. (Mem. II.
297; Sh. XIV.)
ADITHAIM
Josh. xv. 36
Haditheh
A town in the territory
of Judah. Somewhere
in the Shephelah.
Named between Gede-
rah (Jedlreh) and Ger.
derothaim, thought to
be another name for
Hadid, which see.
ADMAH
Gen. x. 19 ; xiv.
2-8; Deut. xxix.
23 ; Hosea xi. 8
Not identified
One of the cities of the
plain mentioned with
'Zeboim.' Potsibly
'Adam' (Sheet 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
D&ra
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 (Ado-
1 Mace. xiii. 20
Diira
14
The Dflra of Josephus
raim)
= Adoraim.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

¦

No. of

Remarks, References,

References.

Modern
Identification.

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onf-in.

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Large Map.

ADULLAM

Gen. xxxviii. 1,

'AtdelMiyeh, or

14

A city of Judah in the

12-20; Josh. xii.
Kh.'AtdelMa
low country. Eusebius
15; xv. 35; 2
placesit iomiles eastof
Chron. xi. 7 ;
Eleutheropolis. (Beit
Neh. xi. 30 ;
Jibrin.) ' Kh. 'Aid el
Micah i. 15 ;
Ma' is about 8 miles to
2 Mace. xii. 38
the north-east. A dis
covery of M. Cler
mont Ganneau, now
generally recognised.
(Mem. III. 311; Sh.
XXI.)
ADULLAM,
1 Sam. xxii. 1 ;
The cave near
14
David's hiding place.
Cave of
2 Sam. xxiii. 13;
the ruins oi
Thecavenearthe ruins
1 Chron. xi. 15
'Aid el Mtyeh
of 'Aid el Ma.
ADUMMIM,
Josh. xv. 7; xviii.
Talat ed
14
On the road from
' Going up to,' or
17
Dumm *
Jerusalem to Jericho.
'of
(Mem. III. 172; Sh.
XVIII.)— Mr. C. F.
T. Drake.
AHAVA,
Ezra viii. 15, 21,
Hit (?)
Not identified with any
River of
31
certainty, butsupposed
(A Place or a
to be the modern 'Hit'
River)
on the Euphrates, due
east of Damascus. The
Theras of Esd. viii.
41-61.
AHLAB
Judg. L 31
elfish (?)
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 Naphfali, some 6
miles from the terri
tory of Asher. (Mem.
I. 225 ; Sh. IV.)
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
.Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
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on|-in. Map.

Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

AI, HAI, or

Gen. xii. 8; xiii.

el Tell, or Kh.

14

Called by Josephus

AIATH (Isaiah

3; Josh. vii. 2-5;

Haiyan*

'Aina ; was ' close to '

x. 28)

viii. i-29;ix. 3;

Bethel. The claims

Aija, same as Al

x. 1, 2 ; xii. 9 ;

to this royal city lie
(Neh. xi. 31)
Ezra ii. 28 ;
Neh. vii. 32 ;
Jer. xlix. 3
between ' et Tel,' a
mound i§ miles to the
E.S.E. of Bethel, and
' Kh. Haiyan,' near
Deir Diwan, 2J 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. 42 ;
Y&16
14
The present village
AJALON
xxi. 24; Judg.
i. 35; 1 Sam.
xiv. 31 ;i Chron.
vi. 69; viii. 13;
2 Chron. xi. 10;
xxviii. 18
Yal6, a little to the
north of the Jaffa road,
about 13 miles from
Jerusalem. (Mem.
III. 19; Sh. XVII.)
AUALON,
Josh. x. 12
Merj Ibn 'Amir
.'4
The valley in which
Valley of
Aijalon is situated.
AIJALON
Judg. xii. 12
Kh.JalBn (??)
A town of Zebulun, the
burial-place of Elon,
one ot the Judges of
Israel.
AIN(i)
Josh. xv. 32 ;
xix. 7; xxi. 16;
1 Chron. iv. 32
Not identified
13
One of the southern
citiesof Judah towards
the coast of Edom,
mentioned with Rim-
mon (Josh. xv. 32),
afterwards allotted to
Simeon (Josh. xix. 7).
Possibly Ain and Rim-
mon were one place =
En Rimmon, which
see.
AIN (2)
Num. xxxiv. 11
'Ain el'Asy (?)
—
Supposed to be 'Ain el
'Asy, the main source
of the Orontes, near
Riblah.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
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AKRABBIM, Ascent of

ALAM- MELECH

ALEMA

Num. xxxiv. 4;
Judges i. 36

Josh. xix. 26

1 Mace. v. 26

Not identified

Not identified

Kefr el Ma (?)'

ALEMETH, (R. V. ALLE-
METH)

ALEX ANDRIA

ALLON

Chron. vi. 60 ;
viii. 36 ; ix. 42

3 Mace. ii. 30 ;
iii. i. 21 ; Acts
xviii. 24 ; vi. 9
Josh. xix. 33

Almit

Alexandria

14

ALL0N- BACHUTH(R.V. ALLON
BACUTH

ALMON

Gen. xxxv. 8

Josh. xxi. 18

Almit

T4

Perhaps the range of
cliffs at the south end
of the Dead Sea, or
Nakib ibn Mar. See
Maaleh Acrabbim.

Between Achshaph and
Amad in Asher. Sup
posed by some that
Widy el Melek (Sheet
V.) is a. relic of this

Only once mentioned.
Described as a city
'strong and great in
Gilead.' 'Alma, some
8 miles south of Edrei.
— Merrill. Kefr el
Ma, a village east of
the Sea of Galilee. —
Shumacher.
The present ruined vil
lage 'Almit, 3^ miles
north-east ofjerusalem.
See Bahurim. (Mem.
III. 35;Sh.XVII.)

The 'Revised Version'
renders this name 'The
Oak,' others ' Plain.'
Beneath Bethel,' where
Deborah, the nurse of
Rebekah was buried.

Same as Alemeth
('Almit) in Benjamin.
(Mem. III. 35; Sh.
XVIII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha

ALMON DI-
BLATHAIM

ALOTH (R.V. BEA-
LOTH

ALUSH

AMAD

I Kings iv. 16

Num. xxxiii. 13

Josh. xix. 26

AMAM

AMANA

References.

Num. xxxiii. 46
47

Not identified

Not identified

Kh.el'Am6d(?)*

Josh. xv. 26

Cant. iv. 8

Modern
Identification.

Kh.£>eleytit(??y

Not identified

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on §-in.
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Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

See Btth Diblathaim.
One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites, between Dibon-
gad and the mountains
of Abarim. In Moab.
(Conder's Heth and
Moab, page 269.)
(?) A town or district.
Perhaps 'Alia, east of
Achzib. (Mem. 1. 170;
Sh. III.)— Conder.

One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites next to Rephidim.
A town in Asher, men
tioned between Alam-
melech and Misheal.
Probably el 'Amud,
north of Akka. —
Conder. There is
also a ruined town
called Umm el 'Amud,
between Bethlehem
and Abez, south of
Wady el Melek, which
some identify with
Amad. (Mem. I. 170;
Sh. III.)
A city in the south of
Judah, mentioned with
'Shema' and ' Mola-
dah.'
Apparently a mountain
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.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification

No. of
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on §-in.
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AMATHIS

I Mace. xii. 25

Hamath

—

' The land of Amathis.'
Believed to be the dis
trict of Hamath in the
north of Palestine.

AMMAH, the
HILL OF

2 Sam. ii. 24

Not identified

—

• That lieth before Giah
by the way of the
wilderness of Gibeon.'

ANAB

Josh. xi. 21 ; xv.
50

'Andb

«3

The ruin "Anab,' 2j
miles west of ' Debir.'
(Mem. III. 392, 393 ;
Sh. XXIV.)

ANAHA- RATH

Josh. xix. 19

en Natlrah

10

The village, enN'aurah,'
5i miles north-east of
Jezreel, in Issachar.
(Mem. II. 85; Sh.
IX.)— DeSaulcy.

ANANIAH

Neh. xi. 32

Beit Hanntna

'4

Named between 'Nob'
and ' Hazor.' The
present village Beit
Hannina near Gibeon.
(Mem. III. 8; Sh.
XVII.)

ANATH0TH

Josh. xxi. 18 ; 1
Kings ii. 26 ; I
Chron. vi. 60 ;
Ezra ii. 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. lg

'Andta

14

The village 'Ancita of
Benjamin, 3 miles
north - east of Jeru
salem. (Mem. III. 7 ;
Sh. XVII.)

ANEM

1 Chron. vi. 73

•Antn (?) *

10

Probably the village
' Antn,' west of the plain
of Esdraelon. A city of
Issachar. (Mem. II.
44 and 50; Sh.VIII.)
— Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
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ANER

ANIM

ANTI-LIBA- NUS
ANTIOCH

APHEK (i)
APHEK (2)
APHEK (3)
APHEK (4)
APHEK (5)
APHEK (6)

I Chron. vi. 70

Josh xv. 50

Judith i. 7
1 Mace. iii. 37 ;
iv. 35; xi. 13;
2 Mace. iv. 33 ;
viii. 35; xiii. 23;
v. 21 ; xi. 36
Josh. xii. 18
Josh. xix. 30

Josh. xiii. 4

1 Sam. iv. I

1 Sam. xxix. I

Ellar (??) *

Ghuwein

Anti-Lebanon

Antakia

Not identified
Not identified —
probably same
as Aphek (3)
Afka (?)

Not identified

FuM'a (??)'

H

I Kings xx. 26,
30 ; 2 .Kings
xiii. 17

14

Fik

Possibly 'Ellar,' in the
hills south-west of the
plain of Esdraelon.
A city of Manasseh.
(Mem. II. 154; Sh.
XI.)— Conder.
Vow a ruin called
' Ghuwein,' south of
Hebron, and near
' Eshtemoa.' (Mem.
III. 408; Sh. XXV.)
The range of mountains
west of Damascus.
The modern AntakTa
ontheOrcntes. North
east of 'Daphne.'

Somewhere in Judah.
Somewhere in Asher.
In Judg. i. 31 it is
rendered Aphik.
Probably ' Afka ' on
the north-west slope
of Lebanon — perhaps
the same as (2).
Possibly the present
ruin of ' Belled el
Foka' = Upper town,
near Gath. (Mem. III.
109; Sh. XVII.)
Possibly the modern
village 'Fuku'a' on
'Gilboa,' in Issachar.
(Mem. II. 84; Sh.
IX.)— Conder.
A walled city in the
Misaor, east of the
Jordan; believed to
be the village ' Fik,'
east of the Sea of
Galilee, on the high
way to -Damascus.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
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Modern
Identification.

No. of
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APHEKAH
APHEREMA APHIK

APHRAH (R.V. BETH-
APHRAH)

AR OF MOAB

ARAB

ARABAH

ARABAT- TINE

ARABIA

Jos-h. xv. 53

I Mace. xi. 34

Judg. i. 31

Micah i. io

Num. xxi. 28 :
Deut. ii. 9, 18.
29; Isa. xv. 1

Josh. xv. 52

Josh, xviii. 18

1 Mace. v. 3

Kings x. 15 ;
2 Chron. ix.
14 ; Is. xxi.
13; Jer. xxv.
24; Ezek. xxvii.
2 1 ; Judith ii.
25; 1 Mace. xi.
16; 2 Mace. xii.
II ; 2 Esd. xv.
29; Gal. i. 17;
iv. 25

Not identified —
perhaps sameas
Aphek (1)

Ephraim
Sameas^//ttv£(2 Not identified
Rabba
Kh.erRabiyeh*

The Gh6r and
the 'Arabah

Acrabbim

r4

'4

In the mountains of
Judah, (?) the same
place as that of Josh.
xii. 18.
Probably the same as
Ephraim (Ophrah
Taiyibeh), which see.

Probably in the low
country of Judah. Sup
posed by some to be
Ophrah.
The ruin 'Rabba,' north
of 'Kerak,' known in
the time of Jerome as
' Areapolis ' and Rab-
bath-Moab.
The present ruin, er
Rablyeh, in the moun
tains of Judah, south
of Hebron. (Mem.
III. 311 -.360; Sh.
XXI.)— Conder.
Thegreat Jordan Valley,

In Idumea. Acrabbim
(ascent of), which see.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification.

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ARAD

Num. xxi. 1 ;
xxxiii. 40; Josh.
xii. 14; Judg.
i. 16

Tell 'Ardd

H

Named with 'Hormah'
and ' Libnah.' The
large ruin Tell 'Arad,
east of Beersheba.
(Mem. II. 403, 415 ;
Sh. XXV.)

ARADUS

I Mace. xv. 23

Island Er Ruad

—

Same as Arvad.

ARAM (Syria)

Gen. x. 22, 23 ;
xxii. 21; Num.
xxiii. 7; 1 Chr.
i. 17 ; ii. 23

The country from the
Sea of Galilee to
Euphrates an'd north
part of Mesopotamia.
Aram means 'high
lands. '

ARAM- DAM -
MESEK(Syriaof Damascus)

2 Sam. viii. 5, 6;
1 Chr. xviii. 5,6



The country round
Damascus.

ARAM-BETH- REH0B

2 Sam. x. 6

—
District bordering on
the Euphrates.
ARAM- MAA -
CHAH
1 Chron. xix. 6
—
District south of Aram
Zobah and west of
Aram Beth-rehob.
ARAM- NAH -
ARAIM
Gen. xxiv. 10 ;
Deut. xxiii. 4 ;
Judg. iii. 8 ; 1
Chron. xix. 6 ;
Ps. lx., Title
Mesopotamia.
ARAM-ZO- BAH
2 Sam. x. 6-8 ;
Ps. Ix., Title
•
Eastward of CoeleSy ria,
extending north-east
and east to the Eu
phrates.
ARARAT
Gen. viii. 4 ; 2
Kings xix. 37 ;
Isa. xxxvii. 38 ;
Jer. li. 27
See Smith's Bible Dic
tionary.
ARARATH, ARARAH, The Mountains
of
Tobit i. 21
Same as Ararat
14

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification.

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ARBATTIS

I Mace. v. 23

Not identified

ABBA
ARBAHARBELA

ARBONAI, River
ARCHI

ARDATHARGOB

Josh. xv. 13; xxi,
11
Gen. xxxv. 27
I Mace. ix. 2

Judith ii. 24

Josh. xvi. 2 ; 2
Sam. xv. 32
xvi. 16; xvii. 5,
14 ; I Chron.
xxvii. 33
2 Esd. ix. 26

Deut. iii. 4, 13,
14 ; 1 Kings
iv. 13

ElKhalll (Hebron)
Do. do.
Kh. Irbid

Not identified
'Ain 'Arik*
Not identified
el Lejjah

H

A district of Palestine.
Probably either that
north of the Sea of
Galilee, called ' Ard
el Batihah.'or 'Acra-
batene,' between Jeri
cho and Neapolis.
See Hebron.

The present ruin 'Irbid,'
west of the Sea of
Galilee. (Mem. I. 365,
366; Sh. VI.)

The present village 'Ain
'Arik. (Mem. III. 7 ;
Sh. XVII.)— Conder.

'The field called Ar-
dath.'
A district of country in
Bashan, in later 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. Be
fore cooling its surface
was violently agitated,
and it was afterwards
shattered and rent by
internal convulsions.
The cuplike cavities
from which the liquid

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

IS

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern ¦
Identification.

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on \-m.

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ARGOB — Con

mass was extruded are
tinued.
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 vil
lages, in all of which the
dwellings are solidly
built ' (p. 238).
ARIEL
Isa. xxix. I, 2, 7
ferusalem (?)
—
The city where David
encamped, (R.V.)
ARIOCH,
Judith i. 6
Not identified

In the Euphrates
Plain of
country.
ARMENIA
2 Kings xix. 37 ;
(R.V. ARA
Isa. xxxvii. 38
RAT)
ARNON, River
Num. xxi. 13-28;
Wddy Mdjib
15
Wady M6jib, eastern
(R.V.ARNON,
xxii. 36 ; Deut.
side of Dead Sea.
Valley of)
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 (i)
Deut. ii. 36 ; iii.
' A/air
15
The ruin 'Ar'air, on the
-
12; iv. 48; Josh.
xii. 2 ; xiii. 9,
16 ; Judg. xi.
26, 33; 2 Sam.
xxiv. 5; 2 Kings
x. 33 ; 1 Chron.
north bank of Wady
Mdjib.
v. 8; Jer. xlviii.
19
i6

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

AROER (2)
AROER (3)
AROER (4)

ARPAD, or
ARPHAD

ARSARETH

ARUBOTH (R.V.ARRUB- BOTH

ARUMAH
ARVAD ASCALONASER
ASHAN

References.

Num. Josh.

. xxxii. 34 ;
1. xiii. 25

Sam. xxx. 28

Isa. xvii. 2

2 Kings xviii. 34;
xix. 13; Isa. x.
9 ; xxxvi. 19 ;
xxxvii. 13; Jer.
xlix. 23
2 Esdr. xiii. 45

1 Kings iv. 10 ;
8 Ant. 2, 3

Judg. ix. 41

Ezek. xxvii. 8-1:

Judith ii. 28 ; I
Mace. x. 86;xi.
60 ; xii. 33
Tobit i. 2

Josh. xv. 42; xix.
7; 1 Chr. iv. 32;
vi. 59

Modern
Identification.

Not identified
'Ar'arah
Not identified
Tell Erf dd
Not identified
Not identified
El 'Ormeh (?)
Er Ruad Island
Askaldn
Not identified
Not identified

No. of
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on^-in. Map.

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and
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A town ' built ' by, and
belonging to, Gad. (?)
the same as (1).
The ruin 'Ar'arah, 12
miles east of Beer
sheba.

13 miles north of Alep
po.

A district beyond the
Euphrates.

One of the provinces of
Solomon, which in
cluded Sochoh.

Possibly el 'Ormeh, 6
miles south - east of
Shechem. (Mem. II.
387 ; Sh. XV.)
See Aradus.

Ashkelon, which see.

Probably a corruption
of Hazor.

Possibly the old ruin of
"Aseileh,' which is 3$
miles from the now
accepted site of 'Rim-
mon.' (Mem. III.
393; Sh. XXIV.)—
Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

17

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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Sheet
on f-in.

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and
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ASHDOD, or

Josh. xi. 22; xv.

Esdiid

T3

The large village ' Es-

AZOTUS

46, 47 ; 1 Sam.
v. 1-7 ; vi. 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

dud,' in the plain of
Philistia. (Mem. II.
409 ; Sh. XVI.)
ASHDOTH
Deut. iii. 17; iv.
'Ayiin Musa, or
15
In the old version is
PISGAH
49; Josh. x. 40;
The Slopes of
rendered 'The springs
(PISGAH,
xii. 3; xiii. 20
Neba
of Pisgah,' and has
Slopes of, R.V.)
generally been identi
fied with ' Ayiin Musa,'
the famous springs
under Mount Nebo.
The Revised Version
gives ' the slopes of
Pisgah.' (Heth and
Moab, p. 131.)
ASHER, Tribe
Josh. xix. 24-31 ;

of
Josephus v. Ant.
1, 22
ASHER
Josh. xvii. 7
Not identified
Named with Michme-
thah as being on the
borders of Manasseh.
According to Reland
it is a double name
Asherham - Michme -
thah. (Conder' s Hand
book to the Bible, p. 264,
and Mem. II. 169; Sh.
XI.)
ASHKELON,
Judg. i. 18; xiv.
'Askaldn
T3
The present ruined
ASKELON
19 ; 1 Sam. vi.
17 ; 2 Sam. i.
20 ; Jer. xxv.
20 ; xlvii. 5i 7;
Am. i. 8 ; Zeph.
ii. 4, 7 ; Zech.
ix. 5
city 'Askalan, on the
coast of Philistia.
(Mem. III. 237; Sh.
XIX.)
ASHKENAZ
Jer. li. 27
One of the ' Kingdoms
of Ararat.'
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

ASHNAH(i)

ASHNAH (2)

ASHTAROTH

ASHTEROTH KARNAIM

ASIA

ASPHAR, The
Pool of

ASSYRIA

ATAD, Thresh
ing floor of

ATARGATIS, Temple of

References.

Josh. xv. 33

Josh. xv. 43

Deut. i. 4 ; Josh.
ix. io ; xii. 4 ;
xiii. 12, 31 ; 1
Chron. vi. 71

Gen. xiv. 5 ;
Mace. v. 26,
43. 44; 2 Mace.
xii. 21, 26

2 Esdr. xv. 46 ;
xvi. 1 ; I Mace.
viii. 6 ; xi. 13 ;
xii. 39; xiii. 32;
2 Mace. iii. 3;
x. 24
1 Mace. ix. 33 ;
Ant. xiii. 1, 2

Very frequently
mentioned

Gen. 1. 10, 11

2 Mace. xii. 26

Modern
Identification.

Kefr Hasan (?)'

Not identified

Tell 'Ashtarah
(?)

Tell 'Ashtarah
(?)

Asia Minor

Not identified

Not identified

At Ashterolh
Karnaim

No. of
Sheet
on f -in.
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<iS

Remarks, References,
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A city of Judah.'
The ruined town
"Aslin,' between
' Zorah ' and Eshtaol,
has been proposed for
this site.
1 A city of Judah.'
Idhnah, 5 miles south
east of Beit Jibrin, has
been suggested.
A city in Bashan.'
Very probably Tell
'Ashtarah in Jaulan.
(Across the Jordan,
p. 209.)
The Samaritan version
of the Pentateuch
renders 'Ashteroth
Karnaim,' by the name
' Sunamein,' a town on
the Haj road, 28 miles
south of Damascus.
Tell 'Ashtarah farther
north is also possible.
Asia is here used in its
earlier sense, for A>ia
Minor or the country
north of the Tarsus
mountains.

In the wilderness of
Tekoa.

Beyond Jordan.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

19

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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ya j}-in.
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ATAROTH (1)

ATAROTH (2)

Num. xxxii. 3.
34

Josh. xvi. 7

Kh. 'Attarus (?)

Not identified

'5

ATAROTH (3)

ATAROTH ADAR

ATHACH ATHENS

ATROTH- BETH-JOAB
ATROTH- SHOPHAN

AVA, or IVAH
(R.V. AVVA
and IVVAH)
AVEN, The
Plain of (R.V.
Valley of)

AVEN, High
Places of
AVEN

Josh. xvi. 2

Josh. xvi. 2, 5 ;
xviii. 13 ;
Chron. ii. 54

I Sam. xxx. 30
2 Mace. vi. I ;
ix. 15
R.V., I Chron.
"• 54
Num. xxxii. 35

2 Kings xvii. 24;
xviii. 34
Amos i. 5

Hos. a. 8

Ezek. xxx$ 1 7

Same as Ataroth
Adar
Kh. ed. DdrieK

Not identified

T4

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Bethaven

On ; Heliopolis

In the land of Jazer
and Gilead, built by
Gad. Possibly the
ruins of 'Attarus, north
of the river Arnon.
Perhaps 'Tell et Truny,'
at the foot of the hills
in the Jordan Valley,
(Mem. II. 403; Sh.
XV. ; also p. 393,
under the name Kh.
Kaswah. ) — Conder.

Now the ruined Darieh,
west of Bethoron.
(Mem. III. 35; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.

10&14

A city of Gad. Named
between ' Aroer and
Jaazer. '
Supposed to be the
same place as Ahava,
which see.

Beitin.

The sacred city
Heliopolis or On,
Egypt.

of

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

AVIM (R.V. AVVIM)
AVITH

AZAL (R.V.
AZEL)

AZEKAH

Joshua xviii. 23;
Deut. ii. 23
Gen. xxxvi. 35 ;
I Chron. i. 46

References.

Zech. xiv. 5

Josh. x. 10, 11;
xv. 35 ; 1 Sam.
xvii. i;2Chron.
xi. 9 ; Neh. xi,
30; Jer. xxxiv.
7

AZE M , or
EZEM (R.V.
EZEM)
AZMAVETH

AZM0N

AZN0TH- TAB0R
AZOTUS

Josh. xv. 29;
xix. 3; I Chron.
iv. 29
I Chron. xii. 3 ;
Ezraii.24;Neh.
xii. 29

Modern
Identification.

Not identified
Not identified
Not identified
Tell Zakariya

Num. xxxiv. 4,
5 ; Josh. xv. 4

Not identified

Josh. xix. 34

Judith ii. 28 ; I
Mace. iv. 15; v.
68 ; x. 77, 84 ;
xi. 4 ; xiv. 34
xvi. 10

Not identified

Hizmeh

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

14

Summit (?) of
Mount Tabor

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

A town of Benjamin.

A city of Hadad Ben-
Bedad, one of the
Kings of Edom.
The limit to which the
valley or ravine of the
Mount of Olives shall
reach.
Both Tell Zakariya and
Deir el 'Ashek have
been proposed, the
former in the ' Valley
of Elah,' and the latter
in the 'Valley of Sorek.'
(Mem. II. 420 and
441; Sh. XVI.)—
Conder.
In the south of Judah,
allotted to Simeon.

The village Hizmeh, 4
miles north - east of
Jerusalem = Beth-Az-
maveth. (Mem. III.
9; Sh. XVII.)
Named as being be
tween Hazar - addar
and the River or Brook
of Egypt (Wady el
Arish), in the extreme
south of Judah;
thought to refer to the
same place as Hesh-
mon. (?)
Aplaceon the boundary
of Naphtali. (Sh. VI.)
Ashdod, which see.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

AZOTUS, Mount
AZZAH (R.V. GAZA)

BAALBAALAH

BAALAH, BA
LAH or BIL-
HAH
BAALAH, Mount

i Mace. ix. 15

Deut. ii. 23 ; 1
Kings iv. 24 ;
Jer. xxv. 20

I Chron. iv. 33

Josh. xv. 9, 10;
2 Sam. vi. 2 ;
1 Chron. xiii. 6

Josh. xv. 29; xix.
3; 1 Chr. iv. 29

BAALATH

BAALATH ^KKKR

BAAL-GAD

BAAL- HAMON

References..

The hill above
Btr ez Zeit
Gaza

Same asBaalath
Beer
Same as Kirjath
fearim

Not identified

Josh. xv. II

Josh. xix. 44; I
Kings ix. 18; 2
Chron. viii. 6

Josh. xix. 8 ; 1
Sam. xxx. 27

Josh. xi. 17; xii.
7 ; xiii. 5

Cant. viii. II

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Bel' ain '

Not identified

Bdnids (?)

Not identified

No. of
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on $-in.
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Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

The hill of 'Bir ez Zeit,'
4milesnorthof Bethel.
Identical with Gaza,
which see. (In 1 Chr.
vii. 28, the Revised
Version reads Azzah,
in the margin Ayyah.
See Baalath Beer.

Another name for Kir
jath Jearim or Kirjath
Baal. (In 2 Sam. vi.
2, the Revised Version
reads Baale Judah. )
A town in the south of
Judah. (Mem. III.
261 ; Sh. XX.)
Named between ' Ek-
ron ' and 'Jabneel.'
Probably one of the
tops on the ridge run
ning north of ' el Mu-
ghar ' (Makkedah).
Perhaps the village
Bel'ain, and identical
with the town in Kings
ix. 18, Ant, viii. 6, 1.
(Mem. II. 296 ; Sh.
XIV.)- Conder.
In the south part of
Judah. Also called
Ramah or Ramath of
the South.
' In the valley of Leba
non, under Mount
Hermon.' (Bdnids,
Schwarz& Robinson.)
(Mem. I. 109; Sh. II.)
Perhaps Amana (Con
der). See Balamo.

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OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

BAAL-

HAZOR

BAAL-HER MON, Mount

BAAL-MEON

BAAL-PERA ZIM

BAAL -SHA.
LISHA

BAAL- TAMAR

BAAL- ZEPHON

BABEL, Tower
of

References.

2 Sam. xiii. 23

Judg. iii. 3; I
Chron. v. 23

Num. xxxii. 38 ;
I Chron. v. 8 ;
Ezek. xxv. 9

2 Sam. v. 20
1 Chron. xiv. 1 1

2 Kings iv. 42

Judg. xx. 33

Ex. xiv. 2, 9 ;
Num. xxxiii. 7

Gen. x. 10; xi. 4,
5,9

Modern
Identification.

Tell 'Astir

Mount Hermon.
Jebelesh Sheikh

Tell M' ain

Not identified

Kefr Thilth*(1)

'Altdra (?)

Not identified

Birs Nimrud

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Sheet
on fl-in.
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IS

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

The present mountain,
Tell 'Astir, near Eph-
raim(Taiyibeh). (Mem.
II. 298 ; Sh. XIV.)
Also called Mount Her
mon, Deut. iii. 8 ;
'Sirion,' and 'Shenir,'
Deut. iii. 9 ; Mount
Zion, Deut. iv. 48.
Now called Jebel esh
Sheikh.
See Beth Baal-meon. A
town of Reuben.

One of the scenes of
David's victories
in the neighbourhood
of the Valley of
Rephaim.
Kh. Sirisia is 14 miles
north-east of Lydda.
This place is identified
in the Onomasticon
with Baal Shalisha.
The village Kh. Kefr.
Thilth is4 miles further
on. (Mem. II. 299 ;
Sh. XIV.) See Con-
der's Bible Handbook,
p. 404.
Jewish tradition identi
fies the site with the
large ruin 'Attara, near
Gibeah of Benjamin.
A place in Egypt near
which the Israelites
crossed the Red Sea.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

BABYLON

BACA, Valley
of

BAHURIM

BAJITH (R.V.
BAYITH)
BALAHBALAM0

Very frequently
mentioned

Ps. lxxxiv. 6

2 Sam. iii. 16 ;
xvi. 5; xvii. 18;
xix. 16 ;
Kings ii. 8
Isaiah xv. 2
Josh. xix. 3
Judith viii. 3

BAMOTH- BAAL

BAMOTH, 1 .
the Valley
(R.V. TO THE
Valley)

BASCAMA

BASHAN

References.

Num. xxi. 19 ;
xxii. 41 ; Josh.
xiii. 17

Num. xxi. 20

1 Mace. xiii.

23

Num. xxi. 33 ;
xxxii. 33; Deut.
i. 4; iii. 1, 14;
iv. 43; xxix. 7;
xxxii. I4;xxxiii.
22; Josh. ix. 10;
xii. 4; xiii. 11,

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Kh. 'Almit (??)

Not identified

See Baal-Ha-
mon and Bi learn

el AIaslubiyeh(?)

High places' or
'altars'

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
onjf-in. Map.

14

15

15

6, 7.
II, 12

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

On the Euphrates.
Usually connected
with Birs NimrCtd.
Signifying Valley of
Weeping, or Balsam
trees. (R.V.)
The Targum of Jona
than reads Almon
('Almit). Identical
with Alemeth and Al
mon, which see.
In Moab.

See Baalah.
Near Dothaim (?). A
corruption of Baal
Hamon or Bileam.
' The high places of
Baal,' between Nebo
and Beth Peor. (Quar
terly Statement, 1882,
p. 85 ; Heth and Moab,
pp. I44-H7-)
This would perhaps
refer to the dolmens
in Wady Jedeid, im
mediately north of 'el
Maslublyeh.' (See
Heth and Moab, p.
144.)
A place in Gilead. The
scene of Jonathan the
Hasmonean's death.
A district on the east of
Galilee.extending from
the borders of Gilead
on the south to Mount
Hermon on the north,
and from the Jordan
Valley on the west, to

24

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on i -in .

Remarks, References,
and
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Name.

Map.

Large Map.

BASHAN—

12, 30; xvii. 1,

Bozrah on the east.
Continued.
5 ; xx. 8 ; xxi. 6,
27 ; xxii. 7 ; 1
Kings iv. 13-
19; 2 Kings x.
33 ; 1 Chron. v.
II, 16, 23; vi.
62 ; Neh. ix.
22 ; Ps. xxii.
12 ; lxviii. 15,
22 ; cxxxv. 1 1 ;
cxxxvi. 20 ; Isa.
ii. 13; xxxiii. 9;
Jer. xxii. 20; 1.
19; Ezek. xxvii.
6 ; xxxix. 18 ;
Am. iv. 1 ;
Micah vii. 14 ;
Nah. i. 4; Zech.
xi. 2
The later Aramaic
name, Batanea, ap
plied to the south part
of the district. It per
haps survives in the
modern district name,
el Butein, south-east
of Galilee and in Ard
el Bathania, further
east. (See Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
V- 3I5-)
BASHAN-HA
Deut. iii. 14
Same as Argob

VOTH-JAIR
(R.V. HAV-
VOTH-JAIR)
BATH-
Cant. vii. 4
Not identified

One of the gates of
RABBIM
Heshbon. See Heth
and Moab, p. 125.
BATH ZACH-
1 Mace. vi. 32,
Kh. Beit Skdria
'4
The present ruined vil
ARIAS
33 ; xii. Ant.
9, 4 ; 1 Wars i.
5
lage of Beit Skiria,
south-west of Bethle
hem. (Mem. III. 35 ;
Sh. XVII.)
BEALOTH
Josh. xv. 24
Not identified
—
Somewhere in the ex
treme south of Judah.
BEBAI
Judith xv. 4
Not identified
—
A place only mentioned
in Judith.
BECTILETH,
Judith ii. 21
Not identified

Mentioned as lying be
The Plain of
tween Nineveh and
Cilicia.
BEER (i)
Num. xxi. 16, 18
Not identified
"
One of the stations of
the Israelites, between
'Ar' and 'Mattaneh.'
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

25

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on f-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

BEER (2)
BEER-ELIM

Judg. ix. 21
Isa. xv. 8

BEE R -
LAHAI-ROI

BEEROTH

BEEROTH

Gen. xvi. 14 ;
xxiv. 62 ; xxv
II

Deut. x. 6

Not identified
Not identified
Ain Muweileh
(?)

Not identified

BEER- SHEBA

Josh. ix. 17
xviii. 25 ;
Sam. iv. 2, 3,
5, 9; xxiii. 37;
Ezra ii. 25 ;
Neh. vii. 29 ;
1 Chron. xi. 39
Gen. xxi. 14-31 ;
33 ; xxii. 19 ;
xxvi. 23, 33 ;
xxviii. 10; xlvi.
1,5; J°sh- xv-
28; xix. 2; Jud.
xx. 1 ; 1 Sam.
iii. 20; viii. 2;
2 Sam. iii. 10 ;
xvii. 11 ; xxiv.
2, 7. '5 ; 1
Kings iv. 25 ;
xix. 3; 2 Kings
xii. I ; xxiii. 8.
I Chron. iv. 28;
xxi. 2; 2 Chron.
xix. 4 ; xxiv. I ;
xxx. 5 ; Neh.
xi. 27, 30; Am.
v. 5 ; viii. 14

Bireh

14

Bir es Seb'a

13

Perhaps Beeroth of
Benjamin. — Conder.
On the border of
Moab.
Between 'Kedesh' and
Bered, in the south of
Judah. The well "Ain
Muweileh,' 12 miles
to the west of ' ' Ain
Kadis,' is supposed by
Rowlands to be the
ancient one.
One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites. 'Beerothe Bene-
Jaakan' = the wells of
the children of Ja-
akan. A city of Benjamin.'
The present village
'Bireh,' a day's journey
from Jerusalem, on the
main road to Shechem
and the north. (Mem.
HI. 88; Sh. XVII.)
The present ruin ' Bir
es Seb'a,' with three
wells. (Mem. III. 394;
Sh. XXIV.)

26

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

BEESH- TERAH

BELA

BELMAIM BELMEN

BENE- BERAE

Josh. xxi. 27

BENJAMIN
High Gate, or
Gate of

References.

Gen. xiv. 2, 8

Judith iv. 4; vii.
3

Josh. xix. 45

Same as Ash-
taroth

Same as Zoar

'Ain Beldmeh(l)
*

Ibn Ibrdk

BENJAMIN, Tribe of

BE 0 N or
BAAL-MEON

BERACHAH, Valley of
(R.V. BEEA
CAH)

BERE A (1)
BEREA (2)

Jer. xx.2;xxxvii
13 ; xxxviii. 7 .
Zech. xiv. 10

Josb. xviii., and
Josephus Ant. i. 22
Num. xxxii. 3,
38

2 Chron. xx. 26

2 Mace. xiii. 4

1 Mace. ix. 4 ;
xii. Ant. II, 1

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on £-in.
Map.

Wddy 'Arrtib,
(Breik&t)

Aleppo
Bireh

H

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

In the Hauran, another
name for Ashtaroth,
which see. Considered
by Gesenius as a con
tracted form of Beth-
Ashtaroth.

The oiiginal name for
Zoar, which see.

See Bileam. (Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
p. 289.) Proposed by
C. F. T. Drake.

The present village Ibn
Ibrdk. (Mem. II. 251 ;
Sh XIII.)
Somewhere in thenorth
wall of Jerusalem.

See Beth Baal-meon.

'Thevalley called Wady
'Arrub, above which is
the ruin Breikut, a
relic of the name.'
(Mem. III. 311 ; Sh.
XXI.)
The modern Aleppo.

= Beeroth, which see.
(Beroth, 1 Esdr. v. 19.)
(Mem. III. 88; Sh.
XVII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

27

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

BERED

References.

Gen. xvi. 14

Modem
Identification.

Khalasah (?)

BEROTH

BEROTHAH

BEROTHAI
BESOR, The
Brook
BETAHBETANE
BETEN

1 Esdr. v. 19

Ezek. xlvii. 16

2 Sam. viii. 8
1 Sam. xxx. 9,
10, 21
2 Sam. viii. 8
Judith i. 9
Josh. xix. 25

Bireh

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on j|-in.
Map.

Not identified
Not identified
Not identified
Not identified
el B'aneh

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Between 'Kadesh' and
' Bered ' lay the well
'Lahai Roi.' The
Targum of pseudo-
Jonathan reads 'Kha-
lutza = Khalasah, a
heap of ruins, 13 miles
south of Beersheba.
Probably the same as
B e r ea =» Beeroth,
which see.
The Rev. G. H. Tom
kins, in Quarterly
Statement for April,
1885, p. 108, suggests
the vicinity of the
rock-hewn inscriptions
of Nebuchadnezzar in
'Wady Brissa,' north
west of Baalbek, and
between Damascus
and Hamath, as the
siie of the ancient
Berothah. Others sug
gest Beirut.
Perhaps the same as
Berothah.
Somewhere in the south
of Judah.
Same as Tibhath, which
see.
Possibly Kh. Beit 'Ai-
nun. (Sh. XXI.) (See
' Beth Anoth.')
One of the cities on
the border of the tribe
of Asher.' Eusebius
places ' Bebeten ' 8
Roman miles east of
Ptolemais. This in
dicates the village ' el
B'aneh,' wliich is 12
miles east. (Mem. I.
153; Sh. III.)

28

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bihle and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
sn £-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

BETH - ACH
ATHorEKED

2 Kings x. 12

BETH- ANATH

BETH- ANOTH

Josh. xix. 38 ;
Judg- i. 33

Josh. xv. 59

Beit Kdd*

'Ainttha

Kh. Beit 'Ain&n

H

BETH- ARAB AH

Josh. xv. 6, 61 ;
xviii. 22

BETH-ARAM (R.V. BETH-
HARAM
BETH- ARBEL
BETH-AVEN

BETH-AVEN, Wilderness of

BETH- AZMAVETH

Josh. xiii. 27

Hosea x. 14

Josh. vii. 2 ; 1
Sam. xiii. 5 ;
xiv. 23 ; Hos.
iv. 15; v. 8;x. 5
Josh, xviii. 12

Neh. vii. 28

Not identified

Tell Rdmeh

Not identified

Not identified

The wilderness
to the east of
Bethel
Hizmeh

14

10 ana
14

H

'The Shearing House'
or 'House of Gather
ing,' (R.V. ) The small
village, ' Beit Kad,' 3
miles east of Jentn.
(Mem. II. 83; Sh. IX.)
One of the fenced
cities of Naphtali.'
Thevillage/'Ainitha,'
6 miles west of ' Ke-
desh.' (Mem. I. 200;
Sh. IV.)
One ofthe cities in the
mountains of Judah.'
The ruin, ' Beit
'Ainun,' ij miles
south-east of Halhul.
(Mem. III. 351 ; Sh.
XXI.)
One of the six cities of
Judah in the Arabah;
but in chap, xviii. 21,
allotted to Benjamin.
One of the towns of
Gad, on the east of
Jordan. iieBethharan.
Probably Irbid in the
Ajlun, east of Jordan.
A place east of Bethel,
belonging to Benja-

To the east of Bethel
and Ai, in Benjamin.
The village Hizmeh, 4
miles north of Jerusa
lem. Also called 'Az-
maveth' and Beth-
samos, which see.
(Mem. III. 9 ; Sh.
XVII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

29

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

BETH-BAAL- MEON

Josh. xiii. 17

BETH- BARAH

BETH-BASI

BETH-BIREI (R.V. BErH-
BIRI)

BETH-CAR

BETH- D AGON (1)

BETH- DAGON (2

References.

Judg. vii. 24

1 Mace, ix 62,

1 Chron. iv. 31

I Sam. vii. 1 1 ;
vi. Ant. 2, 2

Josh. xv. 41

Josh. xix. 27

Modern
Identification.

Tell M'atn

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Dajtin (?)

Tell D'aAk (?)

No. of
Sheet
on ^-in.
Map.

15

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map,

Also called Baal Meon,
Beth Meon, and Beon,
belonging to Reuben.
Now Tell M'ain and

Perhaps near the ford
in the Jordan, called
' Mkt Abarah,' north
of Bethshean.' (Mem.
II. ; Sh. IX.)

In the wilderness, east
of Jerusalem. Identi
fied by Josephus (xiii.
Ant. i. 5) with Beth
Aglah (Beth Hoglah).
A town of Simeon, in
the extreme south.
(Mem. III. 261.)

Possibly ''Ain Karim,'
west of Mizpeh, the
site of the stone
' Eben-ezer,' between
' Mizpeh ' and ' Shen.'
Dajun, between Lydda
and Yebnah. Origin
ally apportioned to
Judah, afterwards in
Dan. Suggested by
M. Clermont Gann eau.
This ruin is south of
the village Beit Dejan,
which preserves the
name. (Mem. II. 251;
Sh. XIII.)
Probably Tell or Kh.
D'afik near the bound
ary of Asher, south of
Acre. (Conder' s Hand
book to the Bible, p.
268 ; Mem. I. 309 ;
Sh. V.)

30

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on

Map.

Large Map.

BETH-

I Mace. a. 83

Temple of Da-

DAGON (3)
gon in Azolus
BETH-DI-
Jer. xlviii. 22
See Almon Di
A town of Moab. See
BLATHAIM
b/alhaim
Almon ¦ Diblathaim.
Signifying house of
the two discs. ' Pos
sibly the name Delei-
yat may be a corrup
tion of Diblah, as the
situation seems appro
priate, south of Tell
M'afn.' (Heth and
Moab.)
BETHEL
Gen. xii. 8; xiii.
3 ; xxviii. 19 ;
xxxi. 13; 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, II, 32;
2 Kings ii. 2,
23; x. 29; xvii.
28; xxiii. 4, 15.
17, 19; 1 Chron
vii. 28; 2 Chron.
xiii. 19; Ezraii.
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 Mace.
ix. 50
Beitin
10
The present village
Beitin, 9J miles north
of Jerusalem. (Mem.
II. 305 ; Sh. XIV.)
BETHEL,
Josh. xvi. 1 ; 1
The hill country
10
The hill country around
Mount
Sam. xiii. 2
around Bethel
Bethel (R. V.).
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

31

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on §-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

BETH-EMEK

Josh. xix. 27

'Amka (?)

6

Possibly the present
village 'Amka,' 7
miles north - east of
Accho, on or near the
borderof Asher. (Mem.
I. 14s ;Sh. III.)

BETHER, Mountains of

Cant. ii. 17

Not identified

14

Possibly Bethel. Pos
sibly Bittir, south
west of Jerusalem.

BETH-EZEL

Mich. i. 11

Not identified

—

Probably in the plain of
Philistia. ? Azal, in
Zech. xiv. 5.

BETH- GADER

1 Chron. ii. 51

See Geder

—

BETH- GAMUL

Jer. xlviii. 23

Kh. Jemail (?)*

15

In Moab. Perhaps
f email, east of Dibon.
(Conder. See Heth
and Moab list.)

BETH- HACCEREM
(R.V. BETH-
HACCHE-
REM)

Neh. iii. 14; Jer.
vi. 1

Not identified

Possibly the Frank
mountain ; but . the
name, 'Beth Hac-
cerem,' 'House of the
Vineyards,' has not
been recovered. A
more recent sugges
tion would place the
house of vineyards at
' Ain Karim,' the
' spring of vineyards.'
(Conder, Quarterly
Statement, p. 271,
1881).

BETH- HARAN

Num. xxxii, 36

Tell Rdmeli

T4

One of the fortified
towns of Gad. The
ruins, or Tell, called
Rameh, near Kefrein,
east of Jericho, iden
tical with Beth-Aram,
which see.

32

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on t-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

BETH- HOGLAH

Josh. xv. 6;
xviii. 19, 21

'Ain Hajlah

14

A town of Benjamin.
The ruin of "Ain Haj
lah,' south - east of
Jericho. Beth-basi of
Mace. ix. 62. (Mem.
III. 173; Sh. XVIII.)

BETH- HORON, The
Upper

Josh. x. 10, 1 1 ;
xvi. 5; xxi. 22;
1 Sam. xiii. 18;
1 Chron. vii. 68;
2 Chron. viii.
5 ; xxv. 13 ; 1
Mace. iii. 24

Beit ' Ur el Foka

14

On the tribal boundary
between Ephraim and
Benjamin. The pre
sent village, ' Beit Ur
el Foka.' (Mem. III.
86; Sh. XVII.)

BETH- HORON, The
Nether

Josh. xvi. 3;
xviii. 13, 14;
1 Kings ix. 17;
1 Chron. vi. 24;
2 Chron. viii. 5;
Mace. iii. 16 ;
vii. 39 ; ix. 50 ;
Ecclus. xlvi. 6

Beit ' Ur el
Tahta

14

On the tribal boundary
between Ephraim and
Benjamin. The pre
sent village ' Beit Ur
el Tahta.'

BETHORON

Judith iv. 4

Beth-Horon.

BETH- JESIMOTH,
or JESHI-
MOTH

Num. xxxiii. 49;
Josh. xii. 3 ;
xiii. 20 ; Ezek.
xxv. 9

'Ain Suweimeh

14

A small mound with
ruins and spring near
the north-east corner
of the Dead Sea.

BETH- LEBAOTH

Josh. xix. 6

Not identified

—

A town in the lot of
Simeon, somewhere in
the south of Judah.

BETHLEHEM of Judah

Gen. xxxv. 19;
xlviii. 7; Judg.
xii. 8-10 ; xvii.
7, 9 ; xix. 12,
18 ; Ruth i. 1,
2, 19, 22 ; ii.
4 ; iv. n; 1
Sam. xvi. 4 ;
xvii. 12, 15; xx.
6, 28 ; 2 Sam.
ii. 32; xxiii. 14,
15, 16, 24; 1

Beit Lahm

14

The present town Beit
Lahm, 5 miles south
of Jerusalem. One of
the fenced cities of
Rehoboam, and origin
ally called ' Ephrath '
or ' Ephratah.' (Mem.
III. 28,83; Sh. XVII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

33

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on§-in. Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

BETHLEHEM
— Continued

BETHLEHEM of Zebulon

BETHLOMON

BETH- MAACAH

BETH - MAR
CABOTH

Chron.54 ; iv.

51:

16,26; 2 Chron.
xi. 6 ; Ezra ii.
21 ; Neh. vii.
26; Jer. xii. 17;
Micah v. 2
Josh. xix. 15 ;
Judg. xii, 8, 10

I Esd. v. 17

2 bam. xx. 14
IS

Josh. xix. 5 ; 1
Chron. iv. 31

BETH-MEON

Jer. xlviii. 23

BETH- MERHAK

BETH- NIMRAH

2 Sam. xv. 17
(R.V.)
Num. xxxii. 36
Josh. xiii. 27

BETH-PALET or P-HALET
(R.V. BETH
PELET)

BETH- PAZZEZ

Josh. xv. 27 ;
Neh. xi. 26

Josh. xix. 21

Beit Lahm

Beit Lahm

See Aram Ma-
achah

Not identified

Tell M'ain

Not identified

Tell Nimrin

Not identified

Not identified

H

The small villlage Beit
Lahm, 7 miles north
west of Nazareth.
(Mem. I. 301 ; Sh. V.)
Bethlehem of Judah.

A town of Simeon,
somewhere in the
south of Judah.
Same as Beth Baal
Meon, which see.

The Far House.' A
place near Jerusalem.

The ruins of Tell
Nimrtn, on the edge
ofthe plain of Shittim,
10 miles to the north
of the Salt Sea. ' A
fenced city of Gad.'
In the south of Judah.

Mentioned with Engan-
nim and En-Haddah
of Issachar.

34

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

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and
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Large Map.

BETH-PEOR Deut. iii. 29; iv.
46 ; xxxiv. 6 ;
Josh. xiii. 20

BETH- REHOB (1)

BETH- REHOB (2)

BETH- SAMOS

2 Sam. x. 6

1 Esdr. v. 18

BETH-SAN

BETH- SHEAN or
BETH-SHAN

BETH - SHE -
MESH (1)

Mareighdt (?)*

14

Judg. xviii. 28

I Mace. v. 52 ;
xii. 40, 41
Josh. xvii. 1 1,
16 ; Judg. i.
27 ; 1 Sam.
xxxi. 10, 12 ;
2 Sam. xxi. 12;
: Kings iv. 12;
1 Chron. vii. 29
Josh. xv. 10;
xxi. 16; I Sam.
vi. 9, 20 ; I
Kings iv. 9 ; 2
Kings xiv. 1 1 ;
1 Chron. vi,
59 ; 2 Chron.
xxv. 21 ; xxviii
18

Huntn (?)

Not identified

Hizmeh

Beisdn

Ain Shems

10

14

(Conder's Heth and
Moab,p. 14, and Quar
terly Statement, 1 882,
p. 88.) See Peor (Num.
xxii. 28), which is per
haps Minyeh, at west
end of same ridge.
Somewhere near the
town of Laish or Dan,
Possibly Hunin, a
fortress commanding
the plain of Hfileh,
in which the city of
Dan (Tell el Kady)
lay. (Robinson. )
An Aramean state south
of Zobah and near the
Euphrates.
Sameas Beth Azmaveth
and Azmaveth, which
see.

See Beth-Shean.

Represented by the
modern town 'Beisan'
and the extensive ruins
surrounding it. (Mem.
I. 101-107 ; Sh. IX.)

On the boundary of
Judah ; now the ruins
called ' 'Ain Shems '
in the valley of Sorek.
(Mem. III. 35, 60;
Sh. XVII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

35

Bible and
" Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on d-in.
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Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

BETH - SHE ¦
MESH (2)

Josh. xix. 22

'Ain es Shem-
styeh (??)*

BETH - SHE -
MESH (3)

Jer. xliii. 13

Heliopolis

BETH - SHE
MESH (4)

Josh. xix. 38 ;
Judg. i. 33

Kh. Shemsin (?)
Kh. Shem'a(:l)

BETH- SHITTAH

BETHSTTRA

BETH -TAP
PTJAH

Judg. vii. 22

I Mace. iv. 29,
61 ; vi. 7, 26,
31. 49> 5° 5 ix
52; x. 14; xi,
65; xiv. 7, 33;
2 Mace. xi. 5 ;
xiii. 19, 22
Josh. xv. 53

Shutla (?)

Beit Sur

Tiiffuh

14

A city of Issachar.
Possibly 'Ain esh
Shemslyeh, in the Jor
dan Valley, south of
Beisan. (Mem. II.
231 ; Sh. XII.)— Con
der.

In the Middle Ages
Heliopolis was called
Ain Shems, by the
Arabs. A ruin 10
miles north - east of
Cairo. (Robinson, i.
25-)

Thought by some to be
Kh. Shem'a, 3 miles
west of Safed. One of
the ' fenced cities ' of
Naphtali. (Mem. I.
246; Sh. IV.) Pos
sibly Kh. Shemsin, east
of Mount Tabor. —
Conder, Sh. VI.

Was in or near Jordan
Valley. The name
exists at Shutta (Sheet
IX.), where Robinson
places this site.

The Beth-zur of Joshua
xv. 58, etc.

Now represented by the
modern village Tufffih,
west of Hebron.
(Mem. III. 310, 379 ;
Sh. XXI.)
3—z

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OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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BETH TIL or
BETHUEL

Josh. xix. 4 ; i Not identified
Chron. iv. 30

BETHULIA

BETH-ZACH ARIAS
BETH-ZUR

Judith iv. 6; vi
10, 11, 14; vii.
I -20; viii. 3, 11;
x. 6 ; xi. 9 ; xii.
7; xiii. 10; xv,
3, 6; xvi. 21, 23

BETOLIUSBETOMES- THAM

Melithia (?)*

Josh. xv. 58 ;
1 Chron. ii. 45;
2 Chron. xi. 7
Neh. iii. 16

I Esdr. v. 21
Judith iv. 6; xv.
4

See Bath Zach-
arias
Beit Sur

Bethel
Kh. Massing)*

14

14

10

Possibly the small vil
lage 'Beit Aula,' 5
miles west of Hfllhfil.
Mentioned with 'El-
tolad' and 'Hormah,'
and belonging to
Simeon. (Mem. III.
302 ; Sh. XXI.)
The village Methilieh,
5 miles south of Jenin.
(Mem. II. 156; Sh.
XI.)— Conder.
In the Middle Ages the
name of Bethulia was
given to the ' Frank
mountain ' south of
Jerusalem (Rob., i. 479),
later to 'Safed,' in
Upper Galilee (Rob,,
ii. 425). 'Sanur,' imme
diately south of Methi
lieh, has been pro
posed ; but the site of
Methilieh appears to
meet all the require
ments. (Conder's Hand-
book to the Bible, p.
289.)

Between Hulhfll and
Gedor in the moun
tains of Judah. The
present ruined town,
Beit Sflr, 4 miles
north of Hebron.
(Mem. III. 311; Sh.
XXI.)
-Bethel.
A town 'over against
Esdraelon, facing the
plain that is near Do-
thaim.' Possibly Kh.
Massin, 8 miles south
west of Tell Dothan.

y

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BETONIM

BEZEK (i)

BEZEE (2)

BEZER, in the
Wilderness

Josh. xiii. 26

Judg. i. 4, 5

1 Sam. xi. 8

Deut. iv. 43 :
Josh. xx. 8 :
xxi. 36 ; 1 Chr,
vi. 78

Not identified

Bezkah (??)*

/
Kh. Lbztk*

KUsr el Be
sheir (?)

14

14

BEZETH

BILEAM

I Mace. vii. 19

I Chron. vi. 70

Mt. of Olives (I).
or Bezetha (?)

In the Wddy
Bel'ameh.* Noi
identified

BILHAH

1 Chron. iv. 29

Not identified

A town in Gad.' The
name ' Bataneh ' ap
plies to a heapof ruins,
3i miles to south-west
of es Salt.

In Judah. Perhaps the
present ruin, Bezkah,
6 miles south-east of
Lydda. (Mem. III. 36;
Sh. XVII.)-Conder.

Now Kh. Ibztk, 13
miles north - east of
Shechem. (Mem. II.
231, 237; Sh. XII.)—
Conder.
A town of Reuben ' in
the wilderness ' upon
' the plain ' or table
land. One of the six
cities of refuge. The
name 'Kusr 'el Be-
sheir' occurs near
Dibon, and was pro
posed by the late Pro
fessor Palmer.
Possibly Bezetha, at
Jerusalem. (Mem. III.
312 ; Sh. XXI.)

A town in western
Manasseh. In Joshua
xvii. II, Ibleam. In
Joshua xxi. 25, Gath-
rimmon. The name
is still recognisable in
Wady Bel'ameh, near
Jenin. (Mem. II. 47-
48; Sh. VIII.)
A town of Simeon ;
also called Baalah and
Balah.

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BITHRON

BIZJOTHJAH (R.V. BIZIO-
THIAH)
BOCHIM

2 Sam. ii. 29

Josh. xv. 28

Judg. ii. I, 5

BOHAN, Stone J
OF

BOSOR

BOSORA

BOZEZ

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

osh, xv. 6 ;
xviii. 17

I Mace. v. 26

I Mace. v. 26,28

1 Sam. xiv. 4, 5

Not identified

Busrel ffariri(!)

Busrah

The north cliff of
Wddy Suweinit

14

12

14

A district on the east
side of the Jordan
Valley, and between
the Jordan and Maha-

A town in the south of
Judah, named next to
Beersheba.

A place on the west of
Jordan above Gilgal,
so called because the
people ' wept ' there.

A landmark on the
boundary between
Benjamin and Judah.
Placed, at 'Hajr el
Asbah;' pn the cliff to
the west of the' north
end of the Dead Sea
(Ganneau) — uncer
tain. (Mem. III. 199;
Sh. XVIII.)
A fortified city on the
east of Jordan. Named
with the cities of Bo-
sora, Alemais, etc.,
etc. Probably Busr el
Hariri, 5 miles south
east of Edrei.
A fortified city on the
east of Jordan, men
tioned with 'Bosor,'
etc. Probably 'Bozrah,'
east of Bashan.
The north cliff of the
valley of ' Michmash,'
and nearly opposite is
the rugged precipice
of ' Seneh. ' (See Con-
der's Tent Work in
Palestine.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

39

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

BOZKATH or
BOSCATH

BOZRAH of
EDOM (i)

BOZRAH of
MOAB (2)

CABBON

CABUL

CADES

CADES- BARNE

CAIN (R.V
KAIN)

CALAH

CALNEH, or
CALNO

References.

Josh. xv. 39 ; 2
Kings xxii. I

Gen. xxxvi. 3 J;
I Chron. i. 44;
Isa. xxxiv. 6 ;
Ixiii. 1 ; Jer.
xlix. 13, 22 ;
Amos. i. 12
Micah ii. 12
Jer. xlviii. 24

Josh. xv. 40
Josh. xix. 27 ; 1
Kings ix. 13

1 Mace. xi. 63,
73
Judith v, 14

Not identified

el Buseirah

Modern
Identification.

Probably same
as Bezer, in the
wildernesswhich see.
Not identified

Kdbul

Josh. xv. 57

Gen. a. 11

Gen. x. 10; Isa
x. 9 ; Amos vi
2; Ezek. xxvii.
23, Canneh

See Kedesh

See Kadesh-
Barnea

Kh. YuMrt

Nimrud

Zerghul (?)

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A city of Judah, men
tioned between ' La-
chish' and 'Eglon.'
Now the ruins called 'el
Buseirah,' in Edom,
south-east of the Dead
Sea. (Burckhardt,4o7;
Robinson, ii. 167.)

Is perhaps the Bosor
of Moabite Stone in
Moab, but see preced
ing.
A town in the low
country of Judah.
The present village,
'Kabul,' 9 miles east
of 'Akka. Named as
one of the places on
the boundary of Asher.
(Robinson, iii. 878 ;
Mem. I. 308; Sh. V.)
See Kadesh Naphtali
(2).

Named between Za-
noah and Gibeah.
Possibly the ruin
Yukin, 3 miles south
east of Hebron. (Mem.
III. 312; Sh. XXI.)
The south quarter of
Nineveh.

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CALEB EPH-
RATAH

CAMON (R.V.
EAMON)

CANAAN, The
Land of

CAPHAR-SA- LAMA

CAPHIRA

CAPHEN- ATHA

CAPHTOR

CARCHE MISH
(R.V. CARCHE
MISH)

CARIA

I Chron. ii. 24

Judg. x. 5

Gen. xii. 5; xxiii
2, 19; xxxi. 18;
xxxiii. 18; xxxv.
6 ; xxxvii. 1 :
xlviii. 3, 7; xlix
30; Num. xiii.
2, 17; xxxiii. 40,
51; Josh. xxi. 2;
Judg. xxi. 12 ;
etc., etc.
I Mace. viii. 31;
xii. Ant. 10, 4

I Esdr. v. 19
I Mace. xii. 37

Deut. ii. 23 ;
Jer. xlvii. 4 ;
Amos ix. 7
2 Chron. xxxv.
20; Isa. x. 9;
Jer. xlvi. 2

Not identified

Not identified

Western Pales
tine

Not identified
See Chephirah
Not identified
Not identified

Jerabldi Membij

— Possibly Bethlehem.

A city of Gilead, and
the place where Jair,
one of the Judges of
Israel, was buried.
v. Ant. 7, 6.
The low country of the
Jordan Valley and the
Mediterranean coast.
The word means 'Low
lands. ' It is sometimes
applied to all Pales
tine.

Kefr Silwan (Smith's
Bible Dictionary),nesx
Jerusalem. The village
Selmeh, near Joppa.
(Conder, Handbook to
the Bible.)

A place close and on
east side of Jerusalem,
and repaired by Jona
than.

In 2 Chron. xxxv. 20,
Charchemish, and in
Esdras i. 25, Car-
chamis.

1 Mace. xv. 23

South-west por
tion of Asia
Minor

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CARMEL, Mount

Josh. xii. 22; xix.
26 ; 1 Kings
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; 1. 19;
Amos i. 2; ix.
3 ; Micah vii.
14; Nah. i. 4;
Judith i. 8

febel Ktirmill

6

Now called Jebel Kftr-
mul. (Mem. I. 264 ;
Sh. V.)

CARMEL (of
Judah)

Josh. xv. 55 ; 1
Sam. xv. 12 ;
xxv. 2, 5, 7, 40

el KHrmiil

H

The present ruined
town Kurmul, south
of Hebron. (Mem.
III. 212 ;Sh. XXI.)

CARNAIM

1 Mace. v. 26,
43, 44

Ashtaroth Kar
naim

—

.SVeAshteroth Karnaim,
also called Camion (2
Mace. xii. 21, 26).

CASIPHIA

Ezra viii. 17

Not identified

—

On the road between
Babylon and Jerusa
lem.

CASPH0N or
CASPH0R

1 Mace. v. 26,
36

Not identified

—

One of the strong cities
in the country of
Galaad.

CASPIS

2 Mace. xii. 13

Not identified

Whether east or west of
Jordan uncertain. Pos
sibly the same place
as the preceding two
names (Casphon and
Casphor) apply to.

CEDRON

1 Mace. xv. 39,
41 ; xvi. 9

Katrah

"3

The modern village,
Katrah, 5 miles east
of Yebnah (Jamnia).
(Mem. II. 410; Sh.
XVI.)

CHADIAS

1 Esdr. v. 20

Not identified

—

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CHALDEA or
CHALDAEA

CHARACA

Jer. 1. 10; li. 24,
35 ; Ezek. xi.
24 ; xvi. 29 ;
xxiii. 15, 16 ;
Judith v. 6
2 Mace. xii. 17

CHARASHIM, Valley of
(R.V. GE-HA-
HARASHIM)

I Chron. iv. 14;
Neh. xi. 35

Not identified

Kh. Hirsha(1)*

CHEBARCHELLUS
CHEL0D

Ezek. i. 1, 3
iii. 15, 23
Judith i. 9
Judith i. 6

CHEPHAR- Josh, xviii, 24
HAAMMON-
AI
(R.V. CHEPH-
AR-AMMONI)

CHEPHIRAH

Not identified
Not identified
Not identified

Kh. Kefr 'Ana
(?)

Josh.ix. I7;xviii. Kefireh
26; Ezra ii. 25;
Neh. vii. 29

H

The most southern part
of Babylonia. The
name Kaldai occurs
in cuneiform for an
early tribe.
East of Jordan, in
Gilead — 750 stadia
from the city Caspis ;
position of Caspis not
known.
Near Lod and Ono
(Neh. xi. 35). The
name is preserved in
the ruin Hirsha, 4^
miles to the east of
Yalo (Sh. XVII.), and
12J south-east of Lyd
da. The Wady from it
passing Y3.16 and join
ing Wady Selman
(the Valley of Ajalon)
is one of the principal
watercourses leading
by Lod and Ono.
(Mem. III. 36; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.
A river in ' the land of
the Chaldeans.'
On the west of Jordan.

Mentioned among the
towns of Benjamin.
ThoughtAto be the ruin
' Kefr 'Ana,' 3 miles
north of Bethel. (Mem.
II. 299; Sh. XIV.)
The ruin Kefireh, 8
miles north - west of
Jerusalem. 1 Esdr. v.
19, Caphira. (Mem.
III. 36; Sh. XVII.)

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CHERITH, The Brook

i Kings xvii. 3, 5

Not identified

CHERUB

Ezra ii. 59; Neh.
vii. 61

Not identified

CHESALON

Josh, xv, 10

Kesla

CHESIL

CHESUL- LOTH

CHETTIIM

Josh. xv. 30

Josh. xix. 18

1 Mace. i. I

'4

14

Not identified 14
Same as Bethul

Iksdl

Chittimoi Mace
donia

Jerome (Onomasticon
Chorath) would place
the Cherith beyond
Jordan. Schwarz,
' Wi.dy Alias or Yabis,'
opposite ' Beth Shean.'
Marino Sanuto, in
1321, makes it run by
Phasaelis, — Herod's
city in the Jordan
Valley. Robinson pro
posed ' Wady Kelt,'
behind Jericho. The
expression ' facing '
Jordan favours the
view that it was east
of that river.
Possibly in Babylonia,
but uncertain. One
ofthe (five) places from
which some of the
Captivity returned and
could not prove their
pedigree.

On Mount Jearim. The
name is preserved in
Kesla, the village 10
miles west of Jerusa
lem. (Conder's Hand
book to the Bible, p.
259; Mem. III. 25,'
26 ; Sh. XVII.)
In Josh. xix. 4, Bethul.
1 Chr. iv. 30, Bethuel.
The present village,
Iksal of Issachar. The
Xaloth of Josephus, or
Chisloth Tabor. (Mem.
L365; Sh. VI.)

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CHEZIB

Gen. xxxviii. 5

'Ain Kezbeh (?)*

14

The name appears to
linger in that of 'Ain
Kezbeh. Possibly
Beit Nettif near it.
(Mem. III. 36; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.

CHIDON, The

1 Chron. xiii. 9

Noi identified



= Nachon, 2 Sam. vi.

Threshing-

6. Somewhere be
Floor
tween Kirjath Jearim
and Jerusalem.
CHILMAD
Ezek. xxvii. 23
Kalwddha
—
Near Baghdad. Named
with 'Sheba' and 'As-
shur.'
CHINNE-
Deut. iii. 17 ;
Not identified

Afortified city of Naph-
RETH
Josh. xix. 35 ;
tali. The Talmud (Tal.
(R.V.CHINNE-
xi. 2
Jer. Megillah, 70a)
R0TH,
renders the name by
Josh. xi. 2 ; i
Ginizer = Gennesa-
Kings xv. 20)
reth. See the next.
CHINNE-
Num. xxxiv. 11;
Sea of Galilee
6
Sea of Galilee or Bahr
RETH,
Deut. iii. 17;
Tubariya. By Josephus
Sea of
Josh. xii. 3 ;
xiii. 27
and Maccabees. Gen-
nesar, which see.
CHISLOTH-
Josh. xix. 12
Same as Chesul-
See Chesulloth. (Mem.
TABOR
loth
I. 365 ; Sh. VI.)
CHITTIM
Num. xxiv. 24;
Isa. xxiii. 1, 12;
Jer.ii. 10; Ezek.
xxvii. 6 ; Dan.
xi. 30
Cyprus
A Japhetic people or
place, remote from
Palestine, separated
therefrom by sea. In
Mace. i. 1, Chettims ;
1 Mace. viii. 5, Citims;
Gen. x. 4, 1 Chron. i.
7, Kittim. In Old
Testament no doubt
Cyprus is intended ;
but in Apocrypha, per
haps Macedonia. See
Cyprus (Grove's Bible
Atlas).
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CHOBA, or
CHOBAI

CHORASHAN (R.V. COR-
ASHAN)
(R.V. BOR-
ASHAN, mar
gin)
CHOZEBA(R.V. COZEBA)

CHUN (R.V. CUN)
CHUSI

CINNEROTH (R.V. CHIN-
NEROTH)

CIRAMACNIDUS

Judith iv. 4 ; xv.
4. S

I Sam. xxx. 30

1 Chron. iv. 22

1 Chron. xviii. 8

Judith vii. 18

1 Kings xv. 20

1 Esdr. v. 20
1 Mace. xv. 23;
Acts xxvii. 7

el Mekhubby(r)*
Not identified
Kh.Kueiziba(:)*
Not identified
Kuzah (?)*
El Ghuweir

Not identified
On Cape Krio

14

CILICIA

Judith i. 7, 12 ;
ii. 21, 25; 1
Mace. xi. 14; 2
Mace, iv. 36

The present ruin, 'el
Mekhubby,' 9 miles
south-east of Jenin.
(Mem. II. 231 ; Sh.
XII.)— Conder.
Probably = Ashan of
Simeon, Josh. xix. 4.

Possibly the present
ruin Kueiziba, 2\ miles
north-east of Hiilhul.
(Mem. III. 313 ; Sh.
XXI.)— Conder.
See Berothah,

The present village,
near the brook Moch-
mur, 6 miles south of
Shechem. (Mem. II.
286 ; Sh. XIV.) —
Conder.
Probably the district
called later the 'land
of Genesareth.' Iden
tical with Chinnereth,
which see.

A city of great impor-
ance, at one time situ
ated on a promontory
called Cape Crio, at
theextremesouth-westof the peninsula of Asia
Minor. (Smith's Bible
Dictionary.)
In Asia Minor.

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COELESYRIA
I Esd. ii. 17, 24,
el Bukd'a
3
A name given by the
and
27 ; iv. 48 ; vi.
Greeks to the great
CELOSYRIA
29 ; vii. 1 ; viii.
67; 1 Mace. x.
69 ; 2 Mace. iii.
5, 8; iv. 4; viii.
8; x. 11; Ant.
i. 1 1, 5; xiii. 13,
2
valley between Liba-
nus and Anti-Liba-
nus. Also applied to
the district east of
Anti-Libanus, includ
ing the Damascus
country. (Smith's
Bible Dictionary?)
COLA
Judith xv. 4
Kh. Kd'aunQ)*
10
A place named with
Chobai (Judg. xv. 4).
Perhaps Kh. Ka'afin
in the Jordan Valley,
(Mem. II. 238; Sh.
XII.)— Conder.
COS
1 Mace. xv. 23
Stanchio
Now called Stanchio or
Stanko, an island in
the Grecian Archi
pelago. For a good
account of the island,
see Clarke's Travels,
vol. ii., pp. 196-213,
and 321-333.
CRETE
1 Mace. x. 67
The island of Crete.
CUSH
Gen. x. 6, 8 ; 1
Chron. i. 8-10;
Isa. xi. 11
See Ethiopia.
CYAMON
Judith vii. 3
Tell Keim&n
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 gene
rally believed to be
represented by Tell
Keimun(Jokneam), on
the edge ofthe plain of
Esdraelon, near the
south-east corner of
Carmel.
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CYPRUS

I Mace. xv. 23;
2 Mace. a. 13 ;
xii. 2

Cyprus

The well-known island
off the coast of Syria.
In the Old Testament
called Chittim and
Kittim. (Grove's Bible
Index.) See Chittim.

CYRENE

1 Mace. xv. 23

el Krenna

A city of Africa, be
tween Carthage and
Egypt.
DABBAS-
Josh. xix. 11
Kh. Dabsheh *
6
A town on the boundary
HETH
of Zebulon, next to
(R.V. DABBES-
Jokneam. Nowtheruin
HETH)
Dabsheh, south of
Teirshiha. (Sh. III.)
— Conder.
DABERATH
Josh. xix. 12 ;
Deb&rieh
6
The present village De-
or DABAREH
xxi. 28; 1 Chr.
burieh under Tabor.
(R.V. DABE
vi. 72
(Mem. I. 365, 366;
RATH)
Sh. VI.)
DAMASCUS
Gen. xiv. 15 ;
Dimeshk esh
3
The ancient city now
xv. 2; 2 Sam.
Shdm
called Dimeshk esh
viii. 5, 6, etc.,
Sham.
etc. ; 1 Mace.
xi. 62 ; xii. 32
DAN (Leshem
Gen. xiv. 14 ;
Telle! Kddy
6
Laish, Judg. xviii. 7,
or Laish)
Deut. xxxiv. 1 ;
Josh. xix. 47 ;
Judg. xviii. ;
1 Sam. iii. 20;
2 Sam. iii. 10;
xvii. II ; xxiv.
2, 15 ; 1 Kings
iv. 25 ; xii. 29,
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
14, 27, 29 ; Isa. x.
30 ; Leshem, Josh.
xix. 47. Josephus
(viii. Ant. 8, 4) places
it near the springs of
Lesser Jordan. The
name lingers in that
of the stream called
Leddan — and the site
of the city may be
found at Tell el Kady.
(Mem. I. 96; Sh. II.)
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DAN, Tribe of

Gen. xxx. 6;
xxxv. 25 ; xlvi.
23; xlix. 16, 17;
Exod. i. 4;
xxxi. 6 ; xxxv.
34; xxxviii. 23 ;
Lev. xxiv. 1 1 ;
Num. i. 12, 38,
39 ; «¦ 25, 3~i ;
vii. 66 ; x. 25 ;
xiii. 12 ; xxvi.
42 ; xxxiv. 22 ;
Deut. xxvii. 13;
xxxiii. 22; Josh.
xix. 40, 47, 48;
xxi. 5, 23 judg.
i. 34 ; v. 17 ;
xiii. 25 ; xviii.
1-30; 1 Chr. ii.
2; xii. 35; xxvii.
22 ; 2 Chr. ii.
14; Ezek. xlviii.
1. 2, 32

'And the border of
their inheritance was
Zorah and Eshtaol;
and Ir-shemesh; and
Shaalabbin, and Aja-
Ion, and Ithlah ; and
Elon, and Timnah,
and Ekron; and El-
tekeh, and Gibbethon,
and Baalath, and Je-
hud, and Beneberak,
and Gathrimmon ;
and Mejarkon, and
Rakkon, with the
border over against
Joppa' (Josh. xix. 40,
47). ' Included all
that part of the valley
which respects the
sunsetting, and were
bounded by Azotus
Dora; as also' they
had all Jamnia and
Gath, from Ekron to
that mountain where
the tribe of Judah
begins' (v. Ant. i.
22).
DAN-JAAN
2 Sam. xxiv. 6
Kh. Ddnidn
6
Now the ruin Dantan,
4 miles north of Ach-
zib. Between Tyre and
Akka. (Mem. 1. 152,
Sh. III.)
DANNAH
Josh. xv. 49]
Idhna *
14
Probably the present
village Idhna, west
of Hebron 8 miles.
There is a Kh. Dah-
neh, 4j miles south of
Beitjibrin. (Mem. III.
330; Sh. XXI.)— Con
der.
DAPHNE
2 Mace. 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.
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DATHEMA or
DAMETHA

DAVID, City
OF

I Mace. v. 9

Remtheh (?)

DEBIR (i)

DEBIR (2)

2 Sam. vi. 12,
16; i Kings ii
io ; iii. I ; viii
I ; 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. 1 1
ix. 31 ; xii. 16 ;
xiv. I ; xvi. 14 j
xxi. 1, 20; xxiv,
16, 25 ; xxvii.
9; xxxii. 5» 3°;
xxxiii. 14; Neh,
iii. 16; xii. 37;
Isa. xxii. 9 ; I
Mace. i. 33; ii,
31; vii. 32; xiv,
36
Josh. x. 38, 39;
xi. 21 ; xii. 13;
xv. 15, 49; xxi,
15; Judg. i. 11;
1 Chr. vi. 58

Josh. xv. 7

edhDhdheriyeh

14

Thoghret ed
Debr (?)

T4

Perhaps Dameh in the
Lejjah. See Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
p. 295.

Also called Kirjath-
Sannah (Josh. xv. 49);
Kirjafh-Sepher (Josh.
xv. 15; Jud. i. II, 12).
Now the village ' edh
Dhaheriyeh/ south
west of Hebron. (Mem.
III. 402; Sh. XXV.)
— Conder.
A place on the border
of Judah and Benja
min, named next to
'Adummim.' The
name ' Thoghret ed
Debr ' (the pass of
the rear) occurs half-
a-mile south-west of
'Tal'at ed Dumm.'
(Mem. III. ; Sh.
XVIII.)

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DEBIR(3)(R.V. margin LIDE-
BXR)

Josh. xiii. 26

Not identified

DEDAN

DELUS

Jer. xxv. 23 ;
xlix. 8 ; Ezek.
xxv. 13 ; Isa.
xxi. 13

1 Mace. xv. 23

DESSAU 2 Mace. xiv. 16

DIBLATH (R.V. DIBLAH

DIB0N (1)

Num. xxi. 30 ;
xxxii. 3, 34
xxxiii. 45, 46 ;
Josh. xiii. 9, 17;
Isa. xv. 2; Jer.
xlviii. 18, 22

DIB0N (2) Neh. xi. 25

Ezek. vi. 14

Not identified

Delos

Not identified

Dibl (??)*

Dhfbdn

DIBON-GAD

Num. xxxiii. 45,
46

Dhibdn

'5

One ofthe border towns
of Gad, named next to
'Mahanaim.' Pos
sibly Ibdir, 6J miles to
the east of Zaphon,
and south of ' The
Yarmuk,' and appa
rently identical with
Lo-debar, which see.

One of the smallest of
the Cyclades in the
yEgean Sea.

Adassa has been
gested (Ewald).

sug-

Probably Riblah, north
of Baalbek. See Dic
tionary of Bible. Or
the present village
'Dibl' in Naphtali.
(Mem. I. 21 ; Sh.
IV.)— Conder.

Also called 'Dibon
Gad.' Now the heaps
of ruins north of the
river Arnon, called
'Dhiban.' (Irby and
Mangles, 142 ; Burck-
hardt, Syr., 372.)

Thought to be identical
with Dimonah.

See Dibon ( 1 ).

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

5i

Bible and
Apocrypha

DILEAN (R.V.
DILAN)

Josh. xv. 38

DIMNAH

DIMON, Waters of

DIMONAH

DINHABAH

DIZAHAB (R.V. DI-ZA-
HAB)

DOCUS

DOPHKAH

References.

Not identified

Josh. xxi. 35

Isa. xv. 9

Josh. xv. 22

Gen. xxxvi. 32
1 Chron. i. 43

Modern
Identification.

Rummdneh (?)

Umm (?)*

Deineh

No. of
Sheet

>s

Deut. i. I

1 Mace. xvi. 15

Num. xxxiii. 12.
13

Not identified

Dahab (??)

Near 'Ain Duk

Not identified

14

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One of the cities of
Judah in the low
country. Mentioned
with Migdal-gad, Lac-
hish, Eglon, etc. Beit
Tima, north-west of
the latter, has been
proposed.

A city in the tribe of
Zebulon. Thought to
beRimmon(l). Com
pare 1 Chron. vi. 77.

Streams east ofthe Salt
Sea. Possibly 'Umm
Deineh,' near 'Wady
Themed.' .Seconder's
Heth and Moab.

Towards the coast of
Edom, southwards.'

City of Bela, King of
Edom.

Identified by Robinson
(i. 147, ii. 187) with
Dahab,'a 'promontory
on the western shore
ofthe Gulf of Akabah.

A fort somewhere near
Jericho — the name is
recoverable in ' 'Ain
Duk.' (Mem. HI.
173; Sh. XVIII.)

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites, between Rephi-
dim and the Sea.
4^2

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DOR (DORA
I Mace. xv. n.
13. 25)

DOTHAIM

DOTHAN

DRAGON'S WELL
DUMAH

Josh. xi.-2; xii.
23 ; xvii. 11 ;
fudg. 1 27; I
Kings iv. 11;
I Chr. vii. 29

Judith iv. 6; vii.
3. 18; viii. 3
Gen. xxxvii. 17;
2 Kings vi. 13

TantAra

Tell Ddthdn
Tell Ddthdn

Neh. ii. 13

Josh. xv. 52

DURA, The, Dan. iii. 1
Plain of

EBAL, Mount

Deut. xi. 29 ; febel Esldmiyeh

EBEN-EZER

Not identified
ed Ddmeh
DAair (?)

14

xxvii. 4, 13 ;
Josh. viii. 30,
33

I Sam. iv. I ; v.
I ; vii. 12; 6
Ant. ii. 2

Jebelet Tor

Deir Abdn (?)*

14

Jerome places it 9 miles
(the exact distance is
Similes) frorhCsesarea,
on the road to Ptole-
mais. The ruins of a
city here exist near the
modern village Tan-
tura. (Mem. II. 7 ;
Sh. VII.)
= D&th&n, which see.

The present ruins and
well, 'Tell D6tMn,'
north of Samaria.
(Mem. II. 215; Sh.
XI. See also Vol. I.
p. 368, under ' Khan
Jubb Yflsef.')
In the neighbourhood
of Jerusalem.
The present ruin,
Domeh, iomilessouth-
westofHebron. (Mem.
III. 313; Sh. XXI.)
The mound and vicinity
of Duair, south-east of
Babylon. — M. Oppert.
Now called Jebel Es-
lamiyeh, and Jebel et
T6r. (Mem. II. 186;
Sh. XL} Ebal, Geri-
zim, Olivet, and Tabor
are all named T6Y or
'summit.'
Jerome places near
' Bethshemesh,' pro
bably intending the
site of the present
village, Deir Aban,
east of 'Ain Shems.
See Shen. (Mem. III.
24; Sh. XVII.)—
Conder.

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EBRONAH
Num. xxxiii. 34
Not identified
One of the camping
(R.V. ABR0-
stations of the Israel
NAH)
ites.
ECBATANA
Ezra vi. 2 ; Esdr.
Takht ¦ i ¦ Suli-
There were two places
vi. 23; Jud. i.
man and Hama-
of this name. One the
1,2,14; Tob.iii.
dan
capital of Northern
7; vi. 5; vii. i;
Media, now called
xiv. 12, 14; 2
Takht-i-Suleiman.
Mace. ix. 3
The southern one the
metropolis of the pro
vince of Media Magna
(2 Mace. ix. 3), now
Hamadan in Persia. —
Smith's Bible Lic-
tionary.
ED, Altar of
Josh. xxii. 34
Not identified
—
Somewhere east of Jor
dan.
EDAR, Tower
Gen. xxxv. 21
Not identified
H
Jerome places it 1,000
of
paces from Bethlehem.
(R.V. EDER,
(A/em. III. 28; Sh.
Tower of)
XVII.)
EDER
Josh. xv. 21
Not identified
One of the uttermost
cities of Judah, to
wards the coast of
Edom. Kh.el'Adar,5
miles south of Gaza,
has been suggested
(Henderson's Hand
book) ; but the situa
tion is too far west
apparently.
EDOM, IDU-
Gen. xxv. 30 ;
Hie district east of the
ME A, The
xxxii. 3 ; xxxvi.
Wady 'Arabah. See
Land of Mt.
1, 8,9-43; Ex.
Mount Seir.
Seir
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,
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EDOM, IDU-

20 ; viii. 20 ;

MEA — Con
xix. 7 ; 2 Chr.
tinued.
viii. 17; xxi. 8;
xxv! 19 ; Ps.
Ixxxiii. 6; cviii.
9 ; Isa. xi. 14;
xxxiv. 5 ! lx>ii'
1 ; Jer. ix. 26;
xxv. 21 ; xxvii.
3 ; xl. 11; xlix.
7, 17; Lam. iv.
21 ; Ezek. xxv.
12 ; xxxii. 29;
xxxv. I5;xxxvi.
5; Dan. xi. 41;
Joeliii. 19; Am.
i. 6 ; ii. 1 ; ix.
12; Obad. i. 8;
Mai. i. 4; etc.
EDREI
Num. xxi. 33 ;
Deut. i. 4 ; iii.
1, 10; Josh. xii.
4; xiii. 12, 31
Ed Dera'ah
7
South-east of el Me-
zeirib.
EDREI (2)
Josh. xix. 37
Vater (?)*
6
Probably the present
village Y'ater, 1 1 miles
south - east of Tyre.
Allotted to Naphtali.
(Mem. I. 205; Sh. IV.)
— Conder.
EGLAIM
Isa. xv. 8
Not identified
—
Thought to be identical
with En Eglaim, which
see.
EGLON
Josh. x. 3, 5, 23,
34. 36, 37 ; xii.
12 ; xv. 39
Kh. 'Ajldn
13
The present mound and
ruins, 'Aj.lan, 16 miles
north - east of Gaza.
(Mem. III. 278; Sh.
XX.)
EGYPT
Very frequently
mentioned
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EK. REBEL
Judith vii. 18
'Akrabeh
10
The present village
'Akrabeh, south-east
of Nablus. (Mem. II.
389; Sh. XV.)— Con
ner's Handbook to the
Bible, 290.
EKRON (AC-
Josh. xiii. 3; xv.
'Akir
'3
Now the village 'Akir,
CARON.iMacc.
II, 45,46; xix.
in Philistia, 6 miles
x. 89)
43; Judg. i. 18;
1 Sam. v. 10 ;
vi. 16; vii. 14;
xvii. 52; 2
Kings i. 1, 2-
16 ; Jer. xxv.
20 ; Am. i. 8 ;
Zeph. ii. 4;
Zech. ix. 5> 7
west of Gezer. The
Accaron of the Cru
saders. (Mem. II. 408;
Sh. XVI.)
ELAH, Valley
1 Sam. xvii. 2,
Wddy es Siint
'4
Thescene ofthe conflict
of
19; xxi. 9
and death of Goliath.
(R.V. ELAH,
Now called Wady es
Vale of, ' or
Siint, which passes
Terebinth ')
Shocoh and Gath im
mediately on the north.
(Mem. III. ; Sh.
XVII.)
ELAM
Gen. xiv. 1, 9;
Isa. xi. 11; xxi.
2; Jer. xxv. 25;
xlix. 34 - 39 ;
Ezek. xxxii. 24;
Dan. viii. 2
The Susiana and Persia
of the Greeks. —
Grove's Bible Index.
ELATH, or
Deut. ii. 8 ; 1
Close to 'Akabah
,
'Beside Ezion-geber, on
EL0TH
Kings ix. 26; 2
Kings xiv. 22;
xvi. 6 ; 2 Chr.
viii. 17; xxvi. 2
Ailah
the shore of the Red
Sea, in the land of
Edom.' The present
town 'Akabah, or
Ailah, at the head of
the Gulf of 'Akabah.
ELEALAH
Num. xxxii. 3-
37; Isa. xv. 4;
xvi. 9; Jer.
xlviii. 34
el'Al
15
The present ruin 'el
'Al,' near Heshbon.
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ELEASA

ELEFH

ELEUTHE- RUS, The
River
ELIM

ELE0SH

ELLASAR

ELON

ELON -BETH
HANAN

I Mace. ix. 5

Josh, xviii. 28

Kh. IVasa*

Lifta (?)*

14

14

1 Mace. xi. 7 ; Nahr el Kebir
xii. 30

Exod. xv. 27 ;
xvi. I ; Num
xxxiii. 9, 10

Nah. i. 1

Gen. xiv. 1

Josh. xix. 43

I Kings iv. 9

Not identified

Not identified

Senkereh

Not identified
Perhaps same
as Elon -Beth
Hanan

Beit 'Andn (?)*

14

Now the. ruins Il'asa,
between the Upper
and Nether Bethhoron.
(Mem. III. 36; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.
One of the towns
allotted to Benjamin.
The present village
Lifta (Conder), 2 miles
west of Jerusalem,
The modern Nahr el
Keblr,' north of Tri-
polis.
The second camping
station of the Israelites
after crossing the Red
Sea, and noted for 12
springs and 70 palm-
trees. Thought to be
'Wady Ghftrundul,' on
the route from Suez to
Jebel Musa.
The birth-place of Na-
hum the prophet.
Probably somewhere
in Galilee.
Now Senkereh, on the
left bank of the Eu
phrates.
Probably the present
village 'Beit Ello,' a
town on the border of
Dan, 8 miles north
west of Bethel (Con
der). (Mem. II. 293;
Sh. XIV.)
The present village Beit
'Anan (Conder), 8£
miles from Jerusalem,
on the ancient road
leading to Gimzo.
(Mem. III. 16; Sh.
XVII.)

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ELTEKEH (R.V. ELTEKE
Josh. xxi. 23)

Josh. xix. 44 ;
xxi. 23

Beit Ltkia (?)*

14

ELTEKON

ELTOLAD

EMMAUS, Ni-
COPOLIS

ENAM

ENDOR

EN-EGLAIM

ENGADDI

Josh. xv. 59

Josh. xv. 30
xix. 4; 1 Chr.
ix. 29

I Mace. iii. 40,
57 ; iv. 3 ; ix,
50 ; 2 Wars, xx
20, 4; 3, iii. 5
J. Ant. xiii. 1, 3

Josh. xv. 34

Josh. xvii. 11 ; 1
Sani. xxviii. 7;
Ps. Ixxxiii. lo

Ezek. xlvii. 10

Ecclus. xxiv. 14

Not identified

Not identified

'Amwds

14

Kh. Wddy
'Altn (?)*

Enddr

Not identified

14

'Ainjldy

One of the cities in the
border of Dan. Pro
bably the present Beit
Likia, 2 miles south of
Bethhoron the Nether.
(Mem. III. 16; Sh.
XVII.)— T. Drake.
One of the towns of
Judah, named next to
Beth-Anoth.

One of the cities in the
south of Judah, trans
ferred to Simeon =
Tolad, 1 Chr. iv. 29.
The present village
'Amwas, 15 miles from
Jerusalem, near tbe
modern road to Jaffa,
mentioned by Jose
phus, 16 Ant. x. 7,
9, etc. (Mem. II. 63;
Sh. XVII.)
Possibly the present
ruin 'Altn, near Beth-
shemesh. — Conder.

Now the modern village
Endor, 6 miles to the
east of Nazareth.
(Mem. II. 84; Sh.
IX.)
Eusebius places a town
of this name 8 miles
to the south of ' Ar
Moab'; this would
probably mean ' Ke-
rak.' 'Ain Hajla, the
ancient Beth Hogla,
has been suggested by
Tristram. See Eglaim.

See Engedi.

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EN-GANNIM
Josh. xv. 34
Kh. Ummjina
T4
A city in the lowcountry
(0
of Judah, named be
tween Zanoah and Tap-
puah. Now the ruin
Umm Jtna, west of
Bethshemesh. (Mem.
III. 42; Sh. XVII.)—
Clermont Ganneau.
EN-GANNIM
Josh. xix. 21 ;
Jentn
10
Now the modern town
(2)
xxi. 29
Jenln, on the extreme
south corner of Esdrae-
lon. On or near the
border of Issachar.
(Mem. II. 44 ; Sh.
VIII.)
EN-GEDI
Josh. xv. 62; 1
Sam. xxiii. 29;
xxiv. 1 ; 2 Chr.
xx. 2 ; Cant. i.
14; Ezek. xlvii.
10
'Ainjidy
14
Original name Haza-
zon-tamar. The well-
known spring and ruins
of 'Ain Jidy, on the
west shore of the Dead
Sea. (Mem. III. 384;
Sh. XXII.)
EN-HADDAH
Josh. xix. 21
Kefr Addn*
IO
On the border of Issa
char, and named next
to 'En-Gannim.' Pro
bably the present vil
lage Kefr Adan, 3
miles to the west of
Jentn. — Conder.
(Mem. II. 45 ; Sh.
VIII.)
EN-HAK-
Judg. xv. 19
Not identified

The scene of one of
KORE
Samson's exploits.
EN-HAZOR
Josh. xix. 37
Kh. Hazireh
6
One of the fenced cities
of Naphtali. Now the
heap of ruins Hazireh,
on the Naphtali side
of the boundary by
Wady el 'Ayun. (Mem.
I. 204 ; Sh. IV.)
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EN-MISHPAT

EN-RIMM0N

Gen. xiv. 7

Josh. xv. 32 ;
xix. 7; Neh. xi.
29 ; I Chr. iv.
32; Zech. xiv.
10

Kh. Umm
RUmdm in

EN-R0GEL

EN-SHEM- ESH

Josh. xv. 7; xviii,
16 ; I Kings i.
9 ; 2 Sam. xvii.
17

'Ain Umm ed
Diiraj

Josh. xv. 7; xviii.
17

'Ain Haud

13

T4

H

Also called Kadesh. See
Kadesh Barnea.

The Ain and Rimmon
mentioned together in
Josh. xv. 32 ; xix. 7 ;
1 Chr. iv. 32, are sup
posed by some to be
one place(?) and iden
tical with the En-
rimmon of Neh. xi,
29. The proposed
site is that of Kh.
Umm er Kum&mln.
(Mem. III. 32; Sh.
XXIV.)

A. landmark on the
boundary between
Judah and Benjamin.
The traditional place
is 'Bir Eydb' (a spring
well), but the argu
ments in favour' of
' 'Ain 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-

A landmark on the'
boundary between
Judah and Benjamin,
apparently ''Ain
Haud,' east of Beth
any (the well of the
Apostles — called the
Apostles' fountain by
Christians). (Mem.
III. 42 ; Sh. XVII.)

6o

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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Apocrypha Name.

EN-TAP- PUAH

Josh. xvii. 7

EPHES- DAMMIM

References.

EPHRAIM, EPHRAIN, or
EPHRON

EPHRAIM, Gate ok

EPHRAIM, Mount (R.V.
EPHRAIM, Hill Country
OF)

I Sam. xvii. I ;
I Chr. xi. 13

2 Sam. xiii. 23;
2 Chron. xiii.
19 ; John xi
54
2 Kings xiv. 13;
2 Chr. xxv. 23 ;
Neh. viii. 16 ;
xii. 39
Josh. xvii. 15 ;
xix. 50; xx. 7;
xxi. 21 ; xxiv.
3°. 33; Judg- »¦
9 ; iii. 27 ; iv.
5 ; vii. 24 ; x,
I ; xvii. 1, 8 ;
xviii. 2, 13; xix.
1, 16, 18; I
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 ; 1.
19; Judith vi. 2

Modern
Identification.

Yasl)f(?)*

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
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Taiyibeh (?)

Remarks, References,
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The spring near Yasuf,
at the head of the
branches of Wady
Kanah, south of
Shechem (Samaritan
Chronicle). (Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
p. 263.)
Or Pas-dammim, ' the
boundary of blood,'
the place where the
Philistines encamped
before the conflict be
tween David and
Goliath took place.
Between Socoh and
Azekah.
Named with Bethel and
Jeshanah. Apparently
Ophrah of Benjamin,
which see.
One of the gates of the
city of Jerusalem, pro
bably on the north
west.
The hill country of
Ephraim, extending
from Bethel and Ra-
mah on the south, to
the Great Plain on the
north.

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EPHRAIM,"

2 Sam. xviii. 6

Not identified

Somewhere on the east

The Wood of

of Jordan. The forest
(R.V. EPH
in .which the great
RAIM, The
battle took place
Forest of)
between the forces of
Absalom and David.
Not far from Ma
hanaim. (Heth atld
Moab, p. 180.)
EPHRAIM,
Josh. xvi. ; 5

' The tribe of Eph
Tribe of
Ant. i. 22
raim had by lot the
land that extended in
length from the river
fordan 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. 16,
Beit Lahm

The original name of
EPHRATAH
19 ; xlviii. 7 ;
Bethlehem of Judah,
(R.V. EPHRA-
Ruth iv. 1 i ; 1
which see.
THAH)
Chr. ii. 24, 50;
Ps. cxxxii. 6 ;
Mic. v. 2 j
EPHR0N
1 Mace. v. 46, 52;
2 Mace. xii. 27
Not identified
One of the strong cities
on the east of Jordan,
between Ashteroth
Karnaim and Beth-
shean — was in a valley,
anddestroyedbyjudasMaccabaeus.
EPHR0N,
Josh. xv. 9

Between the waters ot
Mount
Nephtoah and Kirjath
Jearim.
EBiECH
Gen. x. 10
Warka
One of Nimrod's cities
on the Euphrates, in
the neighbourhood of
Babylon.
ESDRAELON,
Judith i. 8; iii.
Merj Ibn 'Amr
10
This name is the Greek
The Great
9 ; iv. 6 ; vii. 3
form of the word
Plain
Jezreel. Now called
' Merj ibn 'Amr.' (Sh.
V. and VIII.)
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Well

ESHCOL, Brook or Val
ley of

Gen. xxvi. 20

Gen. xiv. 13, 24;
Num. xiii. 23,
24 ; xxxii. 9 ;
Deut. i. 24

Not identified

Not identified

ESHEAN (R.V.
ESHAN)

Josh. xv. 52

es Simla (?)*

'4

ESHTAOL

ESHTEMOA (R.V. ESHTE-
MOH, Josh. xv.
5o)

ESORA

ETAM (1)

Josh. xv. 33;
xix. 41 ; Judg.
xiii. 25 ; xvi.
31 ; xviii. 2, 8,
II

Josh. xv. 50; xxi.
14; I Sam. xxx.
28 ; 1 Chr. iv.
¦7. 19; vi. 57

Judith iv. 4

1 Chr. iv. 32

Eshu'a

es SemA'a

'4

H

Asiret el Hatab
(??)

Kh. 'Aitun (?)*

13

A well dug by Isaac's
herdmen in the valley
of Jerar.

The name ' 'Ain Kash-
kaleh,' perhaps a rem
nant of the ancient
one, is applied to a
spring on the north
side of Hebron, near
the head of a valley
where some of the most
extensive vineyards of
Palestine exist.
One of the cities in the
mountains of Judah.
Possibly the ruin ' es
Siniia,' near Dumah.
(Mem. III. 313 ; Sh.
XXI.)-Conder.

Probably the present
village Eshu'a, in the
low country of Judah,
close to Zorah. (Mem.
II. 25; Sh. XVII.)

The present village es
Semu'a, in the hill
country south of
Hebron. (Mem. III.
412, Sh. XXV.)

The present village
'Asiret el Hatab, near
Shechem, on the north.
(Mem. II. 155; Sh.
XI.)
The present ruin 'Aitun,
south-west of Hebron,
of the tribe of Simeon.
(Mem. III. 261 ; Sh.
XX.)— Conder.

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ETAM (2)

ETAM, The
Rock

ETHAM

ETHER

ETHIOPIA

2 Chr. xi. 6 ; 1
Chr. iv. 3

Judg. xv. 8

'Ain 'Atdn*

Beit 'Atdb (?)*

Exod. xiii. 20;
Num. xxxiii. 6

Josh. xv. 42 ;
xix. 7 ; 1 Chr,
iv. 32

Not identified

Kh. el'Atr(?)*

EUPHRATES, River

Gen. ii. 13 ; 2
Kings xix. 9
Esth. i. I ; viii
9 ; Job xxviii.
19 ; Ps. lxviii.
31 ; lxxxvii. 4;
Isa. xviii. I;xx.
3, 5; xxxvii. 9;
xliii. 3; xiv.
14; Ezek. xxix.
10 ; xxx. 4, 5 ;
xxxviii. 5; Nah,
iii. 9 ; Zeph. iii.
10 ; 1 Esd. iii.
2; Judith i. 10;
Esth. xiii. I
xvi. I ; Acts
viii. 27
Gen. ii. 14 ; xv.
18; Deut. i. 7;
xi. 24 ; Josh. i.
4; 2 Sam. viii.
3; 2 Kings
xxiii. 29; xxiv.

14

'4

Probably the village
Urtas, south of Beth
lehem, near which is
the spring called 'Ain
'Atan. (Mem. III. 43;
Sh. XVII.)— Conder.
The rocky top on which
Beit 'Atab stands, west
of Bethlehem. (Mem.
III. 83; Sh. XVII.)—
Conder.
One of the stations of
the Israelites 'on the
edge of the wilder
ness.'
Probably the ruin el
'Atr, near Beit Jibrin,
allotted to Simeon.
(Mem. III. 261 ; Sh.
XX.)— Conder.
Named ' Cush ' by the
Hebrews, and 'Aithi-
opia ' by the Greeks.
^Ethiopia embraced
Nubia, Sennaar, Kor-
dofan, and Northern
Abyssinia. The name
Cush, however, in
some cases, if not in
all, applies to part of
Western Asia south
of the Caspian — the
country of the Kassi
or Cosseans.

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EUPHRATES,
7; I Chr. v. 9;
River — Con
xviii. 3 ; 2 Chr.
tinued.
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
Mace. iii. 32,
37
EZEL, Stone of,
1 Sam. xx. 19
Not identified
—
A 'stone' or 'mound,'
or (R. V., margin,
the scene of David and
Mound of)
Jonathan's parting.
EZEM
1 Chr. iv. 29
—
See Azem.
EZION-
Num. xxxiii. 35,
Not identified
The last camping station
GABER or
36; Deut. ii. 8;
of the Israelites before
GEBER
1 Kings ix. 26;
xxii. 48; 2 Chr.
viii. 17; xx. 36
entering the wilderness
of Zin, which is Kad
esh. 'King Solomon
made 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
'Akabah.
GAASH,
Josh. xxiv. 30 ;
Not identified

In 'Mount Ephraim,'
Mount of (R.V.
Judg. ii. 9; 2
near 'Timnath Serah.'
Mountain of)
Sam. xxiii. 30;
1 Chr. xi. 32
In Samuel and Chron
icles rendered 'Brooks
of Gaash.'
GABA
Josh, xviii. 24 ;
Ezra ii. 26;
Neh. vii. 30
fieb'a
—
See Geba (1).
GABDES
1 Esdr. v. 20
Not identified
—
GAD, River of
2 Sam. xxiv. 5
Wddy MSjib
—
Same as 'River Arnon.'
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GAD, Tribe of
GALAAD GALEEDGALGALA GALILEE

GALLIM GAREB, The
Hill
GARIZIM GATH

Josh. xiii. 24
9 Ant. viii.

Judith i. 8 ; xv.
5 ; 1 Mace. v.
9, 17, 20, 25,
27. 36, 45. 55
Gen. xxxi. 47, 4
1 Mace. ix. 2

Josh. xx. 7; xxi.
32; I Kings ix.
11; 2 Kings xv.
29 ; I Chr. vi.
76 ; Isa. ix. 1 ;
I Mace. 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.
1 Sam. xxv. 44;
Isaiah x. 30

Gilead

Jer. xxxi. 39

Not identified

Not identified

2 Mace. v. 23 ;
vi. 2
Josh. xi. 22 ; I
Sam. v. 8 ; vi.
17 ; vii. 14 ;
xvii. 4, 23, 52 ;
xxi. 10 ; xxvii.
2, 3. 4. " ; 2
Sam. i. 20; xv.
18; xxi. 20, 22;

Jebel et TSr

Tell es Safi

14

13

'The eastern parts ofthe
country beyond Jor
dan, which belonged
to the Reubenites and
Gadites' (9 Ant. viii.).
The Greek form of
Gilead.'

See Jegar-Sahadutha.
Probably Gilgal (2
Kings ii. 1). Now
Jiljilia, which see.
The region north of
Samaria, including the
Plain of Esdrae.lon and
mountains north of it
(Cf. 3 Wars, iii. 4).

Possibly ' Beit Jala,'
near Bethlehem.
(Mem. III. 20; Sh.
XVII.)
Somewhere in the
vicinity of Jerusalem.
Gerizim.

Five Roman miles from
Eleutheropolis (Beit
Jibrin), on the road
to Diospolis (Lydda),
according to the Ono
masticon. This points
to the fortress of 'Tell
es Safi.' (Mem. II.
440; Sh. XVI.)

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GATH — Con
I Kings ii. 39-
.
tinued.
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-
Josh. xix. 13; 2
el Mesh-hed
6
Now the village ' el
HEPHER, or
Kings xiv. 25
Mesh-hed,' 3 miles
GITTAH-
north-east of Naza
HEPHER
reth, containing the
tomb of Jonah (Neby
Yunas). (Mem. 1. 365;
Sh. VI.)
GATH
Josh. xxi. 25
Not identified

A town of Manasseh.
RIMMON (i)
In the parallel pas
sage in Chr. vi. 70,
the town is called
Bileam.
GATH
Josh. xix. 45 ;
Not identified
_
Signifying 'lofty Gath.'
RIMMON (2)
xxi. 24; 1 Chr.
vi. 69
Named between
'Bene-berak.' (Ibn
Ibrak)(Sh. XIII.) and
Mejarkon (Nahr el
'Aujeh), north of Jaffa.
Probably in the im
mediate neighbour
hood ; but no trace
has been discovered.
GAZA
Gen. x. 19; Josh.
x. 41 ; xi. 22 ;
xv. 47; Jud. i.
18 ; vi. 4 ; xvi.
I, 21 ; 1 Sam.
vi. 17 ; 2 Kings
xviii. 8; 1 Chr.
vii. 28; Jer. xlvii.
I, 5; Am. i. 6,
7 ; Zeph. ii. 4 ;
Zech. ix. 5 ; ¦
Mace. xi. 61,
62 ; xiii. 43 ;
Ghiizzeh
13
Now the city Ghuzzeh,
in Philistia. (Mem.
III. 248; Sh. XIX.)
Acts viii. 26
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GAZARA
I Mace. ix. 52 ;
xiii. 53; xiv. 7,
34; xv. 28, 35;
xvi. 1, 19, 21 ;
2 Mace. x. 32
Tellfezar
Gazera (1 Mace. iv. 15;
vii. 35). Tell Jezar.
See Gezer.
GEBA, GABA
Josh. xxi. 17 ; 1
Jeb'a
14
Now the village Jeb'a
(1) or GIBEAH
Sam. xiii. 3 ; 2
Sam. v. 25 ; 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
of Benjamin, near
Michmash. (Mem.Ul.
94;Sh. XVII.)
GEBA (2)
Judith iii. 10
Jeb'a
10
Now Jeb'a, a village
north of Samaria.
(Mem. II. 155, 185 ;
Sh. XI.)
GEBAL
Josh. xiii. 5 ; 1
Kings v. 18 ;
Ps. Ixxxiii. 7 ;
Ezek. xxvii. 9
Jebeil
—
Now the ruined town
Jebeil, on the coast,
about midway between
Beirut and Tripolis.
GEBIM
Isa. x. 31
Not identified
—
North of Jerusalem.
GEDER
Joshua xii. 13
Not identified
Earned with Debir
and Hormah, in the
south somewhere, (?)
the Gedor of Simeon
(1 Chr. iv. 39), or
Gedor (1).
GEDERAH, of
fosh. xv, 36
Kh. Jedlreh *
14
The Gedor of the Ono
Judah
masticon, 10 miles
from Eleutheropolis
(Beit Jibrin), on the
road to Diospolis, now
the ruin Jedireh, 9
miles south of Ludd.
(Mem. III. 43; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.
5—2
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GEDERAH, of
Benjamin

GEDEROTH

GEDERO- THAIM

GEDOR (i)
GEDOR (2)
GEDOR (3)
GEHENNA
GELILOTH

1 Chr. xii. 4

Josh. xv. 41 ; 2
Chr. xxviii, 18

Jedlreh *

Katrah (?)

GENNESAR, Water of

GEON

Josh. xv. 36
Josh. xv. 58
1 Chr. iv. 39
1 Chr. xii. 7

Josh, xviii. 17

Josh. xiii. Ant. 5,
7 ; 1 Mace. xi.
67

Eccles. xxiv. 27

Kh. JedAr

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Bakr Tiibariya

14

13

14

The village Jedlreh,
north of Jerusalem.
(Mem. III. 9; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.

Apparently the present
village Katrah, also
called Cedron (1
Mace. xv. 39). (Mem.
III. ; Sh. XVI.)—
Warren.
According to LXX.
was part of Gederah.

The present village
Jedur, in the Hebron
mountains, 4 miles
north of Hiilhiil.
(Mem. III. 313 ; Sh.
XXI.)
Apparently not thesame
as ( 1 ) ; but somewhere
in the south of Judah
in Simeon.
If belonging to Benja
min, probably Jedireh.
See Gederah of Benja-

See Hinnom — Valley of.

On the south boundary
of Benjamin, thought
to be a corruption of
Gilgal.
Now called Bahr Tii
bariya. See Chinne-
reth, Sea of.

One of the four rivers
of Eden, Gihon.

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GERAR

Gen. x. 19 ; xx.

Kh . Um m

13

Now the ruin ' Umm

1 ; xxvi. 6,

ferrdr

Jerrar,' 6 miles south
17, 20, 26 ; 2
of Gaza. 'A very
Chr. xiv. 1 3,
ancient city south of
14
Gaza.' Jos. i. Ant. 12,
1. (Mem. III. 389 ;
Sh. XXIII.)
GERIZIM,
Deut. xi. 29 ;
Jebel et Tdr
10
Now called et Tdr, on
Mount
xxvii. 12; Josh.
viii. 33 ; Judg.
ix. 7
the south side of the
valley, in which Na-
blus (Shechem) is situ
ated. (Mem. II. 148,
149 ; Sh. XI.)
GESEM, The
Judith i. 9
Goshen

The Greek form of the
Land of
'
name Goshen.
GESHUR
Deut. iii. 14 ;
Josh. 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 ; hi- 2
Part of Bashan, north
east corner of.
GEZER, or
Josh. a. 33 ; xii.
Telljezar
13
Now the important site
GAZER
12 ; xvi. 3, 10;
Tell Jezar, 4 miles
(R.V. GEZER)
xxi. 21; 1 Chr.
vi. 67; vii. 28;
xx. 4; Judg. i.
29; 1 Kings ix.
15. 16, 17 ; ?
Sam. v. 25 ; 1
Chr. xiv. 16 ;
(Gazer)
west of Emmaus (Ni-
copolis). (Mem. II.
428-432 ; Sh. XVI.K-
Clermont Ganneau.
GIAH
2 Sam. ii. 24
Not identified
' The Ravine ' near the
hill Ammah, by the
way of the wilderness
of Gibeon.
GIBBETHON
Josh. xix. 44 ;
xxi. 23; 1 Kings
xv. 27; xvi. 15.
17
Kibbieh *
IO
Probably the present
village 'Kibbieh,' west
of Timnathah (Tib-
neh). (Mem. II. 297 ;
Sh. XIV.)— Conder.
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GIBEAH, of

Jooh. xv. 57

Jeb'a *

14

Named with Cain and

Judah (i)

Timnah. Now the
village 'Jeba,' 8 miles
west of Bethlehem.
(Mem. III. 25; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.
GIBEAH (2)
Josh, xviii. 28
Jebi'a (?) *
M
A town of Benjamin.
(R.V. GIBE-
Now the ruin Jebia,
ATH)
between Jerusalem and
Emmaus and north of
Kirjath. (Mem. III.
43! Sh. XVII.)—
Conder.
GIBEAH, of
Judg. xix. 12-16;
Not identified
—
Apparently Gibeah lay
Benjamin or of
xx. 4-43; 1 Sam.
somewhere between
Saul
x. 26; xi. 4; xiii,
2, 15 ; xiv. 2,
16; xv. 34; xxii.
6 ; xxiii. 19 ;
xxvi. 1 ; 2 Sam.
xxi. 6; xxiii. 29;
I Chr. xi. 31 ;
2 Chr. xiii. 2 ;
Isa. x. 29; Hos.
v. 8; ix. 9; x. 9
Geba and Jerusalem.
Mentioned as a sepa
rate place from Geba
in Isa. x. 29. Placed
by Robinson at Tell
el Fill, z\ miles north
uf Jerusalem. Capt.
Conder regards it as a
district name.
GIBEAH in
Judg. xx. 31
Either Geba (1), or
the Field
Gibeah.
GIBEAH, of
Josh. xxiv. 33
'Awertah (?) *
IO
The burial - place of
Phinehas
Eleazar. The tradi
tional site is the village
'Awertah, south of
Shechem (Nablus), in
which are shown the
tombs of Eleazar, Phi
nehas, and Ithamar.
Jibia, 7 miles west of
Tell Asur, has been
suggested. (Mem. II.
288; Sh. XIV.)
GIBEAH-HA-
1 Sam. x. 5; xiii.

A garrison ofthe Philis
ELOHIM
3
tines =. Geba, also a
Philistine garrison. —
Conder's Handbook to
the Bible.
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GIBEON
Josh. ix. 3, 17;
x. 1-12,41 ; xi.
19; xviii. 25;
xxi. 17; 2 Sam.
ii. 12, 13, 16,
24; iii. 30; xx.
8; 1 Kings iii.
4. 5; ^- z; 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 ; xii. 12, 16
eljtb
Now the village of ' el
Jib,' north of Jerusa
lem. (Mem. III. 94;
Sh. XVII.)
GIDOM
Judg. xx. 45
Not identified
—
Somewhere on the out
skirts of Gibeah.
GIHON, River
Gen. ii. 13
—
The second river of
Paradise — Geon.
GIHON
1 Kings i. 33, 38;
45; 2 Chr. xxxii.
30; xxxiii. 14
= Siloam ? The Upper
spring of the waters of
Gihon (2 Chr. xxxii.
30). ' 'Ain Umm ed
DSraj,' ' the Virgin's
fountain. ' See En
Rogel. — Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
P- 335-
'Gihon, from the four
teenth century, has been
supposed to be the Bir
ket 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,
1 Sam. xxviii. 4;
felb&n
10
The name survives in
Mqunt
xxxi. 1, 8; 2
Sam. i. 6, 21 ;
xxi. 12; 1 Chr.
x. 1, 8
'JelbSn,' a village on
the high range east of
the plain of Esdraelon.
(AfeOT.II.845Sh.IX.)
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GILEAD, Mount (i)

GILEAD, Mount (2)
GILGAL (1)

Gen. xxxi. 21,
25 ; xxxvii. 25
Num. xxxii. I,
26, 29, 39, 40;
Deut. ii. 36 ;
iii. 10, 16; iv.
43 ; xxxiv. 1
Josh. xii. 2, 5 ;
xiii. II, 25, 31;
xvii. 5. 6; xx.
8; xxi. 38; xxii
9. 13. IS. 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. 1 3
19 ; xvii. I ;
xxii. 3; 2 Kings
x. 33; xv. 29
I Chr. ii. 22 ;
v. 9, 10, 16
vi.8o; xxvi. 31;
xxvii. 21 ; Ps.
lx. 7; cviii. 8;
Cant. iv. I ; vi,
5 ; Jer. viii. 22;
xxii. 6; xlvi. 1 1 ;
1. 19; Ezek.
xlvii. 18; Hos
vi. 8 ; xii. 1 1 ;
Amos i. 3, 13 ;
Obad. 19;
Micah vii. 14;
Zech, x. 10
Judg. vii. 3

Deut. xi. y>;Ji/jillia
Josh. iv. 19; v.
9, 10; ix. 6; x.
6, 15.43; xiv-
6; xv. 7; Judg.
ii. I; iii. 19; 1
Sam. vii. 16; x.
8; xi. 14, 15;

14

The mountainous region
east of the Jordan ;
bounded on the north
by Bashan, on the east
by the Arabian desert,
and on the south by
Moab and Ammon =
The land of Gilead.

Probably Gilboa

Now the ruin Jiljftlia,
3 miles east of Jericho.
(Mem. III. 173. 191 ;
Sh. XVIII.)

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Map,

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

GILGAL— Com
tinued.

GILGAL (2)

GILGAL of
The Goim (R.V.
Goiim)

GILOH

GIMZO

xm. 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
2 Kings ii. I ; iv.
38

Josh, xii, 23

Josh. xv. 51 ; 2
Sam. xv. 12 ;
xxiii. 34

Jlljttia

JiljAlieh

Kh.Jdla(!)'

2 Chr. xxviii. 18 Jimzu

GITTAH- HEPHER
(R.V. GATH-
HEPHER)

GITTAIM

Josh. xix. 13

el Mesh-hed

2 Sam, iv. 3 ; Not identified
Neh. xi. 33

GOATH (RV,
GOAH)

GOB

Jer. xxxi. 39

2 Sam. xxi. 18,
19

Not idetitified

Not identified

Now the village Jiljilia,
north of Bethel. (Mem.
II. 290; Sh. XIV.)

Probably Jiljulieh, in
the plain of Sharon,
north of Antipatris.
(Mem. II. 288; Sh.
XIV.)

Probably the ruin Jala,
in the Hebron moun
tains, 3 miles north of
Hulhul. (Mem. III.
313; XXI.)— Conder.
Now the village Jimzu,
east of Lydda. (Mem.
II. 297 ; Sh. XIV.)

See Gath-Hepher.

In the neighbourhood
of Beeroth.

A place in the neigh
bourhood of Jerusa
lem.

74

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

GOLAN

GOMORRAH (or Amorah),
GOMORRHA
(2 Esd. ii. 2)

References.

Modern
Identification.

Josh. xx. 8; xxi. Sahem el Jau-

27 ; Deut. iv.
43; I Chr. vi.
71

GORTYNA
GOSHEN (1)
GESEM (Judith
i. 9)

GOSHEN, The
LAND OF

GOSHEN (3)

GOZAN

Gen. x. 19 ; xni.
10; xiv. 2- 1 1
xviii. 20; xix
24-28; Deut
xxix. 23; xxxii,
32; Isa. i. 9,
10; xiii. 19 ;
Jer. xxiii. 14 ;
xlix. 18; 1. 40;
Am. iv. 11 ;
Zeph. ii, 9 ;
Matt. x. 15 ;
Mark. vi. 11 ;!
Rom. ix. 29 ;
2 l'eter ii. 6 ;
Jude 7 I

Idn (?)

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

Mace. xv. 23
Gen. xiv. lo ;
xlvi. 28, 29, 34;
xlvii. 1, 4, 6,
27; 1. 8; Exod.
viii. 22 ; ix. 26
Josh. x. 4i ; xi.
16

Josh. xv. 51

2 Kings xvii. 6 ;
xviii. 1 1 ; xix.
12; I Chr. v.
26; Is. xxxvii.
12

Not identified

NjI identified

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

One of the three cities
of refuge east of the
Jordan, in Manasseh.
The name has been
recovered by G. Schu
macher, in the Jaulan.
A village exists called
Sahem el Jaulan, oc
cupying part of an
extensive area of

At the north end,of the
Dead Sea there is a
valley called ' Wady
Amr,' a word contain
ing the radicals of the
name Gomorrah.

A city of Crete
Near the eastern side
of the ancient Delta.

In Southern Palestine.

A town of Judah in the
mountains.
A district in Mesopo
tamia, watered by the
River Khabour.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

75

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

GREECE

GRECIA '

GUDGODAH

GUR, The go
ing up to (R.V.
The ascent of

GUR-BAAL

HABOR

References.

Modern
Identification.

i

'ech. ix. 13; 1
Mace. i. 1 ;
Acts xx. 2
Dan. viii. 21 ; x.
20; xi 2

Deut. a. 7.

Not identified

2 Kings ix. 27 ; Not identified
Jos. 9 Ant. vi.
4

2 Chr. xxvi. 7

2 Kings xvii. 6 ;
xviii. 11 j I Chr.
v. 26.

HACHILAH, Hill of

HADAD- RIMMON

Not identified

Kliabour

1 Sam. xxiii. 19;
xxvi. 1, 3.

Zech. xii. 11.

Dhahret el Ko-
lah (?) *

Rummdneh

No. of
sheet

Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map,

A variation of the name
Hor-hagidgad.

' By Ibleam.' Perhaps
Kh. Kara, west of
Yubla. — Conder. See
Ibleam.
A place or district lying
between Palestine and
the Arabian Peninsula.
Called ' Aborrhas ' by
Strabo (XVI. 1, 27) ;
' Aburas ' by Isidore of
Charax(p. 4) ; 'Abora'
by Zosimus (III. 12),
and ' Charboras ' by
Pliny and Ptolemy
(v. 18). Now called
the river Xhabour, an
affluent of the Eu
phrates.
Apparently the ridge
called 'el Kolah,' in
the wilderness east
of 'Ziph.' (Mem. III.
313; Sh. XXI.)-
Conder.
A place in the valley of
Megiddo. Jerome
(Comm. in Zach. )
makes this=Maximi-
anopolis, or the pre
sent village Rumma-
neh, west of the plain
of ' Esdraelon.' (Mem.
II. 68; Sh. VIII.)

76

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

HADASHAH Josh. xv. 37

HADATTAH (R.V. HAZOR
HADATTAH)

HADID

Josh. xv. 25.

Ezraii. 33 ; Neh,
vii. 37; xi. 34

HADRACH, The land of
HAI (R.V. AI)
HALAH

Zech. ix. I.

Gen. xii. 8 ; xiii.
3
2Kingsxviii. II;
I Chr. v. 26

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on g-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Alap.

Ebdis, ' Eddis "

Not identified

Haditheh

Not identified

Not identified

13

Mentioned between
'Zenan' and 'Migdal-
gad.' Probably the
village ' Ebdis, ' or
'Eddis,' 6£ miles to
the east of Migdal-
gad. It is spoken of
l>y Eusebius as lying
near Taphna. (Mem.
II. 409; Sh. XVI.)
One of the towns of
Judah in the south.
Should read ' Hazor-
hadattah.' See Hazor-
hadattah.
Named with ' Lod ' and
'Ono.' In the time of
Eusebius (Onom. 'Adi-
thaim'), a town called
'Aditha,' or 'Adatha,'
existed to the east of
Lydda (Diospolis).
'Adida in Sephela'
(1 Mace. xii. 38) is
probably the same
place. Now the pre
sent village ' Hadi
theh,' 3 miles to the
east of Lydda = the
Adithaim of Joshua
xv. 36. (Mem. II.
322; Sh. XIV.)
Somewhere in Syria.

See 'Ai.'
A diflferent place to that
of Gen. x. 1 1 ; 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
withthejerujer. (Lay-
ard, Nin. or= Bab. 312.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

77

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HALAK, Mount

HALHUL

HALI

fash, xi. 17; xii. Not identified
7

References.

Modern
Identification.

Josh. xv. 5S

I

Josh. xix. 25

No. of
Sheet
on f -in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

HiilhAl

Kh. 'Alia (?) *

M

HALICAR- NASSUS

HAM

1 Mace. xv. 23;
Jo. Ant. x'
10, 23

BudrAm

Gen. xiv. 5

Not identified

In the neighbourhood
of ' Mount Seir,' sig
nifying ' the bare
mountain : ( margin
R.V.). V b
The present village still
called 'Hulhul,' north
of Hebron and near to
Beth-Zur, with which
it is named. (Mem.
III. 305; Sh. XXI.)
A town on the boundary
of Asher, named be
tween ' Helkath ' and
'Beten.' The name
Kh. 'Alia, 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.)
A city in ' Caria,' cele
brated for its harbour
and the strength of its
fortifications, the birth
place of Herodotusand
of the later historian,
Dionysius. A plan of
the site is given in
Ross, Reisenauf den
Griech Inseln ( vol.
iv., p. 30). The
modern name is 'Bud-
ruin. '
Thought to be another
form of Ammon. The
Targums of Onkelos
and Pseudo Jonathan
haveHemta. Schwartz
(217) suggests ' Hu-
meitat,' or ' Ham-
met Animah,' 1 mile
north of ' Rabba. '

78

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HAMATH

HAMATH ZOBAH
HAMMATH

HAMM0N

References.

Num. xiii. 21
xxxiv. 8 ; Josh,
xiii. 5; Judg.
iii. 3; 2 Sam.
viii. 9 ; 1 Kings
viii. 65; 2 Kings
xiv. 25, 28; xvii.
24, 3°; xvi'i-
34; xix. 13;
xxiii. 33; xxv.
21; I Chr. xiii.
5; xviii. 3, 9;
2 Chr. vii. 8 ;
viii. 4; Isa. x.
9; xi. njxxxvi.
19; xxxvii. 13
Jer. xxxix. 5
xlix. 23; Iii. 9,
27; Ezek. xlvii.
16, 17, 20 ;
xlviii. 1 ; Amos
vi. 2, 14 ; Zech.
ix. 2
2 Chr. viii. 3

Josh. xix. 35

Josh. xix. 28

Modern
Identification.

Hama

A'ol identified

Hiimmdm Ibra
him Basha

Ain HamAl

No. of
Sheet
on gin
Map.

The present city Hama,
in the valley of the
Orontes, north of Da
mascus. Hemath(Amos
vi. 14).

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Perhaps same as last.
North of Damascus.
One of the fortified
cities of Naphtali.
The site was probably
at the Emmaus of Jo
sephus, so famed for
its hot springs and
baths (xviii. Ant. 2,
3 ; 4 Wars i. 3).
Now Haminam Ta-
bariya. (Mem. I. 379;
Sh. VI.)
The present ruin Hima,
II miles south-east of
Tyre, 'Kh. Umm el
'Amud,' on the coast
10 miles south of Tyre,
and ' 'Ain Hamiil '
(Schwartz), a little
farther south, have
each been proposed.
(Mem. I. 51 & 176;
Sh. III., and Conder's
Handbookto the Bible. )

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

79

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HAMM0N

HAMMON- GOG,
The Valley of

HAMOTH- DOR

HAMONAH

HANANEEL. The Tower of
(R.V. HAN-
ANEL)

HANES

HANNATH ON

HAPHRAIM (R.V. HAPH
ARAIM)

References.

I Chr. vi. 76

Ezek. xxxix. 1 1
¦5

Josh. xxi. 32

Ezek. xxxix. 16

Neh. iii. I ; xii
39; Jer. xxxi.
38 ; Zech. xiv
1°.

Isa. xxx. 4
Josh. xix. 14
Josh. xix. 19

HARAHARADAH

I Chr. v. 26

Num. xxxiii. 24.
25

Modern
Identification.

Not identified
Not identified
Tell Defanneh
Kefr 'Andn *
Kh. Fairtyeh *

HarranNot identified

No. of
Sheet
on §-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Allotted out of the tribe
of Naphtali to the Le
vites. Possibly the
same as Hammath.

Same as Hammon (1
Chr. vi. 76), and
Hammath of Josh.
xix. 35.

A tower which formed
part of the wall of
Jerusalem, between
the Sheepgate and
the Fishgate.
A place in Egypt, (?)
Tahpanes, which see.
The present village
'Kefr 'Anan' of Ze
bulon. (Mem. I. 205;
Sh. IV.)— Conder.
Probably the present
ruin Farriyeh, west of
the plain of Esdraelon.
The site of Affarea, 6
miles north of Legio —
'Lejjun.' Onomas
ticon, s.v. Haphraim.
A city of Issachar.
(Mem. II. 58; Sh.
VIII.)— Conder.
=¦ Haran, which see.

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites in the desert.

8o

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HARAN

HARETH, The
Forest of (R.V
HERETH)

HAR0D, The
. Well of

References.

Gen. xi. 31, 32
xii. 4, 5; xxvii
43; xxviii. 10;
xxix. 4; 2 Kings
xix. 12; Isa.
xxxvii. 12 ;
Ezek. xxvii. 23
1 Sam. xxii. 5;
Ant. vi. 12, 4

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
an |-in.
Map.

Harran

Judg. vii. I

HAROSHETH ov the Gen
tiles

Judg. iv. 2, 13
16

HARUPH, HARIPH

Kltards (?) *

•AinfalHd(t)

clHarathiyeh (?) 6

14

1 Chr. xii. 5
Neh. vii. 24

Kh. KharAf(?)*

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Probably the small vil
lage now called ' Har
ran,' between the
Euphrates and the
Khabour.

The LXX. reads 'city.'
Very probably the
name is preserved in
that of Kharas, a vil
lage in the Hebron
mountains, between
'HtLlhul' and 'Adul
lam,' where dense
patches of scrub
abound. Mem. III. 305;
bh. XXI.— Conder.
'Ain Jalftd, below Jez
reel (Zer'ln), is the
generally-accepted spring. Capt. Conder
suggests ' Ain el Je-
m'ain (the spring of
two troops), near Beth-
shean. (Mem. II. 79,
81 ; Sh. IX.)
The village *el Hara-
thiyeh,' in the narrow
strait, on the north
bank of the River
Kishon, which sepa
rates Lower Galilee
from Carmel, is gene
rally looked to now as
the ancientsite; whilst
others maintain-that it
was situated in the
Upper Jordan Valley,
near the Lake Huleh
— Merom. (Mem.
I. 270; Sh. V.)
Anpears to have been
in the south of Judah.
Probably Kh. Kharuf,
south of 'Aid el ML
(Mem. III. 313; Sh.
XXI.) -Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HASH- MONAH

HAURAN

HAVILAH

HAVOTH- JAIR

HAZAR- ADDAR

HAZAR-

ENAN

HAZAR- GADDAH

References.

Num. xxxiii. 29,
3°

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Ezek. xlvii. iC,Hauran
18

Gen. ii. 11; x.
7, 29; xxv. 18;
I Sfim. xv. 7;
I Chr. i. 9, 23
Num. xxxii. 41 ;
Deut. iii. 14 ;
Josh. xiii. 30;
I Chr. ii. 23;
I Kings iv. 13
Num. xxxiv. 4

Num. xxxiv. 9,
10 ; Ezek. xlvii.
17; xlviii. i.

Josh. xv. 27

Not identified

Not idetilified

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on g-in
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites, somewhere near
'Mount Hor.'
Aprovince of Palestine,
bounded on the west
by Gaulanitis, on the
north by the wild and
rocky district of
Trachonitis, on the
east by the mountain
ous region of Batansea,
and on the south by
the great plain of
Moab. {See Porter's
Damascus, vol. ii.)

Small towns of Jair,'
in the country of
Argob.

= Addar. On the
southern boundary of
Judah, between Ka
desh Barnea and Az-

The northern limit ofthe
Promised Land. 'Kur-
yetein ,' a village nor th-
east of Damascus some
60 miles, has been pro
posed by Porter. (Da
mascus i. 252 5 ii.
358.) Conder suggests
'Ain el 'Asi (see Heth
&° Moab).
One of the towns in the
south of Judah, named
between 'Moladah'
and ' Heshmon. '

82

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HAZAR-HAT TICON (R.V.
HAZER- HATTICON)
HAZAR- SHUAL

Biblical
References.

HAZAR- SUSAH

Ezek. xlvii. 16

Josh. xv. 28 ;
xix. 3 ; 1 Chr.
iv. 28; Neh.
xi. 27

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on {f-in.
Map.

Josh. xix. 5; 1 Susin (?)
Chr. iv. 31

HAZAR- MAVETH

HAZERIM HAZEROTH

Gen. x. 26 ; 1
Chr. i. 20

Deut. ii. 23

Num. xi. 35
xii. 16 ; xxxiii
17 ; Deut. i. 1

HAZEZON- TAMAR(R.V.
HAZAZON- TAMAR)

Gen. xiv. 7 ; 2
Chron. xx. 2

Hadramdut

'Ain Hudherah
(?)

Ainjidy

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. o'f Sheet on
Large Map.

On the boundary of
Hauran. Said to mean
'middlevillage'(R.V.)

One of the towns in the
south of Judah, named
next to Beersheba.

One of the southern
cities of Judah allotted
to Simeon. Or 'Hazar-
Susim,' 'the village of
horses.' Probably the
ruin Susin, on the cara
van road to Egypt,
some 10 miles south
of Gaza. — Tristram.
Now Hadramaut, a dis
trict in south-east of
Arabia.The villages' of the
Avims.
The next camping
station of the Israel
ites after 'Kibroth-
hattaavah.' 'Ain
Hudherah,' some two
or three days' journey
north-east from Sinai,
was first suggested by
Burchhardt. — Burck-
hardt, p. 495 ; Robin
son, vol. i., p. 223.

The original name of
En Gedi (2 Chr. xx.
2). The name is pro
bably preserved in
that of the tract
called 'Hasaseh'
(pebbles), near "Ain
Jidv.' Compare Ziz,
cliff of.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

83

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HAZOR (1)

HAZOR (2)

References,

Josh. xi. I, IO-
13; xii- 19;
xix. 36 ; Jud.
iv. 2, 17 ; I
Sam. xii. 9 ;
1 Kings ix. 15;
2 Kings xv. 20:
Jer. xlix. 2d'
3°. 33
Josh. xv. 23

Jebel Hadlrah(1)

HAZOR-HAD- Josh. xv. 25
ATTAH (3)

HAZOR (4)

HEBRON

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on 5-in.
Map.

Not identified

Not identified

Neh. xi. 33 ; I
Kings ix. 15

Gen. xiii. 1
xxiii. 2, 19 ;
xxxv. 27;xxxvii.
14; Num. xiii.
22; Jos.x. 3,5,
23, 36. 39 5 xi-
21 ; xii. 10; xiv.
13-15; xv. 13,
54; xx. 7; xxi.
II, 13; Judg.
i. 10, 20 ; xvi.
S; I Sam. xxx
31; 2 Sam. ii.
I, 3. 11, 32; i"
2, 32; iv. I-I2;

Kh. HazzAr

el Khulil

14

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Named between ' Ra-
mah ' and ' Kedesh '
(Kades) as one of the
fenced cities of Naph
tali. The name sur
vives in Jebel Hadl-
teh, near Kades in
Upper Galilee. (Mem.
I. 204; Sh. IV.)
One of the uttermost
cities of Judah in the
south ; also called
Kerioth Hezron in
Josh. xv. 25.
One of .the towns 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.
Now the heap of ruins
' Hazzfir, ' north of
Jerusalem, near Beit
Hanina, and in Ben
jamin. (Mem. III. 43;
Sh. XVII.)
One of the oldest cities
of Palestine, built seven
years before 'Zoan' in
Egypt (Num. xiii. 22).
Originally named Kir-
jath-arba (Judg. i. 10).
The burial-place of
Abraham, Sarah,
Isaac, and Jacob. One
of the six cities of
refuge. Now a large
town called 'el Khulil.'
(Mem. III. 305 ; Sh.
XXI.)

84

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on \ -in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

HEBRON—
Continued.

HEBRON (R.V
EBRON)

HELAM

HELBAH HELBON

HELEPH

HELEATH

v. I-13; xv. 7-
10; I Kings ii.
11; I Chr. ii.
42, 43; iii. 1,
4; vi. 2, 55, 57;
xi. I, 3 ; xn.
23, 38 ; xxix.
27; 2 Chr. xi.
10 ; 1 Mace. v.
65
Josh. xix. 28

2 Sam. x. 16, 17

Not identified

Judg. i. 31
Ezek. xxvii. 18

Not identified
Helbon

Josh. xix. 33

Josh. xix. 25 ;
xxi. 31

Beit Ltf

Yerka (?)

See ' Abdon,' a town of
Asher, which isthought
to represent this place.
Between the Jordan and
Euphrates, thought to
be identical with Ala-
matha, a town named
by Ptolemy, on the
west of the Euphrates,
near Nicephorium.
A town in Asher.
Now represented by the
village still called Hel-
b&n, in the mountains,
13 miles north of Da
mascus. (Five years in
Damascus, II. 330.—
Porter.)
On the boundary of
Naphtali. Van de
Velde proposed Beit
Lif. (Mem. 1. 204; Sh.
IV.)
Mentioned next to
' Hali ' (Kh. Alia) in
Josh. xix. 25, and to
'Rehob' in xxi. 31.
On the boundary of
Asher. The village
'Yerka,' 8J miles to
east of ' Akka, proposed
by Van de Velde. In
I Chr. vi. 75, it is ren
dered ' Huftok.'

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

85

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HELKATH- HAZZURIM

HEMATH HENA HEPHER

References.

Modern
Identification.

2 Sam. ii. 16

Amos. vi. 14

Wddy el 'Askar
(?)*

Hama

2 Kings xviii. t'Anak{?)
34;2Kingsxix.| 13jls.xxxvii.13

No. of
Sheet
on 3$-in.
Map.

14

Josh. xii. 17 ; I
Kings iv. 10

HERES.Mount

Judg. i. 35

Vol identified

HERMON, Mount

Deut. iii. 8, 9;
iv. 48; Josh. xi.
3, 17; xii. 1-5;
xiii. 5,11; I
Chr. v. 23; Ps.
xiii. 6 ; lxxxix.
12 ; cxxxiii. 3;
Song. iv.
Eccles. xxiv. 13

febel esh Sheikh
Jebel eth Theij

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Possibly 'Wady el 'As
kar,' between 'Gede
rah' (Jedireh) and
'Gibeon' (el- Jib).
(Mem. IIL1 Sh.
XVII.)-^Cv F. T.
Drake.
= Hamath.
Probably 'Anah,' near
' Mosaib,' on the Eu
phrates.
Named between 'Tap-
puah' and Aphek in
Josh. xii. 17, and be
tween Socoh (Sttu-
weikeh), and Dor
(Tanturah), 1 Kings
iv. 10. Not Gath
Hepher.
Mentioned with Aija-
lon. Some 5 miles
to the north of the
valley of Aijalon is
the village- of, vKhtir-
betha ibn Harith,' 5
miles due east of this
place is a very promi
nent and commanding
hiM top called 'Batn
Harasheh.' Further
north lie Haris and
Kefr Haris (Timnath
Heres). All these
names may be con
nected with that of
Mount Heres.
Now called ' Jebel esh
Sheikh, or ' Jebel eth
Thelj,' the highest
mountain in the Anti-
Lebanon range (9, 1 66>
feet). Special Papers-
Vol., p. 1 1 5- 1 16.

86

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and ^

'••4 ¦

Apocrypha

References.

Name.

HESHBON

Num. xxi. 25-

34; xxxii. 3,

37; Deut. i. 4;

ii. 24, 30 ; iii.
2, 6 ; iv. 46 ;
xxix. 7; Josh.
ix. 10; xii. 2,
5; xiii. 10, 17,
21, 26, 27 ; xxi.
39; Judg.xi. 19,
26 ; 1 Chr. vi.
81 ; Neh. ix.
22; Cant. vii.
4; Is. xv. 4 ;
xvi. 8, 9 ; Jer.
xlviii. 2,34,45;
xlix. 3
HESHMON
Josh. xv. 27
HETHLON
Ezek. xlvii. 15 ;
xlviii. 1
HEZRON
Josh. xv. 3
Modem
Identification.
Hesbdn
Not identified
/. Hadireh (?)
No. of
Sheet
on jj-in.
Map.
15
Remarks, References.
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.
The capital of Sihon
King of the Amo-
rites, rebuilt by the
children of Reuben
(Num. xxxii. 37).
Near or on the border
between Reuben and
Dan. In Joshua xiii.
17, as belonging to
Reuben, and in
Joshua xxi. 39 and 1
Chr. vi.81, mentioned
as given 'out of
the tribe of Gad.'
Now the ruined
city ' Hesban.' For
details see Quarterly
Statement, 1882, p, 8,
Eastern Survey.
Named with ' Beer
sheba,' 'Moladah,'etc.
Apparently to the
south; thought to be
another form of the
name 'Azmon,' which
see.
Supposed fb be the
Pass at the northern
end of Mount Leba
non, from the Mediter
ranean to the great
Plain of Hamath — and
would thus be identi
cal with 'the entrance
to Hamath.' (Five
Years in Damascus II.
356.)— Porter.
Named as being on the
southern boundary of
Judah and between
'Kadesh Barnea ' and
'Adar.' 'Jebel Ha
direh,' south of Bir-
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.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

87

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HIDDEKEL

HILEN

HINNOM, Valley of

HOBAH

HOLON, or (1)
HILEN

References.

Gen. ii. 14
Dan. x. 14

1 Chron. vi. 5S

Josh. xv. 8 xviii.
16 ; 2 Kings
xxiii. 10 ; 2
Chr. xxviii. 3 ;
xxxiii. 6 ; Neh.
xi. 30 ; Jer. vii.
31, 32; xix. 2,
6; xxxii. 35
Gen. xiv. 15

River Tigris

Modern
Identification.

Not identified -

Wddy er Rab&-
beh(1)

Jobar (?)
Buzreh (?)

fosh. xv. 51 yBeit 'Aldm (?) '
xxi. 15; I:
Chron. vi. 58

No. of
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on |-in.
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14

14

Remarks, References,
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One of the rivers of
Eden, 'which goeth
toward the east of
Assyria.' The old
name of the Tigris,
which is now called
Dijlah. '
In Joshua xv. 51.
: Holon, which see.
Now 'Wady er Raba-
beh ' — the valley sur
rounding Jerusalem on
the west and south. —
ferusalem Vol. p. 94.
Some havethought the
Kedron Valley to be
intended.
The Jews of Damascus
have a tradition that
the village of 'J6bar,'
immediately north of
Damascus, is the ' Ho-
bah ' 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 Jobar. — ¦
Porter's Handbook for
Syria and Palestine,
pp. 491, 492. The
Hebrew word is s.iid
to mean 'hiding.'
A town in the moun
tains of Judah, named
between 'Goshen'
(not recovered) and
Giloh (Kh. Jala.) In
the same group as
' Dannah ' (Idhna) —
very probably the ruins
'Beit 'Alam' (Sheet
14.) (Mem. III. 313;
Sh. XXI.)— Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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>n &-in.
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HOLON (2)

HOR, Mount (i)

Jer. xlviii. 21

Numb, xxxiv. 7

Not identified

Not identified

HOR, Mount (2)

Num. xx. 22-27 ijetet Ncby Ha

2S

XXI. 4 ; xxxui.
37, 41 ; Deut.
xxxii. 50

rAn

In the ' plain coun
try,' or Mishor in
Moab. Perhaps
' 'Aleiyan.' — Conder.
One of the landmarks
on the northern limits
of the boundary of the
Promised Land. Sup
posed to be the Leba
non Range. (See Con-
der's Heth &° Moab. )
The next camping
station ofthe Israelites
after ' Kadesh ' (Num.
xx. 22) ; ' By the
coast of the land of
Edom' (Num. xx. 23);
or ' in the edge '
(xxxiii. 37.) 'And
Aaron went up into
"Mount H6r" and
died there ' (Num.
xxxiii. 38.) A double-
peaked mountain on
the eastern side of the
'Wady 'Arabah,' and
about midway between
'the Salt Sea' and the
Gulf of Akabah. The
northern peak is the
highest one, on which
is the traditional tomb
of Aaron. Agreatopen
plain extends from the
western base into the
' Wady 'Arabah ' — 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

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

"KiKlA anrl

No. 0

Remarks, References,

I'll'lt. illltl
Apocrypha
Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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onf-in. Map.

and
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HOR, Mount—

and over 2 square
Continued.
miles in extent. There
is also a little plateau
at the fork of the two
peaks (now called Je*
bel Neby Harun.)—
For various descrip
tions see the records of
Burckhardt, Irby and
Mangles, Stephens,
Wilson, Robinson,
Martineau, Stanley.
(Professor Hull's Mt.
SeitJt\sia the Quar
terly Statement, Octo
ber, 1884.) — Major
Kitchener.
HOREB,
F.xod. iii. I ;
Not identified
—
'The Mount of God'—
Mount
xvii. 6; xxxiii.
6; Deut, i. 2, 6,
19; iv. 10, 15 ;
v. 2 ; ix. 8 ;
xviii. 16; xxix.
1 ; 1 Kings viii.
9; xix. 8; 2 Chr.
v. 10 ; Ps. cvi,
.9; Mai. iv. 4;
Eccles. xlviii. 7
another name forSinai
and the wilderness.
' The rock in Horeb '
= Massah and Meri
bah. Exodus xvii. 7.
The name in Hebrew
means ' desert ' or
'dry,' and may apply
to the whole Sinaitic
block.
HOREM
Josh. xix. 38
ICLHdrah *
6
Named between Mig-
del-el (Mujeidel) and
Beth Anath (Ainitha)
in Naphtali. Now
the ruin Harah, be
tween these two places.
(Mem. I.205 ;Sh. IV.)
— Conder.
HOR-HAGID-
Num. xxxiii. 32,
A'ot identified

One of the camping sta
GAD (R.V.
33
tions of the Israelites
HOR -HAG -
in the desert.
GIDGAD)
HORMAH or
Mum. xiv. 45 ;
Not identified
Also called * Zep-
ZEPHATH
xxi. 3 ; Deut. i.|
44 ; Jo-h. xii. I
14; xv. 30; xix.|
4; Judg. 1, 17 ;l
hath' (Judg. i. 17.)
Named between Geder
(not recovered) and
Arad (Tell ' Arad) Josll.
9o

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

HORMAH-
Continued.

HORONAIM

HOSAH

HUKKOK

References.

I Sam. xxx. 30
1 Chron. iv. 30

Is. xv. 5 ; Jer.
xlviii. 3, 5, 34

Jush. xix. 29

Josh. xix. 34

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Ezziyal el Fuha
or et Tahta (?)

Ya.'.uk

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on f -in.
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and
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xii. 14. Also betwee.n
Chesil or Bethul (Beit
Afila) Sheet 14, and
Ziklag: xv. 30; xix. 4.
Robinson (II. 181)
identities the pass es
Siifa with Zephath
(Sheet 21.) S'baita,
south of Beersheba
(Sheet 20) is also pro
posed and has many
supporters. The name
Kh. Hora (Sheet 13)
east of Beer Sheba,
exists at a very ancient
site. (Mem. III. 396;
Sh. XXIV.) S'beita
does not represent the
Hebrew, which is cor
rectly rendered by
Sufa, as Robinson
proposes.
Possibly 'Wady
Ghueir' (with ancient
road). The Hebrew
and Arabic have the
same meaning, with a
slight change of gut
tural. (Conder, Heth
and Moab, 403) situa
ted between ' Beth
Jesimoth ' (Sheet 14)
and 'Luhith' (Sheet
I5-)
A city of Asher, Pro
bably the present ruins
now called 'Ezziyatel
Jiika,' south of Tyre.
(Mem. I. 48, 51; Sh.
I.)— Conder.
Named next to 'Az-
noth Tabor' as being
on the boundary of
Naphtali. The pre
sent village YakCk.
(Mem. I. 365; Sh.
VI.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

9i

Bible and
Apocrypha Name

References.

Modern
Identification.

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Sheet
on g-in.
Map.

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and
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HUKOK

1 Chr. vi. 75

Not identified

—

Apparently another
name for 'Helkath' of
Joshua xix. 25

HUMTAH

fosh. xv. 54

Not identified

—

In the mountains of
Judah, and mentioned
next to Hebron.

HYDASPES, River

Judith i. 6

Not identified

Possibly the Choaspes
of Susiana. Not the
Hydaspes of India
(Smith's Bible Dic
tionary.)
IBLEAM
Josh. xvii. 11 ;
Judg. i. 27 ; 2
Kings ix. 27
Yebla
6
A city of Manasseh in
Issachar. Probably
Yebla, north-west of
Bethshean. See also
Bileam.
IDALAH
Jcsh. xix. 15
cl Huivarah (>)*
6
One of the cities of Ze
bulon. Its later name
was Hirii (Talmud
fer, Megil/ah I.) Now
identified with ' el
Huwarah,' south of
Bethlehem in Zebu
lon. (See Conder's
Handbook, p. 268, and
Mem. I. 288; Sh. V.)
IDUMEA (R.V.
EDOM)
Is. xxxiv. 5> 6;
Ezek. xxxv. 15;
xxxvi. 5 ? J
Mace. iv. 15 ;
29, 61 ; v. 3 ;
vi. 31; 2 Mace.
xii. 32; Mail:
iii. 8
See Edom
The Greek form of the
name Edom.
IIM (1) (R.V.
IYIM)
Num. xxxiii.
45
See Ije A bari 711
—
A contracted form of
the name Ije-Abarim,
which see.
IIM (2)
Josh. xv. 29
Not identified
Mentioned with 'Beer
sheba, ' and ' Chesil,' or
' Bethul,' somewhere
in the south of Judah.
The Peshito Syriac
version has Elin.
92

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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on§-in. Map.

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IJE-ABARIM (R-V. IYE-
ABARIM)

Num. xxi. II ;
xxxiii. 44

Not identified

Between ' Oboth ' and
' the valley of Zared,'
wilderness which is
before Moab.' One of
the camping stations
of the Israelites.

IJON

I Kings xv. 20 ;
2 Kings xv. 29;
2 Chr. xvi. 4

d Khlam (?) *

6

A town belonging to
the tribe of Naphtali,
' el Khiam,' in the
Merj 'Ayun, north of
Banias (Conder). Tell
Dibbin, in the same
district, has also been
proposed. (Mem. X.
88; Sh. II.)

IMMER

Ezraii. 59; Neh.
vii. 61

Not identified

One of the places from
which some ofthe cap
tivity returned, who
could not prove their
pedigree.

INDIA

1 Esd. iii. 2

—

—

IR-NAHASH (R.V. 'TheCiiv
ofInahash.')

1 Chron. iv. 12.

Deir Na k h -
khds (?) *

13

Of Judah. Possibly
' Deir Nakhkhas, 'near
BeitJibnn.(jW<;wz.III.;Sh. XX. )— Conder.

IRON

Josh. xix. 38

Ydr&n

6

Named between ' Mig-
dal'el' and 'En-hazor'
in Naphtali. Now the
village Yarun. (Mem.
I.204; Sh. IV.)

IRPEEL

Josh xviii. 27

Rdf&t *

'4

Mentioned between
' Rekem ' and ' Tara-
lah,'of Benjamin, both
places unknown.
Probably the village
' Rafat,' near Gibeon,
(Mem. III. ic4; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.

IR-SHEMESH

Josh. xix. 41

'Ain Shems

14

Identical with Beth
Shemesh, which see.

ISHTOB

2 Sam. a. 6, 8

—

R.V. 'Men of Tol>.' S«
Tob.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

93

No. of

Remarks, References,

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on §-in.

and
No. of Sheet on

Map.
Large Map.
ISSACHAR,
^jen. xxx. 1 8 ;
' The fourth lot came
Tribe of
xxxv. 23; xlvi.
13; xlix. 14;
Exod. i. 3 ;
Num. i. 8, 28,
29 ; ii. 5 ; vii.
18; x. 15; xiii.
7 ; xxvi. 23,
25 ; xxxiv. 26 ;
Deut. xxvii. 12;
xxxiii. 18; Josh.
-xvii. 10, II ;
xix. 17, 23; xxi.
6, 28 ; Judg. v.
15 ; x. I ; I
Kingsiv. I7;xv.
27 ; 1 Chron.
ii. 1 ; vi. 62,
72; vii. 1, 5;
xii. 32, 40 ;
xxvii. 18 ; 2
Chr. xxx. 18 ;
Ezek. xlviii. 25,
26-33; Eev. vii.
7
out for Issachar. And
their border was unto
fezreel, and Chesulloth
and Shunem ; and
Hapharaim, and
Shion, and Anahar-
ath ; and Rabbith, and
Kishion, and Ebez ;
and Remeth, and
En-gannim, and En-
haddah, and Beth-
pazzez ; and the border
reached to Tabor, and
Shahazumah, and
Beth- Shemesh ; and
the goings out of their
border were at Jordan j
sixteen cities with
their villages.' (Josh.
xix. 17-23 R.V.) 'Issa
char had its limits in
length, Mount Carmel
and the river, but its
limit in breadth was
Mount Tabor.' (5 Ant.
I. 22.)
ITHNAN
Josh. xv. 23
Not identified
A town in the south of
Judah named with
' Kadesh,' ' Hazor,'
and 'Ziph.'
ITTAH-KA-
Josh, xix, 1 3
Not identified

On the boundary of
ZIN (R.V.
Zebulon between Git-
ETH-EAZIN)
tah-hepher and Rem-
mon.
IVAH or AVA
2 Kings xvii. 24;
Hit (?)
_
Thought to be 'Hit 'on
(R.V. IVVAH
xviii. 34; xix.
the Euphrates ?
and AVVA)
13; Isa. xxxvii.
'3
JAAZER (R.V.
Num. xxi. 32 ;

See Jazer.
JAZER)
xxxii. 35
94

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bihle and
Apocrypha Name.

JABBOK,

River

References.

Modern
Identification.

Gen. xxxii. 22 ; Wddy Z'erka
Num. xxi. 24;
Deut. ii. 37 ;
iii. 16 ; Josh.
xii. 2; Judg. xi.
13-22

JABESH- GILEAD

JABEZ

Judg. xxi. 8, 14;
I Sam.xi. 1-10;
xxxi. 11-13; 2
Sam. ii. 4, 5 ;
xxi. 12 ; 1 Chr.
x. II, 12
1 Chron. ii. 55

JABNEEL, or
JABNEH

JABNEEL

Josh. xv. 11 ;
2 Chron. xxvi,
6 ; 1 Mace. iv.
15; v. 58; x.
69 ; xv. 40 ; 2
Mace xii. 8, 9,
40

Josh, xix, 33

Not identified

Not identified

Yebnah

Yemma '

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*3

The brook which Jacob
crossed ou his way from
'Haran.' Between
Gerasa (Jerash) and
Philadelphia (Am
man) — Onomasticon.
Now called Wady
ez Zerka, having its
source at the clear and
copious springs in the
valley above 'Amman,'
then sweepinground in
a north-westerly direc
tion to the south of
Jerash, and entering
the Jordan near ' Suc-
coth' and 'Adam.'
Six Roman miles from
Pella on the road to
Gerasa (Onomasticon.)
The name survives in
Wady el Yabis, and
possibly the ruin ed
Deir marks the site.
' Deir Abu Kabus, be
tween Eshtaol and
Ashnah, has been pro
posed for this place.'
(Henderson's Hand
book lo Students. ) The
Arabic and Hebrew
have, however, no
connection.
One of the places on
the northern boundary
of Judah. Now the
village Yebnah, in
Philistia. Thejamnia
of the ist Book of
Maccabees. (Mem. II.
441 ; Sh. XVI.)
Now the ruins Yemma,
7 miles south of Ti
berias in Naphtali. —
Conder's Handbook to
the Bible, p. 269.
Mem. I. 365 ; Sh. VI.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

95

Bihle and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification.

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on|-in.

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JABNEH

2 Chr. xxvi. 6

See Jabneel.
JAGUR
Josh. xv. 21
Not identified
—
Named with other towns
towards the coast of
Edom.
JAHAZ
Num. xxi. 23 ;
Deut. ii. 32 ;
Judg. xi. 20 ;
Is. xv. 4; Jer.
xlviii. 34
Not identified
10'
Identified as one town
in Reuben. ' Rujm
el Makhsiyeh,' north
east of Heshbon, pro
JAHAZA (R.V.
Josh. xiii. 18
Not identified
—
posed by Capt. Con
JAHAZ)
>
der. Eusebius (Onom)
says it existed in his
JAHAZAH
Josh. xxi. 36 ;
Not identified
—
day between Medeba
(R.V. JAHAZ
Jer. xlviii. 21
and Dibon; but this
and JAHZAH)
direction does not ap
pear correct.
JAHZAH (R.V.
1 Chr. vi. 78
Not identified
—
JAHZAH)
,
JAMNIA
1 Mace. iv. 15;
v. 58 ; a. 69 ;
xv. 40
Yebnah
13
See Jabneel( 1 ). Jamnites
2 Mace. xii. 9. (250
furlongs from Jerusa
lem): the distance in a
straight line is about
29 English miles.
JANOAH
2 Kings xv. 29
YdnAh
6
Now the villageYanuh,
in the mountains of
Naphtali. ' (Mem. I.
51, 96; Sh. I.)
JANOHAH
Josh. xvi. 6, 7
YdnAn
10
Named between Taa-
(R.V. JA
nath- Shiloh (Tana)
NOAH)
and Ataroth (not re
covered). Now the
village ' Yan&n,' or the
ruins on the hill be
yond it, situated 7
miles to the east of
Shechem, and south
of Taanath - Shiloh.
(Mem. II. 387; Sh.
XV.)
96

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

Biblical
References.

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JANUM (R.V.
JANUM)

Josh. xv. 53

Beni Nairn (?)

14

JAPHIA

Josh. xix. 12

JAPHLETI (R.V. JAPH
LETITES)

JAPHO (R.V.)
JOPPA or
JAPHA

JAPHETH

JARMUTH (1)

Josh. xvi. 3

Josh. xix. 46

Judith ii. 25

Josh. x. 3, 5, 23
xiii. 11; xv. 35
Neh. xi. 29

Yafa

Not identified

JARMUTH (2) Josh. xxi. 29

Ydfa

Not identified

Kh.el YarmAk

Rameh (?) ¦

14

Mentioned between
'BethTappuah' (Tuf-
fuh) and ' Eshean' (es
Simia). The present
village ' Beni N'aim,'
3 miles eastof Hebron.
(Mem. III. 325; Sh.
XXI.)
Now the village ' Yafa,'
south of Nazareth, and
between 'Chisloth-
tabor' and 'Sarid' in
Zebulon. (Mem. I.
3535 Sh. V.)
On the south boundary
of Ephraim. Not a
town name according
to the R.V.

The seaport town Yafa
in Dan. See Joppa.
(Mem. II. 254, 255,
275-278; Sh. XIII.)
Toward the south, over
against Arabia.'
Named between 'Enam'
(Kh. Wad 'Alin) and
' Adullam ' (Aid el
Ma), now Kh. el Yar-
mfik in Judah. (Mem.
III. 128; Sh. XVII.)
One of the cities allot
ted to the Levites out
of thetribe of Issachar.
Compare with Ramoth
of I Chr. vi. 73, and
Remeth of Josh. xix.
21, evidently all refer
ring to the one place.
The village ' er Ra
meh,' north of She
chem, has been pro
posed. See Ramoth and
Remeth. — Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

97

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

Biblical
References.

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Identification.

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JASHUBI- LEHEM

I Chr. iv. 2,2

Not identified

JATTIR

JAZER

Josh. xv. 48 ;
xxi. 14; I Sam.
xxx. 27; 1 Chr,
vi." 57

Num. xxxii. I,
3. 35; Josh
xiii. 25 ; xxi.
39 ; 2 Sam.
xxiv.' 5 ; I Chr.
vi.81; xxvi. 31;
Is. xvi. 8, 9; Jer.
xlviii. 32 ; I
Mace. v. 8

Kh. 'Atttr

14

Beit Zer'ah (?)

15

Probably a place near
to 'Chozeba' (Kh.
Kueiziba) in Judah.
According to Jerome
(Quaest Hebr.)andthe
Targum on Chronicles
(ed. Wilkins, 29, 30).
'Jashubi - Lehem is
Naomi and Ruth, who
returned to bread, or
to Beth-lehem after
the famine.'
Inthemountains named
between ' Shamir' (Kh.
Somerah) and 'Socoh'
(Shuweikeh). Now
Kh. 'Attir, south of
last. (Mem. III. 408;
Sh. XXV.)
In the east of Jordan
mentioned with
'Heshbon,' 'Nimrah,'
'Jogbebah,'etc, 'their
(Gad) coast was Jazer'
(Josh. xiii. 25), 'Jazer
of Gilead' (1 Chr.
xxvi. 31), 'The sea of
Jazer' (Jer. xlviii. 32).
Jazar (1 Mace. v. 8).
Jazer, according to the
Onomasticon, was
known, and Eusebius
and Jerome place it
10 Roman miles west
of Philadelphia (Am
man), and 15 from
Heshbon. Two sites
were discovered by
Seetzen in 1806 (Rei-
sen, 1854, 397-8),
' Khurbet Sar ' and
'Sir' (the former 6£
English miles west of
Amman and lo\ Eng
lish miles north of
Heshbon) : the latter
(Sar) 9 English miles
west of Amman, and

9S

OLD TESTAMENT SITES

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

JAZER— Con
tinued.

JEARIM, Mount

Josh. xv. 10

JEBUSI or
JEBUS (R.V.
JEBUSITE)

Modern
Identification.

Josh, xviii. 16,
28 ; Judg. xix.
10, 11; I Chron,
xi. 4, 5 ; 2 Sam.
v. 6,8

JEGAR-SA-Gen. xxxi. 47
HADUTHA, ' The Heap of
Witness in
Aramaic.1

JEHOSA PHAT, Valley
of

Joel iii. 2, 12

The ridge on
which Kesla
stands (?)

Jerusalem

\Wddy Silt
Miriam

No. of
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14

14

Remarks, References,
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9i in a straight line or
14 by road north of
Heshbon. Capt. Con
der, 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.)
On the northern bound
ary of Judah. '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 Cheslon') the
modern Kesla 10 miles
west of Jerusalem.
The ancient name of
Jerusalem.

See Mizpeh.

The name lingers at
Sh'afat, a village im
mediately north of
Jerusalem. Generally
recognised as the val
ley between Jerusalem
and Mount of Olives,
now called 'Wady
Sitti Miriam,' and
'Wady Far'aun.'

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

99

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

JEHUD

JEEABZEEL

JEMNAAN

JERICHO

Josh. xix. 45 \el YchAdiych

References.

Modern
Identification.

Neh. xi. 25

Judith ii. 28

Not identified

Num. xxii. I ;
xxvi. 3, 63 ;
xxxi. 12; xxxiii.
48, 5°; xxxiv,
15; xxxv. I ;
x xx vi. 13;
Deut. xxxii. 49;
xxxiv. I, 3
Josh. ii. 1, 3;
iii. 16; iv. 13,
19; v. 10, 13;
vi. I, 2, 25, 26;
vii. 2 ; viii. 2 ;
ix. 3 ; x. I, 28,
30 ; xii. 9 ; xiii.
32; xvi. I, 7;
xviii. 12, 21 ;xx.
8 ; xxiv. 1 1 ; 2
Sam. a. 5; I
Kings, xvi. 34;
2 Kings, ii. 4,
5, 15, 18 ; xxv.
5 ; I Chron. vi.
78; xix. 5; 2
Chron. xxviii,
15; Ezraii. 34;
Neh. iii. 2 ; vii.
36; Jer. xxxix,
5; Iii. 8; Judith
iv. 4; Eccles.
xxiv. 14; I
Mace. ix. 50 ;
xvi. 11, 14; 2
Mace. xii. 15

Eriha

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Now the village ' el
Yehiidiyeh,'8 miles to
the east of Joppa, in
Dan. (Mem. II. 258 ;
Sh.XIII.)
= Kabzeel. A town in
the extreme south of
Judah.

Probably Jabneel or
Jamnia — which see.

The city of palm trees.'
The ancient site of this
town was probably at
the mounds near ' 'Ain
es Sultan.' (Mem. 111.
173 and 222; Sh.
XVIII.) Herod's city
was south of these
mounds and the
mediaeval town near
the present village
Eriha.

IOO

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on tf-in.
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JERUEL, The
Wilderness of

JERUSALEM

2 Chron. xx. 16

JESHANAH

JESHIMON

JESHUA

Josh. x. 1-5; xii.
10; xv. 63;
xviii. 28; Judg.
i. 7, 8, 21; 1
Sam. xvii. 54;
2 Sam. v. 6-14;
xxiv. 16; I
Kings iii. I ; 2
Kings; 2
Chron. ; Ezra ;
Neh. j etc.
2 Chron. xiii. 19

Num. xxi. 20;
xxiii. 28 ; 1
Sam. xxiii. 19,
24; xxvi. 1,3
Neh. xi. 26

el Kuds esh
Shertf

JETHLAH (R.V. ITHLAH

Josh. xix. 42

Not identified

14

'Ain Sinia '

Desert west of
Dead Sea

Kh. Saweh (?) '

14

H

BeitTAl(V)*

'4

Near the ascent of Ziz
— 'Ye shall find them
at the end of the val
ley before the wilder
ness of Jeruel.' Part
of the Jeshimon or
Wilderness of Judea.
Now called 'el Kuds
esh Sherif. See Re
covery of Jerusalem,
and Jerusalem Vol.

Now the village 'Ain
Sinia,' in the valley
north of Bethel, as
proposed by M. Cler
mont Ganneau.
The desert west of the
Dead Sea. The word
is usually rendered
' solitude.'
Named in a group of
towns with Jekabzeel,
Moladah, Beersheba,
etc. etc. Probably the
present ruin 'S'aweh,*
east of Beersheba.
(Mem. III. 409; Sh.
XXV.)— Conder.
In the group of towns,
between ' Ajalon ' and
' Elon,' in the tribe of
Dan. The present
ruin 'Beit Tfll' has
been proposed by
Capt. Conder. Shilta,
7 miles east of Lydda,
has also been sugges
ted by Mr. C. F. T.
Drake. (Mem. III.
43 : Sh. XVII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
sheet
on g-in.

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Large Map.

JEWRY

I Esd. ii. 4; iv.
49; v. 7. S, 57;
vi. 1 ; viii. Si ;
ix. 3

—

Judah or JuCea.

JEZREEL

Josh. xix. 18; 1
Sam. xxix. 1,
II ; 2 Sam. ii.
9 ; iii. 2 ; iv. 4 ;
1 Kings iv. 12;
xviii. 45, 46;
xxi. 1, 23 ; 2
Kings viii. 29;
ix. 10, 15, 17,
30. 37; x- 1-
11; 2 Chr. xxii.
6; Hos. i. 4-
11; ii. 22

Zer'ln

IO

On the borders of Issa
char next to Chesul
loth. Now the modern
village Zer'in. (Mem.
11.88; Sh.IX.) Wine
presses were discover
ed by the Survey Party
south-east of the vil
lage.

JEZREEL,

Josh. xvii. 16 ;

6
Either part of the Great
Valley of
Judg. vi. 33 ;
Hos. 1, 5
Plain of Esdraelon, or
the open valley run
ning east from Jezreel
to the Jordan valley.
JEZREEL
Josh. xv. 56; 1
Sam. xxv. 43;
xxvii. 3; xxx.
5; 2 Sam. ii.
2; iii. 2; 1 Chr.
iii. 1
Not identified
Between 'Juttah' ('Yut-
ta') and Jokdeam (not
known) in Judah.
JIPHTAH
Josh. xv. 43
Not identified
In the low country of
Judah. Named be
tween 'Ashan' (Ase-
ileh ?) and Ashnah '
(Idhnah ?)
JIPHTAH-EL,
Josh. xix. 14, 27
Not identified
—
A valley on the bound
the Valley of
ary between ' Asher '
(R.V. IPHTAH-
EL)
and 'Zebulon.' The
discovery of Dabba-
sheth(which see) points
to the great Wady el
Kurn as the valley in
tended. The Hebrew
means 'opened by God'
as usually rendered.
102

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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JIPHTAH-EL
— Continued.

Robinson (iii. 107),
suggests that Jiphtah-
el was identical with
Jotapata (Kh. Jefat),
and that 'Wfldy 'Ab-
ellln,' west of it, re
presents the valley,
but Jefat does not re
present the Hebrew
word.

J0GBEHAH

Num. xxxii. 35;
Judg. viii. 11

eljubcihat

II

Now the ruins of Ju-
beihai,' between 'Am
man' and 'es Salt,'
(Heth & Moab.)

JOKDEAM

Josh. xv. 56

Not identified

»4

A city in the mountains
of Judah named with
'Juttah' (Yutta) 'Jez
reel' (not known) and
' Zanoah ' (Zanuta)

JOKMEAM

1 Chr. vi. 68;
1 Kings iv. 12
(R.V.)

Not identified

—

Another name for Kib-
zaim of Joshua xxi. 22.

JOKNEAM, of
Carmel

Josh. xii. 22 ;
xix. 11; xxi.
34

Tell Keimun

10

The ruins and mound
now called Tell Kei-
mftn, on the edge of
the plain of Esdraelon
and south of Mount
Carmel in Zebulon.
(Mem. II. 69; Sh.
VIII.)

JOKNEAM (R.V. JOE
MEAM)

i Kings iv. 12

Not identified

—

See Jokmeam,

JOETHEEL

Josh. xv. 38

Kh.Kutldneh(})

'3

A town in the lowlands
of Judah. The ruin
' Kutlaneh,' 4 miles
east of Ekron, has
been proposed by Con
der (see Handbook to
the Bible).

JOKTHEEL,

2 Kings xiv. 1

Petra

28

= Selah. Probably
Petra.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

103

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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>n$-in. Map.

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JOPPA, JAPHO

JOPPE

JORDAN, River

JOSEPH'S TOMB

Josh. xix. 46 ; 2
Chr. ii. 16
Ezra iii. 7 ;
Jonah i. 3
I Esd. v. 55 ; I
Mace. x. 75,76;
xi. 6 ; xii. 33 ;
xiii. 11 ; xiv. 5,
34; xv. 28,35:
2 Mace. iv. 21;
xii. 3. 7
Gen. xiii. 10 ;
xxxii. 10 ;1. 10
Num. xiii. 29
xxii. 1 ; xxxii.
5 ; xxxiii. 48
Deut. ii. 29 ;
iv. 21 ; Jos. iii,
1-17 ; iv. 1-23 ;
Judg. iii. 28 ; I
Sam. xiii. 7; 2
Sam. ii. 29
Gen. 1. 25 ; Ex.
xiii. 19 ; Josh.
xxiv. 32 ; Acts
vii. 16

Ydfa

Nahr esh Shert-
'ah

10 14

JOTBAHJOTBATH, <
JOTBATHAH (R.V. JOTBA
THAH)
JUDAH, City
OF
JUDAH, Wil
derness OF

2 Kings xxi. 19
Deut. x. 7;
Num. xxxiii.
33

2 Chron. xxv. 28

Judg. i. 16 ; Ps.
Ixiii. (title)

Kabr Yusef

Not identified
Not identified

The present town Yafa.
(Mem. II. 254, 255,
275, 278 ; Sh. XIII.)

Yafa. ing.

See the preced-

Now called ' Nahr esh
Sheri'ah' ('the water
ing-place ').

The building over the
tomb of the Patriarch
Joseph was built at
the expense of Mr. E.
T. Rogers, H.B.M.'s
Consul at Damascus,
January, 1868. Is
immediately north of
Jacob's Well. (Mem.
II. 194 ; Sh. XI.)
See below.
' A land of rivers of
waters.' One of the
camping stations of
the Israelites.
Cf. 2 Kings xiv. 20

The low country which
lies to the south and
east of 'Tell Arad.'
(Sh. XIV.) 

104

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

JUDAH upon Josh. xix. 34
Jordan (R.V.
JUDAH
Jordan)

JUDAH, Tribe
OF

Joshua xv. , etc
5 Ant. i. 22

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

No. of
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ong-in. Map.

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Thought to be a cor
ruption of some other
name. (Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
p. 306, and Quarterly
Statement, p. 183,
1883.
'The lot for the tribe of
fudah, according 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 south
ward 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 alongtoAzmon,
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 ai Jor
dan; and the border
went up to Beth-
hoglah, and passed
along by the north of
Beth-Arabah ; and the

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

105

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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)n §-in.
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JUDAH— Con
tinued.

border went up to the
stone of Bohan, the
son of Reuben ; and the
border went up to
Debir, from the Valley
ofAchor, and so north
ward, looking toward
Gilgal, that is over
against the ascent of
Adummim,v/hich ison
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 Jebu-
site southward (the
same is Jerusalem) ;
and the border went
up to the top of the
mountain that lieth be
fore the Valley of
Hinnom westward,
which is at the utter
most part of the Vale
of Rephaim north
ward ; and the border
was drawn from the
top of the mountain
unto the fountain of
the waters of Neph-
toah, and went out to
the cities of Mount
Ephron; and the bor
der 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
fearim, on the north
(the same is Chesalon),
and went down to

io6

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

Rcf<

JUDAH— Con
tinued.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
sn 3-in.
Map.

JUTTAH

KABZEI

EADES

Josh. xv. 55; xxi.
16

Yuttah

Josh. xv. 21 ; 2 Not identified
Sam. xxiii. 20;
I Chron. xi.
22; Neh. xi. 25
Judith i. 9

14

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Bethshemesh and
passed along by Tim
nah; 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.)
The present village
'Yuttah,' 5 miles south
of Hebron, in the
mountains of Judah.
It is mentioned with
Maon, Carmel and
Ziph. (Mem. III.
310; Sh. XXI.)
In the south of Judah,
towards the coast of
Edom. .S« Jekabzeel.
= Kadesh.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

107

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

KADESH

Gen. xiv. 7; xvi.
14; xx. I; Num.
xiii. 26; xx. I,
14, 16, 22;
xxvii. 14; xxxiii.
36, 37; Dent.
i. 46; xxxii. 51;
Judg. xi. 16,
17; Ezek. xlvii
19; xlviii. 28

KADESH BARNEA

KADESH, Wilderness of

KAN AH

References.

Num. xxxii. 8
xxxiv. 4; Deut
i. 2, 19; ii. 14;
ix. 23; Josh.
x. 41 ; xiv. 6.
7; xv. 3
Ps. xxix. 8

Josh. xix. 28

Modern
Identification.

Ain Kadi's (?)

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Kdna

Also called 'En Mish-
pat' (Gen. xiv. 7),
The scene of Miriam's
death (Num. xxi. 1).
A city in the utter
most borders of Judah
(Num. xx. 16). 'The
water of Meribah in
Kadesh in the wilder
ness of Zin' (Num.
xxvii. 14, Deut. xxxii.
51). 'In the wilder
ness of Zin, which is
Kadesh' (Num.xxxiii.
36). The name still
survives in the Arabic
'Ain Kadis,' at a.
spring south of Beer
sheba, proposed as
the site by the Rev.
J. Rowlands, and sup
ported by the Rev.
Dr. Clay Trumbull, in
his work ' Kadesh
Barnea.' Dr. Robin
son 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-
Same as the preceding.

The district of Kadesh
Barnea.

Now the village Kana,
south-east of Tyre 7
miles. (Mem. I. 51,
64; Sh. I.)

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OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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Apocrypha Name.

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KAN AH,
Josh. xvi. 8; xvii.
Wddy Kdnah
10
The boundary between
River
9
the territories of Eph
raim and Manasseh.
Now 'WSdy Kanah.'
(Mem. II. ; Sh. XIV.)
KARKAA
Josh. xv. 3
Not identified
__
On the southern bound
(R.V. KARKA)
ary of Judah named
between 'Adar' and
' Azmon.'
KARKOR
Judg. viii. lo
Not identified

Probablyadistrict name
.
or a descriptive term.
KARTAH
Josh. xxi. 34
Not identified
—
Allotted with Jokneam
to the children of
Merari (Levites). A
city of Zebulon.
KARTAN
Josh. xxi. 32
Not identified
In the parallel list of 1
Chr. vi. 76, the name
appears as ' Kirjath-
aim.' One of the cities
of Naphtali allotted to
the Gershonites (Le
vites), and mentioned
after 'Hammoth Dor."
KATTATH
Josh. xix. 15
Not identified
' Ketunith,' mentioned
in the Talmud as iden
tical with Kattath
(Josh. xix. 15) may
perhaps be the ruin of
Koteineh (Tal. Jer.
Megilla 70a), but this
is not suitable for the
Bible Kattath. One of
the cities of Zebulon.
(Mem. II. 48; Sh.
VIII.) Schwarz would iden
tify it with Cana (Kefr
Kenna) of Galilee (p.
172).
KEDEMOTH
Josh. xiii. iS;
xxi. 37; 1 Chr.
vi. 79
Not identified
"- —
One of the cities allot
ted to Reuben. East
of the Dead Sea.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

iog

Bible and
Apocrs-pha Name.

KEDESH (i)

KEDESH (2)

KEDESH NAPHTALI
(3)

References.

Josh. xv. 23

t Chron. vi. 72

KEDESH (4)

KEHELA- THAH

KEILAH

Josh. xv. 44 ; 1
Sam. xxiii. 1-8,
10-13; Neh. "'•
17,18

KENATH Num. xxxii. 42:
„NOBAH 1 Chron. ii. 23

Josh. xii. 22 ;
xix. 37; xx. 7;
xxi. 32 ; Judg.
iv. 6, 9, 10, 1 1 ;
2 Kings xv. 29 ;
I Chr. vi. 76;
Mace. xi. 63

Judg. iv. 11

Modern
Identification.

Tell 'Abu Kadeis

Kades

Kh. Kadish(1})

Num. xxxiii. 22

Not identified

Kh. Kila

Kilnawdt

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Supposed to refer to
Kadesh Barnea on
southern border of
Judah.
In the parallel list of
Joshua xxi. 28, the
name is 'Kishon.'
Possibly 'Tell Abu
Kadeis,' near Lejjfin,
on the south-west of
the Plain of Esdrae-
lon. A city of Issachar.
(Mem. II. 69; Sh.
VIII.)— Conder.*
One of the fortified
cities of Naphtali, ap
pointed as a city of
refuge; Now the vil
lage 'Kades,' west of
'elHuleh.' (Mem. I.
204, 226; Sh. IV.)
Robinson iii. 366, 8 ;
Van de Velde ii. 417;
Stanley 365, 390.
Near Bitzaananim ( see
Zaanaim). Possibly
the ruin Kadish, on
the shore south of
Tiberias. (Conder's
Handbook to the Bible. )

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites.

Now the village Ktla, in
the Hebron mountains,
i 6 miles to the west of
Hulhul. (Mem. III.
314; Sh. XXI.)

The ruined town Kana-
vvat, east of Bashan.

no

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KERIOTH- HEZRON
or HAZOR

KERIOTH

Josh. xv. 2.5

Jer. xlviii. 24,41

Kh. elKureitin(?)

Not identified

H

15

KEZIZ, Valley
of (R.V. EMEK-
KEZIZ

KIBROTH- HAT-
TAAVAH

Josh, xviii. 21

Not identified

Num. xi. 34

Not identified

KIBZAIM

Josh. xxi. 22

Tell el Kabus (?)

14

One of the cities in the
south of Judah. Kh.
Kureitin, 4^ miles
north of 'Arid,' has
been proposed for this
site. Robinson (B. R.
ii. 101.)
Probably = Kiriathaim
of Moab which see
(Conder). 'Kureiyeh,'
about midway between
Bozrah and Salkhad,
in Sh. 12, has been
proposed by Porter.
(Five Years in Damas
cus \\. 191, 198.)

One of the cities men
tioned with 'Jericho,'
'Beth-hoglah' and
' Beth-arabah.' The
Beth-basi of 1 Mace.
ix. 62, 64, is thought to
be a corruption of this
name (Keziz.)

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites. The name ' et
Taba' occurs in the
Valley of the' Arabah,
25J miles north of
Akabah, where there
is also a burying place.

In the parallel list of I
Chr. vi. 68 'Jokmeam '
is given for 'Kibzaim.'
Mentioned between
Gezer and Beth-horon.
Tell el Kabus, between
Michmash and Jerusa
lem, has been pro
posed. (Conder's
Handbook. )

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

111

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification

No. of
Sheet '
an ;; in. J
Map. I

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

KIDRON, The
Brook

KIN AH

KIR

2 Sam. xv. 23;
I Kings ii. 37 ;
xv. 1 3 ; 2 Kings
xxiii. 4, 6, 12;
2 Chr. xv. 16 ;
xxix. 16 ; xxx.
14; Jer. xxxi. 40
Josh. xv. 22

Amos. i. 5 ; ix.
7 ; 2 Kings xvi.
9 ; Isa. xxii. 6

Wddy en Ndr

14

Not identified

KIR-HARA-Isa. xvi. 7; 2

SETH (R.V.
KIR-HARE- SETH)
KIR- HARESH
KIR-HERES
KIR, of Moab

KIRIA-

THAIM

KIRIATHI ARIUS

KIRIOTHfR.V KERIOTH)

Kings iii. 25
Isa. xvi. 11
Jer. xlviii. 31,36
Isa. xv. 1

? Kerak

14

Jer. xlviii. 1, 23 ;!ff/ KHreiydl (?)
Ezek. xxv. 9

1 Esd. v. 19

Amos. ii. 2

el Kiireiydt (?)

15

15

Now Wady en Nar, the
deep and rugged
ravine winding from
Jerusalem to the Dead
Sea. (Conder' s, Hand
book,-^. -^0.)

One of the cities in the
extreme south towards
Edom. Mentioned
between Jagur and
Dimonah.
The countryfrom which
the Syrians came, and
to which they were
taken from Damascus.
Supposed to be in
Lower Mesopotamia.
Variations of one name
all applying to the
same place. Now
Kerak, the fortified
town to the east ofthe
southern end of the
'Salt Sea.' (Reland
Pal, 533), (Bohaeddin,
Vit. Sal., ch. 25),
Burckhardt, 379-399;
Irby (ch. vii.), Seitzen
(Reisen i. 412-3), De
Saulcy (La Mer Morte
i- 355. etc.)

Probably the present
ruin el Kureiyat, be
tween ' Dibon ' and
' Madeba.'
A corruption of Kirjath
Tearim.N

Probably Kiriathaim.

Hi

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

No. of

Remarks, References,

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on jj-in.

and
No. of Sheet on

Map.
Large Map.
KIRJATH
Josh, xviii. 2S
Kiiryet el 'Enab
14
In the tribe of Benja
(R.V.
min. Now generally
KIRIATH)
acknowledged as
' Kiiryet el 'Enab,'
which is more gener
ally called only el
Kuryeh. (Mem. III.
132; Sh. XVII). It
is also thought by
many to be identical
wilh 'Kirjath Jearim,'
which see.
KIRJATH-
Num. xxxii. 37;
el Kiireiydt (?)
15
In the revised version
AIM (R.V.
Josh. xiii. 19
rendered 'Kiriathaim,'
KIRIA-
which see. The ruins
THAIM)
of 'el Kureiyat,' be
tween Medeba and
Dibon, are now be
lieved to represent this
site. Eusebius
describes it as a village
entirely of Christians,
10 miles west of Me
deba, ' close to the
Baris ' — ' el Kureiyat '
is this distance, but
more south than west
of 'Medeba.'
KIRJATH-
1 Chron. vi. 76
Not identified

A town in Naphtali, not
A I M (R.V.
mentioned in the
KIRIA-
original list of Josh.
THAIM)
xix. 32-39 ; and in the
parallel list of Joshua
xxi. 32, Kartanisgiven.
KIRJATH-
Gen. xxiii. 2 ;
el Khiilil
14
The early name of
ARBA (R.V.
Josh. xiv. 15;
Hebron, and one ofthe
KIRIA-
xv- 13. 54;xx-
six cities appointed as
KIRIATH-
7 ; xxi. 1 1 ;
a place of refuge. See
ARBA,
Judg. i. 10;
Neh. xi. 25
Hebron.
KIRJATH-
Ezra ii. 25
Another form for Kir-
ARIM (R.V.
jath-Jearim (Neh. vii.
KIRIATH
29). In the book of
ARIM)
1
Esdras it is given as
Kiriathiarius. See
Kirjath-Jearim.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

"3

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

K IRJATH
BAAL (R.V.
KIRIATH BAAL

References.

Josh. xv. 60,
xviii. 14

KIRJATH Xum.
HUZOTH
(R.V. KERI-
ATH HUZOTH

KIRJATH JEARIM (R.V.
KIRIATH
JEARIM

Josh. ix. 17; xv
9; xviii. 14,15;
xv. 60

xxn. 39

Not identified

Kh. 'Erma(*)or
Kurie t
'Enab (?)

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on $-in.
Map.

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Another name for 'Kir-
jath-J earim,' which
see.

Somewhere in the
neighbourhood of the
'high places of Baal'
in Moab. Perhaps the
same as Kiriathaim.

Also called 'Baalah,
'Kirjath Baal,' 'Kir-
jath-Arim'(?) Kirjath.
On the boundary line
between Benjamin and
Judah, a city belong
ing to the latter.
Eusebius and Jerome
(Onomasticon —
' Cariathiarim ') de
scribe it as a village
at the ninth or tenth
mile between Jerusa
lem and Lydda
Kuriet el Enab, Ji
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 posi
tion is 4 miles west of
the hill overlooking
Bethshemesh, and
about 12 miles from
Jerusalem. (See
Mem. III., pp. 43 to
52, Sh. XVIII. ; and
Handbook to the Bible,
P-2590 

114

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

KIRJATH SANNAH
(R.V. KIRIATH
SANNAH)
KIRJATH SEPHER
(R.V. KIRIATH
SEPHER)

Biblical
References.

Josh. XV. 49

Judg. i. II, 12

KISHION, KISHON (R.V.
KISHION)
KISHON, River

KITHLISH (R.V.CHITHLISH)

KITRON

LADDER of
Tyrus

Modern
Identification.

Josh. xix. 20; Not identified
xxi. 28

Judg. iv. 7, 13 ;
v. 21; I Kings
xviii. 40; Ps.
Ixxxiii. 9

Josh. xv. 40

Judg. i. 30

I Mace xL 59

Nahr el Mil
kutt'a

Not identified

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on g-in.
Map.

14

RasenNakutah

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Other names of Debir,
which see-

One of the cities on the
boundary of the tribe
of Issachar.
Now called Nahr el
Mukutt'a, which
drains the whole ofthe
great Plain of Esdrae-
Ion. The scene of the
defeat of Sisera, and
ofthe slaughter of the
Priests by Elijah. In
Ps. Ixxxiii. 9, 'The
BrookKison." (R.V.
River Kishon.)
A town of Judah in the
lowland.'

Mentioned along with
Nahalol as the two
towns from which
Zebulon did not expel
the Canaanites. The
Talmud (Megillah i. I)
reads Zippori, i.e. Sep-
phoris, now Seffurieh.
The headland ' Ras en
Nakurah,' north of
'Akka..— For notes, see
Smith's Bible Dic
tionary. {Mem. I. )

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

"5

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification,

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

LABAN

LACHISH

Deut. i. I

Not identified

Josh. x. 3,5-35;
xii. 1 1 ; xv. 39
2 Kings xiv. 19
xviii. 14, 17 ;
xix. 8; 2 Chr.
xi. 9 ; xxv. 27 ;
xxxii. 9; Neh.
xi. 30; Is.
xxxvi. 2; xxxvii.
8; Jer. xxxiv. 7;
Micah i. 13

Umm Ldkis (?)
or Tell el
Hesy(?)*

13

LAHMAM (R.V. or LAH MAS)

LAISH (R.V. or
LAISHAH)

Josh. xv. 40

Judg. xviii
7-29; Is. a. 30

Kh. el Lahm '

TellelK&dy

13

Thought to refer to the
same place as Libnah
(2) of Num. xxxiii. 20,
21.

This important city of
the Amorites is de
scribed by Eusebius
and Jerome (Onomas
ticon) as being 7 miles
from Eleutheropolis
(Beit Jibrin) towards -
Daroma. The Mound
of ' Umm L&kis,'
to the west of
Eglon, was first sug
gested by Robinson,
but it is 1 2j miles from
Eleutheropolis. ' Tell
elHesy,' immediately
south of Eglon, and
10J miles from Eleu-
. theropolis, is now pro
posed by Capt. Conder.
(See Mem. III. 261;
Sh. XX.)
Named between ' Cab-
bon' and 'Kithlish,'
towns in the low
country of Judah, but
no trace to their iden
tity has as yet been
discovered. For this
site the ruin el Lahm,
near Beit Jibrin, has
been proposed (Con
der). (Mem. III. 261 ;
Sh. XX.)
Leshem, Josh. xix. 47.
The original name of
the city Dan. Now
'Tell el Kady, '2 miles
west of Banias. See
Dan. (Mem. I. 139;
Sh. II.)

i-i6

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

LAKUM (R.V.
LAKKUM)

LASHA

LASHARON (R.V. LAS-
SHARON)

LEBANON, Mount

Josh. xix. 33

Gen. x. 19

References.

Not identified

Not identified

Josh. xii. 18

Deut. i. 7; iii.
25;xi. 24; Josh.
i. 4; ix. 1; xi.
17; xii. 7; xiii.
5; Judg. iii. 3;
ix. 15; I Kings
iv. 33; v. 6, 14;
vii. 2; ix. 19;
x. 17; 2 Kings
xiv. 9; xix. 23;
2 Chr. ii,
viii. 6; ix. 16;
xxv. 1 8 ; Ezra
iii. 7 ; Ps. xxix.
5; lxxii. 16;
xcii. 12; civ. 16:
Cant. iii. 9 ;
iv. 8; v. 15; vii. I
4; Is. ii. 13 ;x.
34;xiv.8;xxix. 17; xxxiii. 9;
xxxv. 2; xxxvii.
24; xl. 16; lx.
13; Jer. xviii.
14; xxii.
Ezek. xvii. 3 ;
xxvii. 5; xxxi.
3; Hos. xiv. 5;
Neh.i.4; Hab.
ii. 17; Zech. x.
10; xi. I.

Modern
Identification.

Sdrttut{1)*

Jebel Libndn

No. of
Sheet
>n § in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Aplace on the boundary
of Naphtali, some
where between Jabneel
and the river Jordan.
The position of this place
is uncertain. Jerome
and others identify it
with Callirhoe, the
famous hot springs in
the wild and rugged
ravine of Zerka M'atn
— east of the Salt Sea,
Trobably the present
ruin SarOna, 6J miles
west of the south end
of the Sea of Galilee.
(Mem. I. 370; Sh.
VI.)— Conder.
Now called Jebel Lib-
nan. — For general
description, ses
Porter's Handbook.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

117

Bible and
Apocrypha ' Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
>n 3-in.
Map.

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and
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Large Map.

LEBAOTH LEBONAH LEHI LESHEM LIBANUS LIBNAH (1)

LIBNAH (2)

LIBYA (R.V.
PUT)

LO-DEBAR

Josh. xv. 32

Judg. xxi. 19

Judg. xv. 9, 14,
19

Josh. 19, 47

1 Esd. iv. 48 ; v.
55 ; 2 Esd. xv.
20; Judith i. 7;
Eccles. xxiv.
13; 1- 12
Josh. x. 29, 39 ;
xii. 15; xv. 42
xxi. 13; 2 Kings
viii. 22; xix. 8;
xxiii. 31 ; xxiv.
18 ; 1 Chr. vi.
57 ; Is. xxxvii.
8 ; 2 Chr. xxi.
10 ; Jer. Iii. I
Num. xxxiii. 20,
21

Jer. xlvi. 9; Ezek
xxxviii. 5

2 Sam. ix. 4, 5
xvii. 27

Not identified

el Lubban

Not identified

Tell el Kddy

febel Libndn

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Probably identical with
Beth Lebaoth and
BethBirei. One of the
cities of the south.
The present village
Lubban, near the main
road to Shechem, and
west of Shiloh. (Mem.
II. 286 ; Sh. XIV.)
Or Ramath Lehi, the
scene of Samson's
exploit with the jaw
bone of an ass. The
word means 'jaw
bone.'
See Laish.

Mount Lebanon.

Named between Mak-
kedah and Lachish, in
the ' lowland ' of Judah.
(Mem. III. 261 ; Sh.
XX.)

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites, between Sinai and
Kedesh.
Lybia is part of Africa
west of Egypt ; but
Put or Phut may have
been in Asia.
A town of Gilead.

n8

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
pn f -in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

LOD

I Chron. viii. 12;
Ezra ii. 33;
Neh. vii. 37 ;
xi. 35

Ludd

9

The present town called
Ludd, on the plain
south-east of Jaffa and
north of Ramleh.
(Mem. II. 267; Sh.
XIII.)

LUHITH, The
Ascent of

Isa. xv. 5; Jer.
xlviii. 5

Tal' at el Heith*

»S

Probably Tal'at el
Heisah (or Heith), one
mile to the west of
Mount Nebo. — Con-
der's Heth and Moab,
p. 140; Quarterly
Statement, 1882, p. 9.

LU2 (i)

Gen. xxviii. 19;
xxxv. 6; xlviii.
3; Josh. xvi. 2;
xviii. 13; Judg.
i. 23

Beitin

10

The old name of Bethel.
The present village
Beitin. See Bethel.
(Mem. II; 305; Sh.
XIV.)

LUZ (2)

Judg. i. 26

Luweiziyth (?) *

6

In the 'land of the
Hittites.' The ruin
Luweiziyeh, west of
Banias, is proposed by
Capt. Conder. (Mem.
I. 96; Sh. II.)

LYCIA

1 Mace. xv. 23 ;
Acts xxvii. 5

In the south-west of
Asia Minor, opposite
Rhodes. — Groves'
Bible Index.

LYDDA

1 Mace. xi. 34

Ludd

—

Another name for Lod
and Ludd.

LYDIA

1 Mace. viii. 8

A province in Asia
Minor.
LYDIA
lizek. xxx. 5
—
In the Revised Version
'Lud.'
MAACAH, Dis
trict of (R.V.
AP.AM- MAACAH)
2 Sam. x. 6, 8 ;
1 Chr. xix. 6,7
in Deut. iii. 14; Jos,..
xii. 5; xiii. 11-13; 2
Sam. xxiii. 34 ; 2 Kings
xxv. 23; 1 Chron. iv.
19; Jer. xl. 8.
Maachathites (Maaca-
thites R.V). Named
with Zobah and Tob.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

119

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

MAALEH ACRABBIM
(R.V. AKRABBIM,
The Ascent of)
MAARATH

josh. xv. 3

Josh. xv. 5)

MACALONMACHMAS

MACHPE- LAH, Cave of

MADIAN

MADMAN- NAH

MADMEN

References.

Not identified

Beit Ummar(?)*

I Esdras v. 21
I Mace. ix. 73

Gen. xxiii. 9, 17,
I9;xxv. 9;xlix.
3°; I. 13

Judith ii. 26

Josh. xv. 31; I
Chron. ii. 49

Jer. xlviii. 2

Modern
Identification.

Mukhmas (?)
Mukhmas

UmmDeimneh*

Umm Deineh(l?)

No. of
Sheet
on viii.
Map.

14

14

13

'5

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Very probably the steep
declivity at the south
ern end of the Salt
Sea, and between there
and Kadesh Barnea.
The present villageBeit
Ummar, 6 miles north
of Hebron. Named
in the group of cities
which contains Hulhdl,
Beth Zur, Gedor,
Beth-Anoth, and be
tween the two latter.
(Mem. III. 303; Sh.
XXI.)— Conder.
A corruption of Mich
mash.
The Greek of Mich
mash.
The cave beneath the
Haram at Hebron. —
For plan, etc., and
latest report of the
Haram, see Capt.
Conder's 'visit' in
Quarterly Statement
for October, 1882.
The Greek form of
Midian.

Named with Hormah,
Ziklag, and Sansannah.
Possibly the ruin Umm
Deimneh, 12 miles
north-east of Beer
sheba. (Mem. III.
392,399; Sh. XXIV.)
A place in Moab,
'Umm Deineh,' 12
miles north-east of
Dibon, in Moab has
been proposed.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES

Bible and
Apocrypha Name. -

No. of

Remarks, References,

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
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Large Map.
MADMENAH
Isa. x. 31
Not identified
One of the towns of
Benjamin, somewhere
in the neighbourhood
of Jerusalem on the
north ; not recovered.
MADON
Josh. xi. 1 ; xii.
19
Kit. Madtn (?)*
6
Named with 'Lash-
aron' (Sar&na) and
' Hazor.' Possibly the
ruin Madtn, west of
the Sea of Galilee
and close to Hattin.
(Mem. I. 365; Sh. VI.)
'Kefr Menda,' on the
west corner of ' Sahel
el Buttauf,' proposed
by Schwarz (90).
MAOBISH
Ezra ii. 30
Not identified
—
In Benjamin, or in
Judah.
MAGED
1 Mace. v. 36
—
See Maked.
MAGIDDO
I Esd. i. 29
See Megiddo.
MAHANAIM
Gen. xxxii. 2;
Mahneh (?)
11
Possibly the heap of
(R.V. 'Hosts or
Josh. xiii. 26,
ruins now called Mah
Companies')
30 ; Josh. xxi.
38 ; 2 Sam. ii.
8, 12, 29; xvii.
24, 27; xix. 32;
1 Kings ii. 8;
iv. 14; 1 Chr.
vi. 80
neh, 14 miles south
east of Bethshean and
near Jabesh Gilead.
See Porter's Hand
book, 332 ; Conder's
Heth and Moab, pp.
177-180.
MAHANEH-
[udg. xiii. 25 ;
Wddy el Miitluk
14
' Camping - place 0 f
DAN
xviii. 12
Dan,' west of Kirjath
Jearim; and Judg. xiii.
25, between ' Zoreah '
and 'Eshtaol.' Appa
rently the plain imme
diately south of those
two places, in Wady
el Miitluk,' or W£dy
Serar.'
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
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and
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Large Map.

¦MATTAE

MAKED

MAKHE- LOTH

l Kings iv. 9

1 Mace. v. 26

Num. xxxiii. 25

MA EKED AH

MAKTESH

Josh. x. 10, 16-
29; xii. 16; xv.
41

Zeph. i. 11

Not identified

cl Mejed(t)*

Not identified

el Mugh&r (?)

KALLOS

MAMRE, Plain of (R.V.
MAMRE, The
Oaks or Tere
binth of)
MANAHATH

2 Mace. iv. 30

Gen. xiii. 18;
xiv. 13, 24;
xviii. I ; xxiii.
17, 19 ; xxv.
9 ; xxxv. 27 ;
xlix. 30; 1. 13
1 Chr. viii. 6

At mouth of
Seihun

13

Mdlhah <

'4

Mentioned with Shaal-
t>im, Beth Shemesh
and Elon-beth-hanan.

= Maged, 1 Mace. v.
36. One of the great
cities of Gilead. Per
haps el Mejed, north
of Amman. — Conder.

One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites.

Probably the present
village 'el Mflghar.'
Mem. II. 411; Sh.
XVI.) -Warren.

The Targum identifies
this name with the
Kedron Valley. The
meaning of ' Mactesh'
is probably a deep hol
low, literally a 'mor
tar.'
Was an important city
of Cilicia, lying at the
mouth of the Pyra-
mus, about 20 miles
from Tarsus.
fn the neighbourhood
of Hebron.

Probably the village
' Mdlhah, ' 3 miles
south-west of Jerusa
lem. (Mem. HI. 21 ;
Sh. XVII.)— Conder.

123

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
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on f-in.
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and
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Large Map.

MANASSEH, The Two half
Tribes

Gen. xii. 51 ;
xlvi. 20; xlviii.
I, 5, 13, 20; 1.
23; Num.i. 10,
34. 35; "• z°;
vii. 54; a. 23;
xiii. II; xxvi.
28, 29, 34 ;
xxvii. 1 ; xxxii.
SS.Sg^Mxxxiy. 14, 23; xxxvi.
1, 12; Deut. iii.
13, 14; xxix.
8; xxxiii. 17;
xxxiv. 2; Josh,
i. 12; iv. 12
xii. 6; xiii. 7
29, 31; xiv. 4
xvi. 4, 9; xvii.
1-3, 5-J2. «7
xviii. 7 ; xx. 8:
xxi. 5,6,25,27;
xxii. 1, 7, 9 11
31; Judg. i. 27;
vi- '5. 35; vii.
23; xi. 29; 1
Kings iv. 13;
1 Chr. v. 18,
23, 26; vi. 61,
62, 70, 71; vii.
14, 17, 29 ; ix.
3; xii. 19, 20,
31, 37; xxvi.
32; xxvii. 20,
21 ; 2 Chr. xv.
9; xxx. 1, io,
II, 8; xxxi. I;
xxxiv. 6, 9 ; Ps.
lx. 7; lxxx. 2j
cviii. 8; Is. ix.
21; Ezek. xlviii
4.5-

This was the lot for
the tribe of Manasseh;
for he was the first
born of Joseph ; as for
Machirthefirst-bornofManasseh the father of
Gilead, because he was
a man of war, there
fore he had Gilead and
Bashan (Josh. xvii.).
Their border was from
Mahanaim, all Bashan,
all the kingdom of Og,
King of Bashan, and
all the towns of Jair,
which are in Bashan,
three score cities ; and
half Gilead, and Ash-
taroth, and Edrei, the
cities of the Kingdom
of Og in Bashan, were
for the children of
Machir (Josh. xiii.).
And therefell ten parts
to Manasseh beside the
land of Gilead and
Bashan, which is be
yond Jordan 
And the border of
Manasseh was from
Asherto Michmethaih,
which is before She
chem ; and the border
went along to the right
hand, unto the inhabi
tants of En-tappuah,
The land of Tappuak
belonged to Manasseh,
but Tappuah on the
border of Manas
seh belonged to the
children of Ephraim.
And the border went
down into the brook
of Kanah, southward
of the brook ; these
cities belonged to
Ephraim among the
cities pf Manasseh ;
and the border of

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

123

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

MANASSEH-
Continued.

MAON

MAON, Wil
derness OF

MARAH (R.V.
margin ' Bitter
ness')

Josh. xv. 55; 1
Sam. xxv. 2

I Sam. xxiii. 24,
25

Exod. Num.9

xv. 23
xxxiii. 8,

Modern
Identification.

Kh. Main

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
an |-in.
Map.

14

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
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Martasseh was on the
north side ofthe brook,
and the goings out
thereof were at the
sea ; southward it was
Ephraim's and north
ward it was Manas-
seh's, and the sea was
his border; and they
reached to Asher on
the north, and to Is
sachar on the east.
And Manasseh had in
Issachar and in Asher
Beth-shan and her
towns, Ibleam and her
towns, and the inhabi
tants of Dor and her
towns, and the inhabi
tants of En-dor and
her towns, and the in
habitants of Taanach
and her towns and the
inhabitants of Megid-
do and her towns,
even the three heights,'
etc. (Josh. xiii. 7-
II). '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).
The present ruir.ci! town
' M'aln,' south of He
bron. (Mem. III. 404,
415; Sh. XXV.)
The country to the east
of Maon.

Three days' journey in
the wilderness of
Etham, from where

124

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

MARAH— Con
tinued.

MAKALAH

References.

Modern
Identification.

Josh. xix. II

MARESHAH Josh. xv. 44; 2
Chron. xi. 8
xiv. 9, 10; xx.
37; Micah i. 15

MAR0TH
MASAL0THMASHAL
MASPHA (1)
MASPHA (2)
MASREKAH

Micah. i. 12
1 Mace. ix. 2
I Chron. vi. 74
1 Mace. iii. 46
I Mace. v. 35

Gen. xxxvi. 36 ;
1 Chr. i. 47

M'aWQ)*
Kh. Mer' ash
Not identified
Not identified

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
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'3

Remarks, References,
and
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the Israelites crossed
the Red Sea; where
the bitter waters were
made sweet. 'Ain
Hawarah, some 16
hours from ' 'Ayun
Musa,' is generally
supposed to represent
the camping-station,
or some other spring
near it, possibly in
WSdy Ghurundul.
Robinson, B.R. i. 67;
Burckhardt, Schubert,
Stanley, etc., etc.
A place on the boun
dary of Zebulon.
Possibly the village
M'alul, west of Naza
reth. (Mem. I. 274,
322;Sh.V.)— Conder.
Now the ruin Mer'ash,
close to Beit Jibrin.
In 2 Mace. xii. 35,
Marissaa. (Mem.lll.;
Sh. XX.)
(?) Maarath, a town of
Judah.
Caverns near Arbela
(12 Ant. ii. 1). Pro
bably those in 'Wady
Hammam.'
See Misheal.

The ancient Mizpeh of
Benjamin.
Probably Ramath Miz
peh of Gilead.
In the country of
Idumsea, in the neigh
bourhood of Petra.
Uncertain.

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Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification.

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on t|-in.
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MASS AH and
MERIBAH

MATTANAH

Exod.

Num. 19

xvii. 7

IS,

Not identified

15

MEAH, Tower
of (R.V. HAM-
MEAH,Tower
of)

MEARAH

MEDEBA

Neh. iii. I ; xii.
39

Not identified

MEDIA

MEGIDDO

Josh. xiii. 4

Num. xxi. 30 ;
Josh. xiii. 9, 16;
I Chr. xix. 7
Isa. xv. 2

1 Esd. iii. 1, 14;
vi. 23 ; Tobit
xi. 15 ; xiv. 4,
14; 1 Mace. vi.
56 ; viii. 8 ; xiv.
1, 2
Josh. xii. 21 ;
xvii. 11; Judg.
i. 27 ; v. 19 ; 1
Kings iv. 12 ;
ix. 15; 2 Kings
ix. 27; xxiii. 29,
30 ; I Chr. vii.
?9 

el Mogheiriyeh

Aledeba

el Lejj-An, Tell
el Mutasellim,
Kh. Muje'dd'a
(?)*

IS

The rock in Horeb,'
signifying 'Tempting'
or 'Proving,' and
' Chiding ' or strife.
(Margin R.V.)
One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites. Probably Wady
Waleh. — Quarterly
Statement, p. 86, 1882;
Heth and Moab, p.
144.
One ofthe towers of the
wall of Jerusalem. It
stood between the
tower of Hananeel and
the sheep -gate — ¦
probably near the
north - east corner of
the city.
Beside the Sidonians.'
Probably the village
Mogheiriyeh, 6 miles
north-east of Sidon. —
Conder.
The present ruins Me
deba. In I Mace. ix.
36, Medaba. — Con
der 's Heth and Moab,
p. 138.
South and south-west
of the Caspian, and
east of Armenia.

A town in Issachar
allotted to Manasseh.
Placed by Robinson at
'elLejjiin'; by Thom
son at 'Tell el
Mutasellim,' immedi
ately north of Lejjvln;
and by Conder at

126

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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References.

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Identification.

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on §-in.
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MEGIDDO—
Continued.

Muj edd'a, in the valley
3 miles south-west of
Bethshean. (Mem. II.
90'; Sh. VIII.)— Con-
der's Handbook to the
Bible, p. 287.

MEGIDDO, Waters of

Judg. v. 19

IO
Some fine, copious
springs are near the
ruins of Mujedd'a, and
also at el.LejjUn, but
much smaller. — Con-
der's Handbook to the
Bible.
MEGIDDO, Valley of, or
MEGIDDON
2 Chron. xxxv.
22 ; Zech. xii.
11
—
Probably the Valley of
Jezreel, near Mujedd'a.
— Conder's Handbook
to the Bible.
ME-JARKON
Josh. xix. 46
Not identified
9
Probably near the river
'Auja, north of Jaffa.
(Mem. II. ; Sh. XIII.)
The word is said to
mean 'yellow water.'
MEKONAH (R.V. MECONAH)
Neh. ix. 37
Kh. el
Mekenna(Tj*
13
Probably Mechanum,
8 Roman miles from
Eleutheropolis (Ono-
m asticon). The
present large ruin
' Mekenna,' 12 miles
north-west of Beit
Jibrin. (Mem. II.
425; Sh. XVI.)— Con
der.
MEMPHIS or
NOPH
Isa. xix. 13; Jer.
ii. 16 ; xliv. 1 ;
xlvi. 14, 19 ;
Ezek. xxx. 13,
16; Hos. ix. 6;
Judith i. 10
Mitrahumy
A city in Egypt ; it was
on the left bank of the
Nile, the capital of
lower Egypt and the
site of the principal
Egyptian Necropolis.
Smith's Dictionary to
the Bible.
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127

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification,

No. of
Sheet
du 8-in.
Map.

Remarks," References,
and
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Large Map.

MEONENIM, Plain of (R.V.
MEONENIM,
The Oak or
Terebinth of)

Judg. ix. 37

MEPHAATH

MERAN

MERIBAH or
MERIBAH
KADESH

MEROM, Waters of

MERONOTH

MEROZ

Josh. xiii. 18 ;
xxi. 37; 1
Chron. vi. 79 ;
Jer. xlviii. 21

Bar. iii. 23

Ex. xvii. 7 ;
Num. xx. 13
24 ; xxvii. 14 ;
Deut. xxxiii. 8 ;
Ps. lxxxi. 7 !
Deut. xxxii. 5 1 ;
Ezek. xlvii. 19

Josh. xi. 7

1 Chr. xxvii. 30 ;
Neh. iii. 7

Judg. v. 23

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Baheiret el Huleh

Kh. Marrina
(??)*

Not identified

H

MESHA

Gen. x. 30

Not identified

Near Shechem (Na-
blus). The word is
usually translated
' Enchanters.'

A city of Reuben.

The name given to the
place where the rock
was struck, and the
people murmured. —
Conder's Handbook to
the Bible, and Primer
of Bible Geography, p.
56.
Now 'Baheiret el
Huleh.' (Mem. I. 205;
Sh. IV.)
Possibly the ruin Mar
rina, in the Hebron
mountains, 4 miles
north of Hiilhul.
(Mem. III. 314, 359 ;
Sh. XXI.)— Conder.
The village el Miirus-
sus, 4 miles north
of Bethshean is men
tioned by Burckhardt
and Robinson (II.
356.) The Arabic
word, however, does
not represent the He
brew.
Thought to be Musa,
on the Red Sea. — See
Smith's Bible Dic
tionary,

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MESOPO TAMIA

Gen. xxiv. 10 ;
Deut. xxiii. 4 ;
Judg. iii. 8, 10 ;
I Chr. xix. 6 ;
Judith ii. 24 ;
v. 7, 8 ; viii. 26 ;
Acts ii. 9 ; vii.
2

The district enclosed
between the two rivers
of Tigris and
Euphrates, especially
the north-western por
tion thereof. — Grove's
Bible Index.

MICHMASH

I Sam. xiii. 2-23;
xiv. 5, 31 ; Ezra
ii. 27; Neh. vii.
3i;xi. 31; Isa.
x. 28

Mukhmds

14

Now the village
'Miikhmfis,' 7 miles
north of Jerusalem. In
Ezra ii. 27; Neh. vii.
31, Michmas. (Mem.
III. 149; Sh. XVII.)

MICHME- THAH (R.V.
MICHMETH- ATH)

Josh. xvi. 6;
xvii. 7

Sahel el Mukh-
nah (?)

10

Generally identified
with the great 'plain
of Mukhnah.' See
Asher. (Mem. II.
169; Sh. XI.)— Con-
der's Handbook to the
Bible, p. 104.

MIDDIN

Josh. xv. 61

Not identified

One of the six cities
situated in the wilder
ness of Judea. The
name ' Kh. Mird ' oc
curs 9 miles east of
Jerusalem.

MIDIAN

Frequently men
tioned

"
Country east of Gulf of
'Akabah,' and part of
Sinai Peninsula.
MIGDAL-EL
Josh. xix. 38
MAjeidel
6 -
Named in the group
Iron (Yarfln) and
Horem (Harah), etc.,
etc., of Naphtali. Now
Mujeidel, in Upper
Galilee. (Mem. I. 96 ;
Sh. II.) — Vandevelde.
MIGDAL- GAD
Josh. xv. 37
el Mejdel (??)
13
Possibly the important
village 2 miles inland
from Askelon. (Mem.
II. 410; Sh. XVI.)
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References.

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Identification.

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MIGDOL

Ez. xiv. 2; Num.
xxxiii. 7 ; Jer.
xliv. 1; xlvi. 14

—

On the east borders of
Egypt.

MIGRON

I Sam. xiv. 2 ;
Isa. x. 28

Not identified

—

A place in the neigh
bourhood of Gibeah.

MILLO (1)

2 Sam. v. 9 ; 1
Kings ix. 15,
24 ; xi. 27 ; 2
Kings xii. 20 ;
1 Chr. xi. 8 ; 2
Chr. xxxii. 5

Part of the city of
David.

MILLO, The
House of

Judg. ix. 6, 20

—
In Shechem.
MINNI
Jer. li. 27
Kingdom of Ararat.
MINNITH
Judg. xi. 33;
Ezek. xxvii. 17
Not identified
Four Roman miles front
Heshbon, on the road
to Philadelphia (Am
man) — Onomasticon.
In Heth &Moab ' Min-
yeh,' to the south of
Nebo, is proposed. — ¦
Conder's Handbook
and Quarterly State
ment, pp. 10, 81, 1882.
MIPHKAD, The Gate (R.V.
HAMMIPH- KAD, The
Gate of)
Neh. iii. 31
One of the gates of
Jerusalem at the time
of the rebuilding of
the wall after the re
turn from captivity.
MISGAB
Jer. xlviii. 1
Not identified
—
'Thehighplace'(A.V.), 'The high fort' (R.V.)
of Moab.
MISHAL, or
MISHEAL
{R.V. MISHAL)
Josh. xix. 26 ;
xxi. 30
M'aisleh *
6
A town in Asher. The
name is apparently
preserved in that of
Wady M'aisleh, 8 miles
to the north-east of
Accho. Probably one
of the ruins in that
valley.
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MISREPHOTH- MAIM

MITHCAH (R.V. MITHKAH

MIZAR, The
Hill

MIZPAH (i), .
MIZPEH

MIZPEH, Moab (2)

MIZPEH, The
Land of (3)

Josh, xi.8; xiii,
6

Num. xxxiii. 29

Ps. xiii. 6

Sarafend

Gen. xxxi. 49
Jud. x. 17; xi.
n, 29. 34; xx
1, 3; xxi. I, 5
8; 1 Mac. v.
35

1 Sam. xxii. 3

Josh. xi. 3

Not identified

Not identified

SAfd) *

Not identified

el Bukei'a (?)

Mentioned with Sidon
(Zidon-rabbah). Now
the present village and
ruins (Sarafend Sarep-
ta) on the coast north
of Sidon. — Thompson.

One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites in the desert.

Signifying ' the little
mountain,' in the re
gion of the Hermon-
ites.

Also called 'Jegar-saha-
dufha' ('the heap of
witness') and 'Galeed'
('the heap of witness')
where Jacob and La
ban met. The most
appropriate site for
Mizpeh is that of Suf,
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.
See Conder's Heth c>
Moab, 175.

And 'Valley of Mizpeh*
(Josh. xi. 8). Appar
ently the present plain
'el Bukei'a,' west of
Hermon.

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No. of

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Apocrypha

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and
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Name.

Map.
Large Map.
MIZPEH (4)
Josh. xv. 38
Not identified
A city of Judah, men
tioned with Migdal-
gad, Dilean, and
Joktheel — on the plain
of Philistia.
MIZPEH (5)
Josh, xviii. 26 ;
Judg. xx. 1-3;
xxi. 1, 5, 8; 1
Sam. vii. 5-16;
x. 17; 1 Kings
xv. 22; 2 Kings
xxv. 23, 25; 2
Chr. xvi. 6 ;
Neh. iii. 7, 15,
19; Jer. xl.
6-15; xii. 1-16;
Hos. v. 1
Not identified
14
A city of Benjamin,
named in the group
between Beeroth
(Bireh), and Cheph-
irah (Kefireh. Rob
inson (B. R. I. 460)
places it at ' Neby
Samwil.' Others pro
pose 'Tell el Ful.'
' Scopus,' Stanley (S.
and P. 1st ed. 222),
and Dr. Bonar (Land
of Promise). In Con
der's Handbook, p. 277,
it is suggested that
perhaps Nob and Miz
peh are the sa me place.
(Mem. III. 149;" Sh.
XVII.)— Conder's
Primer of Bible Geo
graphy, p. 90.
MIZRAIM
Gen. x. 6, 13;
1 Chr. i. 8, 11.
Elsewhere cal
led Egypt
Egypt.
MOAB
Very frequently
Co. east of Dead
The application of the
mentioned
Sea
term seems to differ at
different periods.
MOCHMUR,"
Judith vii. 18
WddyelAhmar*
IO
Probably ' Wady el
The Brook
Ahmar' — one of the
names of the valley
south of ' Kuzah' —
having its source at
"Akrabah.' (Sh.XIV.,
XV.)— Conder.
MODIN
1 Mace. ii. 1, 15,
23, 70; ix. 19;
xiii. 25,30; xvi.
4; 2 Mace, xiii,
14
Midieh
10
The present village
Midieh, 13 miles west
of Bethel. (Mem. II.
341; Sh.XIV.)
9—2
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MOLADAH

Josh. xv. 26; xix.
2 ; I Chr. iv.
28 ; Neh. xi. 26

Not identified

MOREH, Oak
or Plain of
(R.V-orTERE
BINTH)

MOREH, Hill
OF

MORE- SHETH-
GATH

MORIAH, Land of

Gen. xii. 6;
Deut. xi. 30

Judg. vii. 1

Micah i. 14

Gen. xxii. 2

Neby Diihy (?)

Not identified

One of the uttermost
cities of Judah towards
the coast of Edom.'
Placed by Robinson at
'Tell el Milh,' 13 miles
east of Beer Sheba
(Vol.11, pp. 201, 621),
For 'Tell el Milh'
Captain Conder pro
poses the 'City of
Salt.' Josh. xv. 62.
(Mem. III. pp. 404,
415; Sh. XXV.) The
Hebrew has no con
nection with the Arabic
Milh 'Salt,' Heb. Me-
lakh. The identifica
tion of Tell el Milh is
due to the Onomasti-

The plain east of She
chem.

Very probably the hill
called ' Neby Diihy,'
and sometimes little
Hermon. — Smith's
Dictionary to the
Bible.
Perhaps Mareshah,
south of Gath.

See 'Smith's Bible Dic
tionary. Usually iden
tified with Mount
Moriah. Dean Stanley
(Sinai and Palestine)
proposed Gerizim.
Jewish tradition indi
cates the first ; the
Samaritans hold to
the latter.

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MORIAH, Mount
MOSERA, or
MOSEROTH
(R.V. MOSERAH)
MOUNTAIN OF THE
AMORITES
MOUNT OF
CORRUPTION

MOZAH

2 Chr. iii. 1
Deut. x. 6; Num.
xxxiii. 30, 31

Deut. i. 19, 20

I Kings xi. 7 ; 2
Kings xxiii. 13

Josh, xviii. 26

Not identified

Kh. Beit Mizzeh

14

MYNDUS

NAAMAH

NAARAN
(R.V.NAARAN or
NAARAH)
NAARATH
(R.V.
NAARAH)

1 Mace. xv. 23

Josh. xv. 41

1 Chr. vii. 28

Josh. xvi. 7

Mentesche (?)

Nd'aneh '

13

Kh. el AAjeh et
Tahtdni (?) *

The Temple Area,
Jerusalem.
In the neighbourhood
of Petra.

Between Horeb
Kadesh Barnea.

and

Part of Olivet. Per
haps should read 'Mt.
of Anointing.' (See
Conder's Handbook.)
Talmud Jer. Succah 4,
5, calls it Colonia,
Near K61onia, west of
Jerusalem, is the ruin
Beit Mizzeh, one of
the cities allotted to
Benjamin. (Mem. III.;
Sh. XVII.)
A town on the coast
of Caria, between
Miletus and Halicar-
nassus (Budrum.)
A town in the lowland
of Judah. Now the
village Na'aneh, 6
miles south of ' Lod.'
(Mem. II. 403 ; Sh.
XVI.)— Warren.
Probably the same as
the next.

Eusebius and Jerome
(Onomasticon) speak
of it as a small village
of the Jews, 5 miles
from Jericho, ' Nao-
rath.' One of the
towns on the borders

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NAARATH (R.V.
NAARAH)—
Continued.

NADA- BATHA
NAHALLAL or NAHALAL
NAHALOL (R.V.
NAHALAL or
NAHALOL)
NAHALIEL

NAIOTH

NANEA, Temple of

NAPHTALI, Tribe of

I Mace. ix. 37
Josh. xix. 15 ;
xxi. 35
Judg. i. 30

Num. xxi; 19

Not identified
'Ain Mdhil (?)*

I Sam. xix. 18;
22, 23; xx. I

2 Mace. i.

'3:

Gen. xxx. 8 ;
xxxv. 25; xlvi.
24 ; xlix. 21 ;
Exodus i. 4;
Num. i. 15, 42,
43; ii. 29; vii.

Wddy Zerka
, M'ain ?)

Not identified

'5

of Ephraim and Ben
jamin, named next to
Ataroth(TelletTruny) and Jericho. Five
miles north of Jericho
are traces of a ruined
town, now called
' Khurbet el Aujeh et
Tahtani.' (Mem. II.
391; Sh. XV.)-
Conder.
Thought to be on the
east of Jordan.
The Talmud Jer. Me-
gillah i. 1, renders it
Mahlul. Probablyfrom
its relative position
"Ain Mahil.' (Mem.
I. 365; Sh. VI.)-
Conder.
One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites : the next after
Mattaneh. Very
probably the rugged
and precipitous ravine
now called ' Wady
Zerka M'ain.' — Con
der (Heth &» Moab,
pp. 141, 144) ; Quar
terly Statement, p. 86,
1882.
Somewhere near Ra
man.
Perhaps the Babylonian
Nana or 'mother' god
dess.
'Naphtali— And their
border was from He-
leph, from the oak in
Zaanannim and Ad-
ami-nekeb, a.ndjabneel,
unto Laikum; and the

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NAPHTALI, Tribe of—
Continued.

NASOR, The
Plain of

NEAH

78; x. 27; xiii,
14; xxvi. 48.
50 ; xxxiv. 28
Deut. xxvii. 13
xxxiii. 23;
xxxiv. 2; Josh.
x'x- 32> 39;
xx. 7 ; xxi.
32 ; Judg. i. ;
33 5 iv- 6. i°;
v. 18 ; vi. 35
vii. 23 ; I Kings
iv. 15 ; vii. 14
xv. 20 ; 2 Kings
xv. 29 ; I Chr.
ii. 2 ; vi. 62,
76 ; vii. 13; xii.
34, 40 ; xxvii.
19 ; 2 Chr. xvi.
4 ; xxxiv. 6 ;
Ps. lxviii. 27 ;
Is. ix. I ; Ezek
xlviii. 3, 4, 34

1 Mace. xi. 67

Josh. xjx. 13

MerjelHadireh

Not identified

goings out thereof were
at fordan, and the
border turned west
ward to Aznoth-tabor,
and went out from
thence to Hukkok ;
and it reached to Ze
bulon on the south,
and reached to Asher
on the west, and to
fudah at fordan to
ward the sunrising.
And the fenced cities
were Ziddim, Zer, and
Hammath, Rakkath,
aud Chinnereth; and
Adamah, and Ramah,
and Hazor; and Ke-
desk, and Edrei, and
En-hazor; and Iron,
Migdal-el, Horem, and
Belh-analh, and Beth-
shemesh : nineteen
cities with their vil
lages' (Josh. xix. 33-
39'V 'The Naphta-
lites received the east
ern part, as far as the
city of Damascus and
the Upper Galilee,
unto Mount Libanus,
and the fountains of
Jordan which ris'e 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).
Josephus reads Asor
(13 Ant. v. 7). Now
Merj el Hadlreh, west
of 'the Huleh Lake.
See Hazor.

A place on the bound
ary of Zebulon, next
to Remmon-Methoar.

136

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

NEBALLAT

NEBO, Mount
(i)

NEBO (2)

NEBO (3)

NEIEL

References.

Neh. xi. 34

Deut. xxxii. 49 ;
xxxiv. I

Num. xxxii. 3
38; xxxiii. 47;
1 Chr. v. 8:
Is. xv. 2; Jer.
xlviii. 1, 22

Ezra ii. 29; Neh
vii. 33

Josh. xix. 27

Modern
Identification.

BeitNebdla

Jebel Neba

Beit Nuba (?) or
NAba (?) *

Kh. Y'anlnQ)*

No. of
Sheet
onf-in. Map.

15

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Named with ' Lod '
(Lydda) and Ono
(Kefr Ana). Now the
village Beit Nebala,
3j miles north-east of
Lydda. (Mem.ll. 296;
Sh. XIV.)
Now Jebel Neba in
Moab, overlooking the
Jordan Valley. See
Conder's Heth &°
Moab, pp. 129-137,
249.
Perhaps on the moun
tain — Mount Nebo.
(Heth ¦&• Moab, pp.
129-137.) The notices
of Eusebius and Jerome
make the two (Mount
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.
Thought by some to be
' Beit Nuba,' in the
valley of Ajalon, 12
miles to the west of
Jerusalem. (Smith's
Bible Dictionary.) The
village Nuba, 4 miles
south of Adullam, pro
posed by Capt. Conder.
See Mem. p. 302 ; Sh.
XXI.
A place mentioned as
being on the boundary
of Asher, and between
Jipthah-el and Cabul.
The ruin 'Y'anin,' 9
miles east of Akka,
proposed by Capt.
Conder. (Mem. I.
pp. 322, 325 ; Sh. V.)
The village 'Miar,'2

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

137

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on tf-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

NEIEL— Con
tinued.

NEEEB (R.V.
ADAMI- NEKEB)

Josh. xix. 33

Kh. Seiyddeh(?Y

NEPHISNEPHTOAH, The Waters of

I Esd. v. 21
Josh. xv. o,;'Ain 'Atan (?)
xviii. 15

NETOPHAH

Ezra ii. 22; Neh.
vii. 26; 1 Esd.
v. 18

Kh. Umm Tdba (?)

14

14

miles east of ' Y'anin,'
was proposed by
Robinson and adopted
by others. (Rob. iii.
87, 103.)
The Tal. Jer. Megillah
i. 1 reads Tziadathah.
Now the ruin ' Seiya-
deh,' immediately west
of the Sea of Galilee.
Named between
Zaanannim and Jab
neel, on the boundary
of Naphtali. (Mem. I.
365; Sh. VI.) In the
R.V. rendered as one
name Adami - nekeb.
See Adami.

On the border of Judah
and Benjamin, gene
rally identified with
Lifta. Conder, in his
Handbook to Bible, p.
258, points out that the
Rabbinical commen
tators (Tal Bab Yoma
31a) make the waters
of Nephtoah and ' En
Etam ' to be the same,
whence an aqueduct
led to the Temple, and
thus identifies with
'Ain 'Atan, south-west
of Bethlehem, which
still supplies the
Haram Area of Jeru
salem. (Mem. III. 43;
Sh. XVII.)
The ruin 'Umm Toba,'
north of Bethlehem.
(Mem. III. 52 ; Sh.
XVIII.) Or possibly
BeitNettif (Rob. Bib.
Res. ii. 16, 17). See
Porter's Handbook, p.
248.

138

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Sible and

No. of

Remarks, References,

Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on^-in. Map.

and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

NEZIB

Josh. xv. 43

Beit Niislb

H

The present ruin ' Beit
Niisib,' 8 miles north
west of Hebron.
(Mem. III. 314; Sh.
XXI.)

NIBSHAN

Josh. xv. 62

Not identified

—

One of the six cities 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. 34

'BethNimrah' orthose
in 'Wady N'meirah,'
between Kerak and
the Brook Zered, near
the south end of the
Dead Sea. De Saulcy
Voyage, i. 284; Seet-
zen, ii. 354 ; Tristram,
Land of Israel, 1882,
P- 334-
NINEVEH
Gen. x. 11, 12 ;
2 Kings xix.
36; Is. xxxvii.
37; Jonah;i. 2;
iii. 2-7; iv. 11;
Nah. i. i;; ii.
8; iii. 7; Zeph.
ii. 13; Matt.
xii. 41
On the river Tigris,
opposite Mosul. See
Smith's Bible Dic
tionary.
NO, or
Jer. xlvi. 25 ;
Thebes
A city of Egypt, Thebas
(Thebes) or Diospolis
NO-AMON
Ezek. xxx. 14;
15, 16; Nah.
Magna. — Smith's
iii. 8
Bible Dictionary.
NOB
1 Sam. xxi. 1 ;
xxii. 9, 11, 19;
Neh. xi. 32 ;
Isa. x. 32
Not identified
A Priests' city in sight
of Jerusalem, where
the Ark of the
covenant was deposi
ted for some time.
Jerome states that
nothing remained in
his time to indicate
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

139

Bihlc and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on g-in.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on

Map.

Large Map.

NOB— Con

where it had been. Dr.
tinued.
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
Sh'afat. Capt. Conder
proposes to identify it
with Mizpeh. See
Quarterly Statement,
1875. PP- 34-41-
NOBAH (1)
Num. xxxii. 42
Kdnawdt
8
See Kenath — probably
NOBAH (2)
Judg. viii. II
the same place.
NOPH
Is. xix. 13; Jer.
ii. 16; xliv. 1 ;
xlvi. 14, • 19;
Ezek. xxx. 13,
16
Abu Sir
Memphis — the modern
'Abu-Sir' in Egypt.
NOPHAH
Num. xxi. 30
Not identified
—
Named with 'Dibon*
and 'Medeba,' on the
east of Jordan.
OBOTH
Num. xxi. 10 ;
xxxiii. 43
Not identified
—
One of the camping-
stations of the Israel
ites.
OCINA
Judith ii. 28
Accho (??)
—
Thought to refer to
Accho.
ODOLLAM
2 Mace. xii. 38
•AidelMd*
—
= Adullam, which see.
OLIVET,
2 Sam. xv. 30;
febel et Tdr
14
Now called Jebel et
Olives, Mount
Ezek. xi. 23 ;
T6r. (Mem. III. ; Sh.
of
Zech. xiv. 4
XVII.) East of Jeru
(R.V. OLIVES,
salem.
Mount of)
ON
Gen. xii. 45 ;
xlvi. 20
Heliopolis
A town of lower Egypt.
The sacred city of
Heliopolis, about 10
miles north - east of
Cairo ; also called
Bethshemesh and
Aven, which see.
140

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

ONO

OPHEL

OPHIR

OPHNI

OPHRAH (1)

OPHRAH (2)

References.

1 Chr. viii. 12;
Ezra ii. 33
Neh. vi. 2; vii.
37; xi. 35

2 Chr. xxvii. 3 ;
xxxiii. 14; Neh.
iii. 26, 27; xi.
21
Gen. x. 29 ; 1
Kings ix. 28 ;
x. II ; xxii. 48;
I Chr. i. 23;
xxix. 4; 2 Chr.
viii. 18; ix. 10;
Job xxii. 24;
xxviii. 16; Ps.
xiv. 9 ; Isaiah
xiii. 12; Tobil
xiii. 17
Josh, xviii. 24

Modem
Identification.

Kefr 'Ana

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on *j-in.
Map.

Josh, xviii. 23;
I Sam. xiii. 17

Jud. vi. II, 24
viii. 27, 32; ix.
5

Jufna (?)

et Taiyibeh

Fer'ala (?) *

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Now the village ' Kefr
'Ana,' 5 miles north of
Lydda. In I Esdr.
v. 22 Onus. (Mem.
II. 251; Sh. XIII.)
A part of ancient Jeru
salem, south of the
Temple enclosure.

Probably Southern
Arabia. See Smith's
Bible Dictionary.

A town of Benjamin.
Supposed by some to
be Jufna, the Gophna
of Josephus, 3 miles
north-west of Bethel,
but this would perhaps
place it outside Benja
min. (Mem. II. ; Sh.
XIV.)
'Five Roman miles east
of Bethel' (Onomasti
con). This appears to
point to the present
large village Taiyibeh.
(Mem. II. 293 ; Sh.
XIV.)
Probably the present
village Fer'ata, 6 miles
west of Shechem, the
old name of which was
Ophrah ( Samaritan
Chronicle). ( Mem.
II. 162; Sh. XI.)—
Conder.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

141

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
onjj-in. Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

OREB, The Rock

Judg. vii. 25 ;
Isa. x. 26

Not identified

'Osh el Ghurab, a pro
minent peak in the
Jordan Valley, north
of Jericho, has been
proposed. See Quar
terly Statement, p. 22,
1877. (Mem.lll.; Sh.
XVIII.)

OREB, Mount

2 Esdras ii. 33

—

Mount Horeb.

PADAN

Gen. xlviii. 7

—

Padan-Aram.

PADAN- ARAM

Gen. xxv. 20 ;
xxviii. 2, 5, 6,
7; xxxi. 18 ;
xxxiii. 18; xxxv.
9, 26; xlvi. 15

-

The land of Mesopo
tamia.
PAMPHYLIA
1 Mace. xv. 23
A district on the south
coast of Asia Minor,
between Lycia. and
Cilicia.
PARAH
Josh, xviii. 23
Kh. Fdrah
14
One of the cities in and
allotted to Benjamin.
Now the ruin Farah,
south-east of Mich
mash. (Mem. III. 174;
Sh. XVIII.)
PARAN, Desert of (el
Paran)
Gen. xiv. 6; xxi.
21; Num. x. 12;
xii. 16; xiii. 3,
26; Deut. i. I;
1 Sam. xxv. 1 ;
1 Kings xi. 18
et Tih
27
The desert (' et Tih')
between Kadesh and
Sinai.
PARAN, Mount
Deut. xxxiii. 2 ;
Hab. iii. 3
Not identified
—
Sec preceding.
PARVAIM
2 Chr. iii. 6
Not identified
The name of the country
from which the gold
was procured for the
decoration of Solo
mon's Temple.
142

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and

No. of

Remarks, References,

Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on g-in.
Map.

aud
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

PAS-

I Chr. xi. 13

See Ephes-dammim.
DAMMIM
PATHROS
Is. xi. 11; Jer.
xliv. 1, 15;
Ezek. xxix. 14;
xxx. 14
—
A part of Upper Egypt,
possibly about Thebes.
Pathrusim, Gen. x. 14;
I Chr. i. 12
PATI
Gen. xxxvi. 39
Not identified
—
The capital of Hadar,
King of Edom.
PAI
I Chr. i. 50
Not identified
—
Probably the same as
the preceding.
PENIEL and
Gen. xxxii. 30 ;
Not identified
—
Very probably some
PENUEL
xxxii. 31; Judg.
viii. 8, 9, 17;
1 Kings xii. 25
where on the northern
slope of 'Jebel Osha.'
See Heth 6° Moab, pp.
177-179-
PEOR, Top of
Num. xxiii. 28
Not identified
14
See Baal-peor. Probably
the commanding peak
above ' 'Ain Minyeh,'
overlooking the Dead
Sea, etc. Quarterly
Statement, p. 87 ;
1882.
PERAZIM,
Isaiah xxviii. 21
Not identified

See Baal-perazim.
Mount
PEREZ-
2 Sam. vi. 8; 1
Not identified

The threshing-floor of
UZZAH
Chr. xiii. 11
Nachon, in the neigh
bourhood of Jerusa
lem.
FERSEPOLIS
2 Mace. ix. 2
Chehl-Minar
At one time the capital
of Persia proper. Now
called Chehl-Minar.
The ruins are of great
extent and magnifi
cence, covering an
area of many acres.
See Niebuhr (Reis, ii.
121) ; Chard in (Voy
ages, ii. 245) ; Ker
Porter ( Travels,\. 576);
Heeren (Asiatic Na-
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

143

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on ti-in.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on

Map.

Large Map.

tions, i. 143-196); Rich
(Residence in Khur-
distan, ii. pp. 218-
222; Fergusson
(Palaces of Nineveh
and Persepolis Re
stored, 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 Mace.
iii. 31 ; vi. 1,
5, 56 ; 2 Mace.
i. 13, 19, 20,
33; ix. 1, 21
V ,
PETHOR
Num. xxii. 5;
Deut. xxiii. 4.
A town of Mesopotamia,
where Balaam resided.
Situated on the Eu
phrates.
PHARA-
1 Mace. ix. 50
Not identified
—
Probably Pirathon,
THONI
which see.
PHARPAR,
2 Kings v. .12
Nahr Taura,

In the Arabic version
River
one of the
branches of the
Barada (?)
Nahr Taura takes the
place of Pharpar.
PHASELIS
I Mace. xv. 23
Tekrova
A town oh the coast of
Asia Minor, on the
confines of Lycia and
Pamphylia. Nowcall-
ed Tekrova. (Smith's
Bible Dictionary. )
144

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modem
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.

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and
No. of Sheet on

Map.

Large Map.

PHENICE

I Esdr. ii. 17,
24. 25, 27; iv.
48 ; vi. 3, ¦ 7,
27, 29; vii. I;
viii. 19, 23, 67;
2 Esdr. 1, 2;
2 Mace. iii. 5,
8; iv. 4, 22;
viii. 8; x. 11

Phenicia in 3 Mace. iii.
15; 4 Mace. iv. 2
PHILISTIA
Ps. Ix. 8 ; lxxxvii.
4; cviii. 9
The south part of the
maritime plain of
Syria. Identical with
the word Palestine.
(Smith's Bible Dic
tionary. )
PHIS0N
Ecclus. xxiv. 25
—
The Greek form of Pi-
son.
PHTJD
Judith ii. 23
—
Phut. See Put.
PI-BESETH
Ezek. xxx. 17
Tell Basta
—
Bubastis. Now 'Tell
Basta,' near Zagazig,
in Lower Egypt.
PI-HAHI-
Ex. xiv. 2, 9 ;
Not identified
—
Camping-station of the
ROTH
Num. xxxiii. 7,
8
Israelites before Mig-
dol.
PIRA
1 Esdr. v. 19
Thought to be a repeti
tion and variation of
Caphira in the same
verse.
PIRATHON
Judg. xii. 15
Fer'dn (?) *
10
' In the land of Ephraim
in the Mount of the
Amalekites.' Accord
ing to the old traveller
Hap - Parcrii, it lay
about two hours (6
miles west of She
chem, and was called
'Fer'ata' (Asher's
Benjamin of Tud. ii.
426 ; Robinson iii.
134). Some 14 miles
to the west of Shechem
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

'45

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

PIRATHON—
Continued.

and north of Fer'ata
is the village Fer'On,
which Capt. Conder
proposes to identify
with Pirathon. (Mem.
II. 164; _ Sh. XI.)
Pharathoni (1 Mace.
ix. 50) is possibly the
same.

PISGAH, Mount

Num. xxi. 20 ;
xxiii. 14; Deut.
iii. i7i 27 ; iv.
49 ; xxxiv. 1

Rds Sidghah

15

Apparently the peak
called ' Ras Siaghah,'
west of Neba (Mount
Nebo). (Heth and
Moab, p. 129.)

PISON (R.V.
PISHON)

Gen. ii. n

One of the four heads
flowing out of Eden.
PITHOM
Ex. i. II
Tell Mahuta
—
In Lower Egypt, on
the Ismailia Zagazig
Railway.
PTOLEMAIS
1 Mace. v. 15,
22, 55; x. 1,
39. 5<>-58, 60;
xi. 22, 24 ; xii.
45, 48; xiii. 12;
2 Mace. xiii. 24,
25 ; Acts xxi. 7
'Akka
Accho — St. Jean
d'Acre, the modern
'Akka ; see Accho.
PUNON
Num. xxxiii. 43
Not identified
—
Camping-station of
the Israelites in the
desert.
PUT
1 Chr. i. 8;
Nah. iii. 9
Not identified
A Hamite people.
Phut (Gen. x. 6) ;
Phud (Judith ii. 23) ;
Libya (Jer. xlvi. 9 ;
Ezek. xxxviii. 5 ; see
Libya. (Groves' Bible
Index. )
RABBAH
Josh. xv. 60
Kh. Rubba(l)*
14
A city of Judah, named
with Kirjath -Jearim.
Possibly ' Rubba,' in
the hills, 4 miles east
of Beit Jibrin. (Mem.
III. 314; Sh. XXI.)—
Conder.
146

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and

No. of

Remarks, References

Apocrypha

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on j|-in.

and
No. of Sheet on

Map.
Large Map.
RABBAH
Josh. xiii. 25 ; 2
Sam. xi. 1 ; xii.
26, 27, 29 ; xvii.
27 ; 1 Chr. xx.
1 ; Ezek. xxi. 20
'Ammdn
II
Now called 'Amman,
on the highlands of
Gilead. A large
Roman city (Philadel
phia) was built there
in the second century
RABBAH of
Jer. xlix. 2, 3
A.D., of which fine
the Ammonites
ruins yet remain. 'The
City of Waters' (Heth
and Moab, p. 152) ;
RABBATH of
Ezek. xxi. 20
Conder's Primer of
the Ammonites
Bible Geography, p.
(R.V. RAB
103 ; see also Burck-
BAH)
hardt (Syria, 357-
360) ; Seetzen (Reisen
RABBATH of
Deut. iii. 11
i. 396 ; iv. 212, 214 ;
Ammon (R.V.
Irby (June 14); Buck
RABBAH)
ingham (East Syria,
68-82); Lord Lindsay
(5ih ed. 278 - 284) ;
Robinson(ii. 172-178).
RABBITH
Josh. xix. 20
Rdba *
10
Xow the village 'Raba,'
on the watershed south
of Gilboa. (Mem. II.
Sh. XII.)— Conder.
RACHAL (R.V.
1 Sam. xxx. 29
Not identified
- 
In the south of Judah.
RACAL)
RACHEL,
Gen. xxxv. 20 ;
Kubbet Rdhil
14
Kubbet Rahll, near
Tomb of
1 Sam. x. 2
Bethlehem. The site
has been shown from
the fourth century to
the present time in the
same place. (Mem.
Ill- 54. 55. and 129 ;
Sh. XVII.)
RAGAU
Judith i. 5, 15
—
Probably another form
for 'Rages.'
RAGES
Job i. 14; iv. 1,
20; v. 5; vi. 9,
12 ; ix. 2
Rhcy
'A city of Media.' The
name ' Rhey ' is now
applied to the ruins 5
miles south - east of
Teheran. See Ker
Porter's Travels, i.
357-364; Fraser's
Khorassan, p. 286.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

M7

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

Biblical
References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on^-in. Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

RAKKATH

RAKKON

RAMAH (1), 01
Benjamin

Josh. xix. 35

Josh. xix. 46

TAbartya

Tell er Rakkeit*

Josh, xviii. 25 yer-Ram
Judg.iv-5;xix. 13; 1 Sam. xxii.
6; I Kings xv.
17. 21; 2 Chr.
xvi. 1; Ezraii.
26; Neh. vii.
30; xi. 33; Is.
x. 29; Jer. xxxi.
1 5 ; xl. I ; Hos.

RAMAH (2)

RAMAH (3)

Josh. xix. 36

Josh. xix. 29

RAMATH-~" Judg. xv. 17
LEHI

er Rdmeh

Rdmia (?)

RAMATH- MIZPEH

RAMATH- NEGEB (R.V,
RAMAH of
the South)

Josh. xiii. 26

Not identified
er Rimthe (??) *

Josh. xix. 8; 1
Sam. xxx. 27

Not identified

14

One of the fortified
towns of Naphtali.
The old name of Tibe
rias. (Mem. I. 365 ;
Sh. VI.)
One of the towns of
Dan. Now Tell er
Rakkeit, north of Jaffa.
(Mem. II. 262, 275;
Sh. XIII.)— Conder.
Now the village er-
Ram, 5 miles north of
Jerusalem. It is uncer
tain whether these re
ferences point to one or
more places. (Mem.
III. 13; Sh. XVII.)

Now the village 'Ra1
meh,' in Lower Gali
lee, west of Safed.
Mem. I. 205; Sh.
IV.)
Now the village Ra-
mia, east ofthe Ladder
of , Tyrus, in Upper
Galilee. (Mem. I. ;
Sh. IV.)

Possibly the ruin ' Rim
the,' in the northern
limits of Gad, and
about midway between
Bozrah and the Jordan
(Conder's Heth &
Moab, 175).
Somewhere in the south
of Judah. In Sam.
xxx. 27 Ramoth.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
ong-in. Map.

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RAMATHAIM -ZOPHIM
or RAMAH

RAMATHEM

I Sam. i. I, 19;
ii. 11 ; vii. 17 ;
viii. 4; xv. 34;
xvi. 13 ; xix.
18-23 ; xx- ' >
xxv. I ; xxviii.
3
I Mace. xi. 34

Not identified

Not identified

RAMESES RAAMSES
RAMESSE

RAMOTH

RAMOTH in
Gilead

Gen. xlvii. 1 1 ; Not identified
Ex.i.n;xii.37;Num. xxxiii. 3,
5 ; Judith i. 9

RAPHIA

RAPHON or
RAPHANA

RECHAH (R.V.)RECAH

I Chr. vi. 73

Deut. iv. 43 :
Josh. xx. 8; xxi,
38 ; 1 Kings iv.
13; xxii. 3-24;
2 Kings viii. 28;
ix. 1, 4, 14 ; 1
Chr. vi. 80 ; 2
Chr. xviii. 2
28 ; xxii. 5

3 Mace. i. 1

1 Mace. v. 37

1 Chr. iv. 12

er Rdmeh *

ReimAn (?)*

Rafeh (?)

Not identified

Somewhere in Mount
Ephraim. It does not
appear to have been
the same place as Ra-
mah (1)

Thought to be the same
as last.

— A city in Lower Egypt.
Thought to be the
same as Zoan ; which

Now the village Ra-
meh, south ofthe plain
of Esdraelon. See Re
meth. (Mem. II. 155;
Sh. XI.)— Conder.
One of the six cities of
refuge. Fifteen Ro
man miles from Phila
delphia (Onomasti
con). The village Es-
Salt is about this dis--
tance. In 2 Kings viii.
29, and Chr. xxii. 6,
called Ramah. Pro
bably Reimun (Con
der's Heth and Moab,
P-' 175)-
Probably the same as
Raphon.

Placed at 'Rafeh,' 4
miles south-west of
Edrei, by Dr. Merill
(East of Jordan).

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

149

Bible and
Apocrypha

RED SEA

REHOB (1)
REHOB (2)
REHOB (3)
REHOBOTHif

REHOBOTH, The City (R.V.
REHOBOTH-
ERi

References.

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 ;
I Kings ix. 26 ;
Neh. ix. 9; Ps.
cvi. 5-9, 22;
cxxxvi. 13, 15;
Jer. xlix. 21 ;
Judith v. 13 ; 1
Mace. iv. 9 ;
Called 'the
Sea' in Exodus
xiv. 2, 9, 16,
21, 28 ; xv. 1
4, 8, 10, 19;
Josh. xxiv. 6, 7
Num. xiii. 21
2 Sam. x. 6, 8

Josh. xix. 28 ;
xxi. 31; I Chr.
vi. 75
Josh. xix. 30 ;
Judg. i. 31
Gen. xxvi. 22

Modern
Identification.

Hunin (??)
Not identified
Not identified
Ruheibeh

Gen. x. 11

Not identified

No. of
Sheet
on $-in
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

See Beth-Rehob, near
.Banias, Laish, and Dan
(Tell el Kady), a city
in the valley that lieth
by ' Beth-Rehob.'
Allotted to Asher.

Allotted to Asher.

To the south of Beer
sheba and Bered are
a heap of ruins, and
some wells called ' er
Ruheibeh.' See Desert
of Sinai, 316, by Dr.
Bonar.
Usually placed near
Nineveh on the south
side. See the next.

'5°

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

' Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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Sheet
on|-in. Map.

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and
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REHOBOTH BY THE RlVEE

Gen. xxxvi. 37 ;
I Chr. i. 48

Rahabeh, or Ra-
hatch Melek (?)

REKEM

Josh, xviii. 27

Not identified —

REMETH

REMMON
(R.V.
RIMMON)

REMMON METHOAR
R.V. BIMMON)

Josh. xix. 21

Josh. xix. 7

Josh. xix. 13

er R&meh (?) '

Rummdneh

n

The name "Rahabeh"
is applied totwo places
ontheEuphrates,one8miles below the junc
tion of the Khabur,
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 Me
lek.'
One of the towns of
Benjamin. Named be
tween Mozah (Beit
Mizzeh) and Irpeel
(Rafat?). 'AinKarim
has been proposed
(Smith's Bible Dic
tionary), but the name
and position are alike
unsatisfactory. Pos
sibly the word should
read Dekem, in which
case Beit Dukku lies
in a probable position.
? Ramoth of I Chr. vi.
73. Now the village
er Rameh, 5J miles
north of Samaria.
(Mem. II. 155; Sh.
XI.) — Conder.

See En -Rimmon
Simeon).

(of

Now the village Rum-
maneh, on the edge of
' Sahel el Buttauf,'
north of Nazareth and
Seffurieh. (Mem. I.
363;Sh.VI.)Methoar
means 'which
stretches.'

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

'5r

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

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REPHAIM,

Josh.xv. 8; xviii.

el Bukei'a

14

Now called el Bukei'a,

The Valley ok

16; 2 Sam. v.
18-22; xxiii. 13;
1 Chr. xi. 15 ;
xiv. 9; Is. xvii. 5

the plain south of
Jerusalem, on the way
to Bethlehem.
REPHIDIM
Num. xxxiii. 14,
Not identified

One of the camping
15.
places of the Israelites
in the desert between
Alushand Sinai. Rob
inson places Rephidim
in ' Wady esh Sheikh.'
(Rob. i. 121.) Burck-
hardt (Syria and C.
488), Stanley (S. and
P. 40-42), Ritter"(xiv.
740, 741), in Wady
Feirau.
RESEN
Gen. x. 12
Not identified
Between Nim-
riidand Kuyun-
jik
One of the cities built
by Asshur, ' between
Nineveh and Calah.'
The ruins of a town
near the modern vil
lage of Selamiyeh
would suit the situa
tion, but they are not
of any great import
ance. (Smith's Bible
Dictionary. )
REUBEN,
Josh. xiii. 15-23

The eastern parts of the
Tribe of
JosephusgAnt. viii. 1.
•
country beyond Jor
dan, which belonged
to the Reubenites and
Gadites and to the
half tribes of Manas
seh. (9 Ant. viii. 1.)
REZEPH
2 Kings xix. 12;
Not identified

There are several towns
Is. xxxvii. 12
Near Nisibih
of this name in Meso
potamia. One west
of the Euphrates on
the road from Racca
to Hums, the other
east of the Euphrates
near Bagdad; between
these two rests the
claim to the ancient
site. (Smith's Bible
Dictionary.)
152

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

RHODTJS

RIBLAH

RIMMON (i)
(R.V. RIMMONO

RIMMON (2)

RIMMON PAREZ
(R.v; RIMMON PEREZ)
RIMMON The Rock

RISSAH

References.

I Mace. xv. 23

Num. xxxiv
11 ; 2 Kings
xxiii. 33; xxv.
6, 21 ; Jer
xxxix. 5, 6 ; Iii.
9. 10. 27

[ Chr. vi. 77

Josh. xv. 32; xix.
7 ; I Chr. iv.
32

Modern
Identification.

Island of Rhodes

Ribleh

Num. xxxiii. 19,
20

Judg. xx. 45, 47;
xxi. 13

Num. xxxiii. 25

Rummdneh

Kh. Umm er
Rumdmln ?

No. of
Sheet
on |-in,
Map.

Not identified

RummSn

Not identified

'3

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

The Island of Rhodes
in the Mediterranean.
Probably the same as
in 2 Kings xxiii. 33.
The present Ribleh,
on east bank of the
Orontes, 35 miles
north-east of Baalbek.
(Conder's Handbook to
the Bible.)
A city of Zebulon =
Remmon Methoar,
(Mem. I. 363; Sh.
VI.)
Now ' Umm er Rumfi-
min.' See En Rimmon,
Mem.lll.; Sh.XXIV.
(Conder's Handbook to
the Bible.)
One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites in the Desert.

The rock on which the
six hundred Benja-
mites took refuge.
Now the rock and
village Rummon, east
of Bethel. In Benja
min.
One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites. It has been con
sidered (Winer s.v.)
identical with Rasa
in the Peuting. Itiner.,
32 Roman miles from
Ailah ('Akabeh) and
203 miles south of
Jerusalem. No site
has been found to suit
this. (Smith's Bible
Dictionary.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

'53

No. of

Remarks, References,

xsioie and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on U-in.

and
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Large Map.
RITHMAH
Num. xxxiii. 18
Not identified
—
One of the camping
stations ofthe Israelites
next to Hazeroth.
RIVER OF
Num. xxxiv. 5;
Wddy el 'Arish
19
Generally believed to
EGYPT
Josh. xv. 4, 47 ;
be 'Wady el 'Arlsh'—
(R.V. BROOK
i Kings viii. 65;
the principal water
OF EGYPT)
2 Kings, xxiv.
7 ; Is. xxvii.
12; Ezek. xlviii.
28 ; Judith 1. 9.
course in the south
country. It rises south
of ' Kul'at en NahV
and has a run of over
120 miles, receiving
many branches on its
way, before it enters
the Mediterranean
%
south of Gaza.
ROGELIM
2 Sam. xvii. 27;
xix. 31
Not identified
—
Somewhere in Gad east
of Jordan.
RUMAH
2 Kings xxiii. 36
Not identified 1
The position of this
place is very doubtful ;
thought to be either
the ruined village Rii-
meh (Sh. V.) north of
Nazareth, or el Ormeh
(Sh. XV.) ('Arumah,
Judg. ix. 41), near
Shechem.
ROME
1 Mace. i. 10;
vii. 1 ; viii. 17,
19; xii. 1, 3;
xiv. 16, 24; xv.
15 ; 2 Mace.
iv. 11
SALCAH or
Deut. iii. 10;
Salkhad
12
A city in the extreme
SALCHAH
Josh. xii. 5; xiii.
limits of Bashan. Now
(R.V.
11 ; 1 Chr. v.
the present large town
SALECAH)
11
called Salkhad, east of
Bashan. For various
descriptions see Will.
of Tyre, xvi. 8; Burck-
hardt (Syria, Nov. 22,
1810) ; Porter (Five
Years in Damascus,
ii. 176).
SALEM (i)
Ps. lxxvi. 2
Jerusalem
Jerusalem.
154

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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SALEM (2)

Gen.

iS

SALEM,

Valley

SALT, City ok

Judith iv. 4

Josh. xv. 62

SALT SEA, The

Not identified

Gen. xiv. 3 ;
Num. xxxiv. 3,
12; Deut. iii.
17 ; Josh. iii.
16; xii. 3; xv.
2, 5; xviii. 19

Not identified

Tell el Milh (?)»

Bahr LAt or
Baheirat LAt j

14

14

Jerusalem (Jewish
Commentators, and
Josephus, Ant. i. 10, 2;
vii. 3,2). Accordingto
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' other
wise regarded not as a
town but as a personal
name.
Mentioned among the
places that were forti
fied by the Jews on
the approach of Holo-
fernes (Judith iv. 4).
Probably 'Tell el Milh.'
('salt mound') east of
'Beersheba' (Conder).
'Tell el Milh 'is gene
rally 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 re
placed the dental.
(Mem. III. 404, 415 ;
Sh. XXV.)
Now called 'The Dead
Sea,' 'Bahr Lftt,' 53
miles long by 8J miles
broad. In Deut. iv.
49; 2 Kings xiv. 25
Sea of the Plain — the
Sea of Arabah (R. V.);
Deut. iii. 17; Josh.
iii. 16; xii. 3 Sea of
the Plain — the Salt
i Sea (R.V.); Joel ii.
! 20; Ezek. xlvii. 18;
I Zech. xiv. 8 the East

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

155

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

SALT SEA-
Continued.

SALT, Valley
of

SAMARIA

References,

2 Sam. viii. 13 ;
2 Kings xiv. 7 ;
I Chr. xviii. 12;
2 Chr. xxv. II

1 Kings xiii. 32;
xvi. 24, 28, 29,
32; xviii. 2 ;
xx. I, 10, 17,
34, 43 ; xxi. 1,
18 ; xxii. 10,
37, 38, 51 ; 2
Kings i. 2; ii.
25; iii. 1, 6;
v. 3; vi. 19-25;
vii. I, 18 ; x.
1-36; xiii. 1-13;
xiv. 14-23; xv.
8-27; xvii. I-
28 ; xviii. 9-34;
xxi. 13 ; xxiii.
18, 19 ; 2 Chr.
xviii. 2,9; xxii.
9; xxv. 13, 24;
xxviii. 8, 9, 15;
Ezraiv. 10, 17;
Neh. iv. 2; Is.
vii. 9 ; viii. 4 ;
ix. 9; x. 9-11;
xxxvi. 19; Jer.
xxiii. 13; xxxi.
5 ; xii. 5 ; Ezek.
xvi. 46, 55;
xxiii. 4, 33 ;
Hos. vii. I ; viii.
5.6; x. 5, 7;
xiii. 16 ; Am.
iii. 9, 12; iv.
r : vi. t - viii.

Modern
Identification.

es Sebiistiyeh

No. of
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Sea — the East Sea
(R.V.); Ezek. xlvii. 8
the Sea ; 2 Esdr. v. 7
the Sodomitish Sea.
(See Smith's Bible Dic
tionary. )
Very probably the
northern part of
'Wady Arabah,' from
where the valley sud
denly dips 300 feet,
and forms aplain reach
ing to the south end of
the Salt Sea.
The present village and
ruins Sebustieh, west
of Shechem. (Mem.
II. 211-214; Sh. XI.
Robinson's Bib. Res. ii.
127-133; Stanley's Si
nai and Palestine, 242-
246 ; Smith's Bible
Dictionary.) Moun
tains of Samaria, Jer.
xxxi. 5; Amos. iii. 9;
iv. 1 1 ; vi. 1 ; Ecclus.
1. 26. The hill Sa
maria, 1 Kings xvi. 24.

156

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

SAMARIA-
Continued.

SAM03

SAMPSAMES

SANSANNAH

SAPHIR (R.V,
SHAPHIR)

SARID

References.

14; Ob. 19 ;
Mic. i. 1, 5, 6
1 Esd. ii. 16,
25 ; Ecclus. I.
26; Judith i. 9;
iv. 4; 1 Mace.
iii. 10 ; v. 66 ;
x. 30. 38; xi.
28, 34 ; 2 Mace.
xv. I

1 Mace. xv. 23 ;
Acts xx. 15

I Mace. xv. 23

Josh. xv. 31

Micah i. 11

Josh. xix. 10, 12

Modern
Identification.

Samos

SamsAn (?)

Not identified

es SAdfir

TellShadAd(?)'

No. of
Sheet
on 3-in
Map.

13

Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

An island near Ephesus,
off the west coast of
Asia Minor.
Thought to be Sam-
sun, on the coast of
the Black Sea, between
Sinope and Trebi-
zond.
Somewherein the south
of Judah. Comparing
the parallel lists of
Josh. xv. 31 with Josh.
xix. 5, and I Chr. iv.
31. Hazar-susim or
Susah takes the place
ofSansannah. Simsim,
near Gaza, has been
proposed.
Described by Eusebius
and Jerome as being
' in the mountain dis
trict between Eleu
theropolis and Asca-
lon.' Probably one of
the three villages
Suafir, near Ashdod.
(Mem. II. 413; Sh.
XVI.)
A place mentioned on
the boundary of Ze
bulon. The Syriac
version reads 'Asdod,'
andtheLXXSeddouk.,

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

157

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

SARID— Con
tinued.

SCHEDIA

SCYTHO- POLIS

References.

Modern
Identification.

SECACAH

3 Mace. iv. 1 1

Judith iii. 10 ; 2
Mace. xii. 29.
30
Josh. xv. 61

SECHU (R.V. SECU)

SEIR, Mount (i)

I Sam. xix. 22

Gen- xiv. 6 ;
xxxii. 3; xxxiii.
14, 16 ; xxxvi.
8, 9, 20, 30;
Num. xxiv. 18;
Deut. i. 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.
1 1 ; Ezek. xxv.
8; xxxv. 2-15

Beisdn

Kh. edDikkeh
(?)*

No. of
Sheet
an §-in.
Map.

14

Kh. Shuzveikeh'

14

21, 28

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Probably 'Tell Sha
ded,' on the north
edge of the plain of
Esdraelon, 4J miles
west of ' Chisloth Ta
bor.' (Mem. II. 70;
Sh. VIII.)— Conder.

Beth-Shean, which see.
Sh. IX.

Perhaps the ruin ed
Dikkeh.also called Kh.
es Sikkeh, ' ruin of
the path,'2miles south
of Bethany. Uncer
tain. ( Conder's Hand
book to the Bible.) Was
one ofthe six cities of
Judah in the Wilder
ness.

Probably 'Kh. Shuwei-
keh,' immediately
south of ' Beeroth.'
(Mem. III. 52, 126;
Sh. XVII.)-Conder.
The mountainous range
of Petra.

153

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

Biblical
References.

Modern
Identification.

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Sheet
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and
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SEIR,M0UNT(2)

Josh. xv. 10

H

SEIRATH(RV. SEIRAH)

SELA and SELAH
(R.V. SELA or
PETRA)

SELA-HAM MAHLE- KOTH

SELEUCIA

6ENAAH

6ENEH, The
Rock

GENER

Judg. iii. 26

2 Kings xiv. 7 ;
Isa. xvi. 1 ;
Obd. 3

I Sam. xxiii. 28

I Mace. xi. 8

Ez. ii. 35 ; Neh.
vii. 38

I Sam. xiv. 4

Not identified

Petra

28

Wddy Maldky*

es Stiweidiyek

Not identified

14

WddySuweintt

14

I Chr. v. 23 ; Mount Hermon
Ezek. xxvii. 5

Probably the ridge
north of Kh. Erma
(Kirjath Jearim). (Con
der's Handbook to the
Bible, p. 259 ; Smith's
Dictionary to the
Bible.)
In Mount Ephraim.

Judges i. 36, * The
rock,' LXX. reads
Petra. Now Petra ' in
the midst of Mount
Seir, in the neigh
bourhood of Mount
Hor ' (Josephus Ant.
iv. 4, 7).
A rock in the wilder
ness of Maon. Now
'Wady Malaky,' east
of Maon. (Mem. III.
314; Sh. XXI.)-
Conder.
The seaport of Antioch.

Eusebius and Jerome
mention a Magdal-
Senna, 7 miles north
of Jericho (Onomasti
con). Neh. iii. 3, Has-
Senaah.

The scene of Jonathan's
adventure on the south
side of Wady Suwei-
nit, in which word the
name seems to survive.
The Amorite name for
Mount Hermon, which
see.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

159

Bible and
Apocrypha

SEPHAR- VAIM

SEPHELA

SHAALAB BIN

SHAALBIM

SHAARAIM

References.

2 Kings xvii. 24;
xviii. 34 ; xix.
13 ; Is. xxxvi.
19 ; xxxvii. 13
I Mace. xii. 38

Sippara

Josh. xix. 42

Judg. i. 35; 1
Kings iv. 9
Josh. xv. 36 ; 1
Sam. xvii. 52;
I Chr. iv. 31

Modern
Identification.

Selbit (?)

Kh. S'aireh (?)

No. of
sheet
on g-in.
Map.

14

14

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

The town of Sippara,
on the Euphrates above
Babylon.

In Deut, i. 7 ; Josh. ix.
1 ; x. 40; xi. 2, 16;
xii. 8; xv. 33; Judg.
i. 9 ; I 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,' 'thevalley,'
' the plain,' ' the low
plains,' and 'the low
country.' (Hash-Shefe-
lah). The lower hills
between thehigh range
and plain of Judah.
SeeConder's, Handbook
to the Bible, p. 302.
Mentioned with ' Aija-
lon' and 'Beth- She
mesh,' allotted to Dan.
Probably the present
village 'Selbit, south
east of Lydda, near
'Aijalon.' (Mem. III.
52; Sh. XVII.)
See Shaalabbin. An
other form of name.
Mentioned in the group
of towns allotted to
Judah as being in 'the
valley' (Shefelah)
along with 'Adullam'
Socoh, etc. Probably
the ruins 'S'aireh,'
west of Beit 'Atab
(Etam). Josh. xv. 36
'Sharaim' (R. V,
' Shaaraim'). \lriem,
III. : Sh. XVII. )

i6o

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
ong-in. Map.

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and
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Large Map.

SHAHA- ZIMAH
(R.V. SHAHA
ZUMAH)

Josh. xix. 22

Not identified

—

One of the towns allot
ted to Issachar. Some
where between Mount
Tabor and the Jordan.

SHALEM

Gen. xxxiii. 18

Sdlim

10

The village SSlim, 4
miles east of Shechem.
(Mem. II. 230; Sh.
XII.) R.V. has
'in peace' for Sha-
lem, which appears
only in margin.

SHALIM, The
Land of (R.V.
SHAALIM)

I Sam. ix. 4

Not identified

The district through
which Saul passed 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, Land of (R.V.
SHALISHAH)

1 Sam. ix. 4

Not identified

—

Next to the land of
Shalim. See Baal-
Shalisha.

SHALLE- CHETH,
The Gate

1 Chr. xxvi. 16

Not identified

14

Has been thought iden
tical with the ' Bab
Silsileh' in the west
wall of the Haram
area at Jerusalem, but
the names have no
connection.

SHAMIR (i)

Josh. xv. 48

Kh.SdmerahQ)'

'4

Mentioned in the
group of ' Jattir,'
'Socoh,' 'Debir,' etc.
Probably the ruin
Somerah, west of
Debir. (Mem. III. 262;
Sh. XX.)— Conder.

SHAMIR (2)

Judg." x. 1, 2

Not identified

—

in Mount Ephraim.

SHAPHER, Mount

Num. xxxiii. 23

Not identified

—

One of the camping
stations of the Israel
ites in the desert.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

161

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

SHARON

SHARON, Plain of

Rcfere

i Chr.

16

SHARXJHEN

SHAVEH, Val
ley of (R.V.
SHAVEH,Vale
• of, or ' King's
Vale ')
SHAVEH KI-
RIATHAIM
SHEARING- HOUSE, The

SHEBA

I Chr. xxvii. 29
Is. xxxiii. 9
xxxv. 2 ; lxv.
10; Cant. ii. 1

Josh. xix. 6

Modem
Identification.

Not identified

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on #-in.
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Gen. xiv. 17 ; 2
Sam. xviii. 18

Gen. xiv. 5
2 Kings x. 12, 14
Josh. xix. 2

Tell esh Sheri 'ah
(?)*

Not identified

Not identified

Telles Seb'a (?)

'3

Remarks, References,
and
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Either a town or a dis
trict in the neighbour
hood of Gilead and
Bashan, east of Jordan.
Possiblya synonym for
the Mislior. (Stanley,
Sinai & P. App. § 7.)
The great and fertile
plain extending from
near Joppa on the
south to Mount Car
mel on the north,
and bounded on the
west by the Mediter
ranean, and on the
east by the hills of
Samaria, etc.
A town allotted to
Simeon in the south.
(?) Another name for
' Shilhim ' of Josh.
xv. 32, and Shaaraim
of I Chr. iv. 31. Very
probably the large ruin
' Tell esh Sheri'ah,' 12
miles north-west of
Beersheba. (Mem. III.
399; Sh. XXIV.)
In the neighbourhood
of Jerusalem.

A valley or plain near
Kiriathaim.
Beth - Achath, which
see.
Allotted to Simeon, be
tween Beersheba and
Moladah. Very pro
bably ' Tell es Seb'a.'
2J miles east of Bir es
Seb'a. (Mem. III. ;
Sh. XXIV.)— Conder.

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SHEBAH

Gen. xxvi. 33

See Beersheba.
(R.V. SHIBAH)
SHEBAM
Num. xxxii. 3
Mentioned between
(R.V. SEBAM
'Elealeh' and 'Nebo.'
or SIBMAH)
Another form for
'Shibmah' and 'Sib-
mah. '
SHEBARIM
Josh. vii. 5
Not identified
—
In the neighbourhood
of'Ai.'
SHECHEM
Gen. xii. 6;
xxxiii. iS;
xxxv. 4; xxx\ii.
12, 14; Josh.
xvii. 7 ; xx. 7 ;
xxi. 21; xxiv.
1,25,32; 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.
xii. 5
Nabliis
IO
Th e present city Nabl us,
Neapolis, in the valley
between Mounts Ebal
and Gerizim. One of
the six cities of refuge.
(Mem. II. 293; Sh.
XI.)
SHEEP GATE,
Neh. iii. 1, 32;
Not identified

One of the gates of
The
xii. 39
Jerusalem, rebuilt by
Nehemiah.
SHEN
1 Sam. vii. 12
Not identified
Mentioned with
Mizpah. 'Between
Mizpah and Shen' the
stone Eben-ezer was
set up by Samuel,
commemorating the
rout of the Philistines.
/ '
•
Three miles west of
Jerusalemand 1 J miles
north of ' 'Ain Karim'
is Deir Yesin. This
will not suit if the
identification of Deir
Aban with Eben-ezer
be right ; which see.
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

163

Bible and
Apocrypha

SHEMASHENIR SHEPHAM

Josh. xv. 26

Deut. iii. 9 ;
Cant. iv. 8
Num. xxxiv. 10,
II

SHIBMAH(R.V. SIBMAH)
SHICRON(R.VSHIKKERON)

SHIHON (R.V.
SHION)

Num. xxxii. 3S
Josh. xv. 11

SHIHOR OE
EGYPT

References.

Not identified

Josh xix. 19

I Chr. xiii. 5
Num. xxxiv. 5 ;
Josh. xiii. 3

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Not identified

'Ayiin es Sh'ahi
(?)*

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W. eVArish

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Named between 'Am
ain and Moladah— in
the south. Allotted to
Judah. In Josh. xix.
2, Sheba takes the
place of Shema.
Another form of Senir ;
which see.
A place mentioned as
on the eastern bound
ary of the Promised
Land, between Hazor-
enan and Riblah.
Somewhere north of
Riblah.
= Sibmah, wliich see.

Between Mount Baa
lah (not identified) and
Ekron (Akir), (Sh.
XVI.), in the north
west corner of Judah.
(Mem. II. 417; Sh.
XVI.)
' 'Ayiines Sh'ain,' north
of Tabor. This site
appears to represent
the Seon of the Ono
masticon mentioned
by Jerome as near
Tabor, and identified
by him with Shihon of
Issachar, an identifi
cation possibly correct.
In the Talmud Shi-
hin is mentioned as
nearSepphoris. (Mem.
I. 370; Sh. VI.)-
Conder.
'The Brook of Egypt*
(R.V.) In Num.
xxxiv. 5. River of
Egypt (A.V.) ; Brook
of Egypt (R. V.); Josh.
xiii. 3, Sihor ; Shihor
(R.V.) Wady el'Arish.
See River of Egypt.

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SHIHOR- LIBNATH

Josh. xix. 26

Nahr N'amein?

SHILHIM

Josh. xv. 32

SHILOAH, The Waters oi-

SHILOH

Not identified

Is. viii. 6 ; 2
Chr. xxxii.

Josh, xviii. 1-10;
xix. 51 ; xxi. 2
xxii. 9, 12
Judg. xviii. 31 ;
Judg. xxi. 12-
21; 1 Sam. i.
3. 9. 24; ii-
14; iii. 21 ; iv.
3, 12; xiv. 3;
I Kings ii. 27 ;
xiv. 2-4 ; Ps.
lxxviii. 60 ; Jer.
vii. 12, 14
xxvi. 6, 9 ; xii
5

SeilAn

One of the names
on the boundary of
Asher — -rendered by
some ' River of Glass.'
Thought to be the
Belus (Nahr N'amein
S. of 'Akka) from
whose bed, according
to tradition, the fine
sand was obtained by
the Phoenicians for
the glass they first
made. (Pliny, H N,
Book xxxvi. ch. 26).
Mem. I. 268 ; Sh. V.

One of the cities in
the southern portion
of Judah, named be
tween Lebaoth and
'Ain. In the parallel
lists of Josh. xix. 6
Sharuhen is given,
and in I Chr. iv. 31
Shaaraim, which see.

Siloam and Siloah.

Now a ruined town
called Seilun, about
midway between
Bethel and Mt. Girizim,
near the ancient high
way from Jerusalem
to Shechem and the
North. Mem. II.
367-37°; Sh. XIV.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

165

No. of

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SHIMRON
Josh. xi. I ; xix.
IS
SemAnich
6
Called in the Talmud
(Jerus, Megillah, cap.
1) Semunieh — now a
small village 5 miles
west of Nazareth.
Mem. I. 339 ; Sh. V.
SHIMRON-
Josh. xii. 20
Not identified
—
Uncertain whether this
MERON
name refers to the
same place as Shimron
(Semunieh). The old
Jewish traveller Hap-
Parchi fixes it at two
hours east of En Gan-
nim (Jenin), south of
Mount Gilboa, at a
village called in his
day ' Dar Meron.'
(Asher's Benjamin of
Tudela, II. 434).
SHINAR
Gen. x. 10: xi.
—
' The ancient name of
(The Land of)! 2 ; xiv. 1 ; Is.
the great alluvial tract
xi. II ; Dan. i.
through which the
2; Zech. v. II
Tigris and Euphrates
pass before reaching
the sea. The tract
known in later times
as Chaldea or Baby
lonia.' Smith's Bible
Dictionary.
SHITTIM (R.V.
Num. xxv. 1 ;
Ghor esSeisaban
H
=Abel-Shittim, which
VALLEY OE
Josh. ii. 1 ; iii.
see.
ACACIAS)
1 ; Mich. vi. 5 ;
Joel iii. 18
SHOCO
2 Chr. xi. 7
Kh. Shuweikeh
—
A variation of the name
Socoh (1), which see.
SHOCHO
2 Chr. xxviii. 18.
—
See Socoh (ll
SHOCHOH
1 Sam. xvii. 1
—
See Socoh (1)
SHOPHAN
Num. xxxii. 35
Not identified
—
One of the fortified
(R.V.ATROTH-
towns on the East of
SHOPHAM)
Jordan.
SHUAL,
1 Sam. xiii. 17
Not identified
—
Near Ophrah (1), which
The Land of
see.
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SHUNEM

Josh. xix. 1 8 ;
i Sam. xxviii.
4 ; I Kings i. 3,
15; ii. 17, 21,
22 ; 2 Kings iv.
8, 12, 25, 36

Sdlam

10

A city of Issachar, men
tioned with Jezreel,
Chesulloth, &c. Now
the village Solam,
north of Jezreel.
Mem. II. 87; Sh. IX.

SHUR

Gen. xvi. 7.; xx.



Between Egypt and

(Desert of)

1; xxv. 18; Ex.
xv. 22 ; 1 Sam.
xv. 7; xxvii. 8

Philistia.
SHUSHAN
Esth. iii. 15; iv.
16; viii. 15 j
Dan. viii. 2
Sitsa
Susa, one of the chief
cities of Persia. Now
identified with the
ruins of Susa on the
RiverShapur. Smith's
Bible Dictionary.
SIBMAH
Josh. xiii. 19 ;
Is. xvi. 8, 9 ;
Jer. xlviii. 32
SAmia (?)*
iS
A town on the East of
Jordan, also arlled-
Shibmah (Num. xxxii.
38) and Shebam
1
(Num. xxxii. 3). Very
probably the im
portant site SCimia, 2&
miles west of Hesh
bon. ' Hardly 500
paces from Heshbon'
(Onomasticon). See
Quarterly Statement,
p. 9, 1882. — Conder's
Heth and Moab.
SIBRAIM
Ezek. xlvii. 16
Not identified
Mentioned as being
between Berothah and
Hazar-hatticon, and
as lying between the
boundary of Damas
cus, and that of
Hamath.
SICHEM (R.V.
Gen. xii. 6

Shechem, which see.
SHECHEM)
SICYON
1 Mace. xv. 23
Vasilika
—
A city in the Gulf of
Corinth.
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SIDE

I Mace. xv. 23

SIDDIM, Vale Gen. xiv. 3, 8,
OF 10

SID0N= ZID0N
(R.V. ZIDON)

SIHOR

SILOAH, The
Pool of (R.V.
SHELAH or
SHILOAH)

SIMEON,TRlBEjosh. xix.; Jo
sephus v. Ant,
i. 22

Gen. x. 15. ia.;Saida
2 Esd. i. 1 1 ;
Judith ii. 28 ;
1 Mace. v. 15

Josh. xiii. 3 ;
Jer. ii. 18; Is.
xxiii. 3
Neh. iii. 15; Is.
viii. 6

SIN, Wilder
ness of
SINAI, Mount

Num. xxxiii. II-
14; Exod. xvi.
I; xvii. I
Ex. xvi. I ; xix.
I-23; xxiv.
16 ; xxxi. 18 ;
xxxiv. 2, 4, 29,
32 ; Lev. vii.
38 ; xxv. I ;
xxvi. 46 ; xxvii.
34; Num. i. I,
19; "i- 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. 1 7 ;
xiv. 4 ; Judith
v. 14; Eccles.
xlviii. 7

Birket Silwan

Jebel MAsa
(Rds SAfsdfeh)

14

[11 Pamphylia, on the sea
coast east of Adalia.
The Jordan Valley and
Dead Sea.
The present town Saida
on the coast between
Beirut and Tyre. See
Zidon.
See Shihor.

= Siloam. One ofthe
pools south of Jeru
salem. Birket Silwan.
( Jerusalem V bl. ; Sh.
XVII.) The lot of Simeon
included that part of
Idumea which bor
dered upon Egypt and
Arabia' (5 Ant. i. 22.)

Between Sinai.

Elim and

Generally identified
with Jebel Mflsa, the
second highest granite
peak in the Peninsula.
See Smith's Bible
Dictionary.

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OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

SINAI, Desert
of (R.V. SI
NAI, Wilder
ness of)
SION

SION, Mount

CION, Mount

3IPHM0TH

SI RAH, The
Well of (R.V.
SIRAH.Wkllor Cistern of)
SIRION

SITNAH,Well OF
(R.V. ENMITY,
Well of)
SOCOH (i), In
the Valley

References.

Ex. xix. I ; Num
xxxiii. 16

I Esd. viii. 81,
etc. , very fre
quently men
tioned in the
Apocrypha
2 Esd. xiii. 35 ;
I Mace. iv. 37,
60, v. 54; vi.
48,62; vii. 33;
x. II; xiv. 27

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Deut. iv. 4S ; Ps. Jebel esh Sheikh
exxxiii. 3

1 Sam. xxx. 28
2 Sam. iii. 26

Deut. iii. 9; Ps.
xxix. 6

Not identified
'Ain Sdrah

Gen. xxvi. 21 Not identified

Josh. xv. 35

Kh. Shuweikeh

14

H

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The desert round Jebel
Musa.

= Zion.

One of the names of
Mount Hermon,
thought to be a clerical
error for Sirion ; which
see.
In the south of Judah
the resort of David.
The present 'Ain Sarah,
near Hebron. Mem.
III. 314; Sh. XXI.

The'Zidonian name for
Mount Hermon, which
see.
The second of the two
wells dug by Isaac in:
the valley of Gerar.

Sochoh (1 Kings iv.
10), Shochoh(l Sam.
xvii. 1), Shoco(2Chr.
xi. 7), Shocho (2 Chr.
xxviii. 18). Now re
presented by ' Kh.
Shuweikeh,' on the
brink of the 'Valley
ofElah.' (Mem. III.
53; Sh. XVII.) Rob
inson (B. R. ii. 21.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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SOCOH (2), Ik

Josh. xv. 48

Kh. Shuweikeh

14

Named in the group

the Mountains

' in the mountains '
with 'Attir (Yuttah),
Debir (edh Dha-
heriyeh), etc. Now
the ruins Shuweikeh,
south-west of Yutia.
(Mem. III. 404, 410 ;
Sh. XXV.) Robin
son (B. R. i. 494.)
SODOM
Gen. x. 19; xiii.
10-13; x'v- 2"
22; xviii. 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; I.40; Lam.
iv. 6; Ezek.
xvi. 46 - 56 ;
$.m. iv. n ;
Zeph. ii. 9; 2
Esd.ii.8
Not identified
One of the cities of the
plain, near Zoar. —
(Smith's Bible Dic
tionary. )
SODOMITISH
2 Esdr. v. 7

The Salt Sea ; which
SEA, The
see.
SOREK,Valley
Judg. xvi. 4
Wddy SHrdr
13.14
Now Wady Surar, on
of
the north side of which
is the ruin Siirik. This
valley has its source
near 'Beeroth,' and in
its course of 44 miles
passes Hazor, Beth-
shemesh, Makkedah,
Jabneel, and enters
the sea 8J miles south
of Jaffa. (Mem. III.
53; Sh. XVII.)
SPARTA
I Mace. xiv. 16
—
SPAIN
1 Mace. viii. 3
—
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SUCCOTH (i)

Gen, xxxiii. 17 ;
Josh. xiii. 27 ;
Judg. viii. 5-
16 ; 1 Kings
vii. 46 ; 2 Chr.
iv. 17; Ps. lx.
6 ; cviii. 7

Tell Dar'ala(?)

10

Probably Tell Dar'ala,
on the east of the
Jordan Valley, East of
the Jordan (Merrill),
pp. 385-388; Conder's
Heth &° Moab, p. 177.
The Talmud is the
authority for this iden
tification.

SUCCOTH (2)

Ex. xii. 37 ; xiii.
20;Num. xxxiii.
5.6

Not identified

—

The first camping place
of the Israelites on
leaving Egypt.

SUD, River

Baruch i. 4

Not identified

—

A river somewhere near
Babylon.

SUR

Judith ii. 28

Not identitial

—

On the sea coast of
Phoenicia — not Tyre.

SUR, The Gate
OF

2 Kings xi. 6

Not identified

—

In 2 Chr. xxiii. 5, the
King's House at Jeru
salem.

SYENE. or
SEVENEH
(K.V. SEVENEH)

Ezek. xxix. 10 ;
xxx. 6

Assiidn

In Egypt. Mentioned
with Migdol. R.V.
'tower of Seveneh;'
margin, ' frcm Migdol
to Seveneh.'

SYRIA

Judg. x. 6 ; 2
Sam. viii. 6, 12;
xv. 8, etc., very
frequentlymen-tioned

The country north and
north-east of Damas
cus.

TAANACH

Josh. xii. 21 ;
xvii. 11; xxi.
25; Judg. i. 27;
v. 19; 1 Kings
iv. 12; 1 Chr.
vii. 29

T'av.mtk

10

Between 3 and 4 Ro
man miles from Legio
(Lejjun) — Onomasti
con. Now the village
T'annuk, on the south
ern edge of the plain
of Esdraelon. — Rob

inson, ii. 316, 329;
Van de Velde, i. 358 ;
Conder's Handbook to
the Bible, p. 285.
(Mem. II. 68; Sh.
VIII.)
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TAANATH-
Josh. xvi. 6
T'ana
10
Now the ruin of T'ana,
SHILOH
east of Nablus, on the
boundary between
Ephraim and Manas
seh. (Mem. II. 232;
Sh. XII.) — Van de
Velde.
TABBATH
Judg. vii. 22
Not identified
10
Appears to have lain
west of Jordan, near
Abel Meholah, which
see.
TABERAH
Deut. ix. 22 ;
Num. xi. 3
Not identified
—
The name of a place
in the wilderness of
Paran.
TABOR
1 Chr. vi. 77
Iksdl
—
= Chisloth - Tabor;
which see.
TABOR, Mount
Josh. xix. 22 ;
Judg. iv. 6, 12,
14; viii. 18 ;
Ps. Ixxxix. 12 ;
Jer. xlvi. 18 ;
Hos. v. 1
Jebel ct Tdr
6
Now called Jebel et
Tor. Robinson's Re
searches,]!. 353. (Mem.
i- 365.367; Sh.VI.)
TABOR, The
I Sam. x. 3
Not identified

'The Oak or Terebinth
Plain of (R.V.
of Tabor' is generally
TABOR, The
thought the correct
Oak or Tere
translation.
binth OF)
TADMOR, In
1 Kings ix. 18;
Tadm'ir

Palmyra, in the desert,
the Wilder
2 Chr. viii. 4
between Damascus
ness
and the confluence of
(R.V. TAMAR)
'
the Khabour with rtie
Euphrates. See Tlie
Ruins of Palmyra, by
Robert Wood, pub
lished in 1753 ; De
cline and lall of the
Roman Empire, nth
chap., Gibbon ; Por
ter's Handbook for
Syria and Palestine,
PP- 543-549-
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TAHATHTAHPANHE,:TEHAPH- NEHES
TAHAPANES TAPHNES

Num. xxxiii. 26

Jer. xliii. 7. 8,
9; xliv. 1 ; xlvi.
14
Ezek. xxx. 18

Not identified

TAHTIM- HODSHI,
The Land of

TAMAR

TANACH (R.V.
TAANACH)

TANISTAPHONTAPPUAH (1)
TAPPUAH (2)

Jer. ii. 16
Judith i. 9
2 Sam. xxiv. 6

Ezek. xlvii. 19 ;
xlviii. 28

Josh. xxi. 25
Judith i. 10
I Mace. ix. 50
Josh. xv. 34

Josh. xvi. 8 ;
xvii. 8

V Tell Defenneh

Kades (?)*

Not identified

San TuffAh
Not identified

H

One ofthe camping sta
tions of the Israelites
in the desert.

A town of Lower
Egypt near the eastern
border, Tell Defenneh.
Smith's Bible Diction
ary.

Between Gilead and
Dan-jaan. According
to the LXX. 'Kadesh
of the Hittites,' now
the ruin Kades, near
Tell Neby Mendeh.—
Conder.
Somewhereonthesouth east border of Judah.
Perhaps Hazazon Ta-
mar, the old name of
Engedi.
Taanach, which see.

Zoan in Egypt.

Beth Tappuah, one of
the cities in Judaea,
fortified by Bacchides.
Probably Beth Tap
puah of Josh. xv. 53
A city of Judah.

En Tappuah, which
see.

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TAPPUAH,

Josh. xvii. 8

In the territory of
The Land of
-
<
Manasseh, the land in
the neighbourhood of
En Tappuah.
TARAH
Num. xxxiii. 27,
.Not identified
One of the camping sta
(R.V. TERAH)
28 .
tions of the Israelite?
in the desert.
TARALAH
Josh, xviii. 27
Not identified
A city allotted to the
tribe of Benjamin and
mentioned in the
group with Mizpeh,
Chephirah, and Jeru
salem.
TARSHISH
Gen. x. 4 ; 1
Chr. i. 7,; Ps.
xlviii. 7; lxxii.
10; 2 Chr. ix.
21; xx. 36, 37;
Is. ii. 16; xxiii.
1, 6, 10, 14;
lx. 9; lxvi. 19 ;
Jer. x. 9; Ezek.
xxvii. 12, 25 ;
xxxviii. 13; Jo
nah i. 3; iv. 2
Not identified
Has been variously
sought in Spain, India,
etc. Capt. Conder
suggests Tarsus. (Sy
rian Stone Lore. )
TARSUS
2 Mace. iv. 30 ;
Actsix. II. 30;
xi. 25; xxi. 39;
Tarsus
—
The chief city of
Cilicia, the birth-place
of St. Paul.
xxii. 3
/
-
TEK0A and
2 Sam. xiv. 2,
Kh. TekA'a
14
The ruined village
TEKOAH
4, 9; 1 Chr. ii.
24; iv. 5; xi.
28 ; xxvii. 9 ;
2 Chr. xi. 6;
Neh. iii. 5, 27;
Jer. vi. I ; Am.
i. I
Tekii'a, south of Beth
lehem 5 miles, and 10
from Jerusalem.
(Mem. III. 314; Sh.
XXI.)
TEKOA, The
2 Chr. xx. 20
14
The desolate region
Wilderness of
between 'Tekoa' and
the Salt Sea. Thccoe,.
1 Mace. ix. 33.
174

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

TEL-ABIB

TELAIM

TELASSAR or
THELASAR
(R.V. TELASSAR)
TEL-HARSA or TEL-
HARESHA

TEL-MELAH

TEMAN

References.

Ezek. iii. 15

I Sam. xv. 4 ;
Josh. xv. 24

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Not identified

2 Kings xix. 12; .Not identified
Is. xxxvii. 12

Ezraii. 59; Neh. Not identified
vii. 61

Ezraii. 59; Neh.
vii. 61

Thelme (?)

No. of
Sheet
onf-in. Map.

Jer. xlix. 7, 20-, Not identified
Ezek. xxv. 13;
Amos. i. 12;
Obad. 9; Hab.
iii. 3

THAM- t Mace. ix. 50
NATHA

THEBEZ

Judg. ix. 50 ; 2
Sam. xi. 21

TAbds

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

By the River of Che-
bar.' Was probably
a city of Chaldtea or
Babylonia, not of
Upper Mesopotamia.
Smith's Bible Dic
tionary.
Telem, Josh. xv. 24.
One of the cities in
the extreme south of
Judah.

One of the five places
from which some of
the Captivity returned
' who could not shew
their father's house.'
Thelersas, 1 Esd. v. 36.
Supposed to be Thelme
of Ptolemy, a city of
the low salt tract near
the Persian Gulf.
Thermeleth, 1 Esd. v.
36.
In Edom. Baruch iii.
22, 23, Theman.

One of the cities of
Judah, fortified by
Bacchides. = Thim-
nathah ; which see.
(Mem. II. 299; Sh.
XIV.)
Now the village TfibSs,
north-east of Shechem
(Nablus). (Mem. II.
247; Sh. XII.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

'75

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on 8 in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

THECOE, The
Wilderness ok

I Mace. ix. 33

—

The Greek form ot
Tekoa. See Tekoa.

THELASAR

2 Kings xix. 12

—

See Tel-asar.

THELERSAS

1 Esd. v. 36

—

The Greek equivalent
of Tel-harsa, which
see.

THEM AN

Baruch iii. 22, 23

—
See Teman.
THERAS, River
1 Esd. viii. 41,
61
Not identified
—
The Ahava of the par
allel passage in Ezra.
See Ahava.
THER- MELETH
1 Esd. v. 36
-
The Greek equivalent
of the name Tel-
melah ; which see.
THIM- NATHAH
(R.V. TIMNAH)
Josh. xix. 43 ; 2
Chr. xxviii. 18
Tibneh (?)
10
A town belonging to
Dan. Probably the
ruin Tibneh, north
east of Lydda 12 miles.
(Mem. II. 299; Sh.
XIV.)
THISBE
Tobit i. 2
Not identified
—
A city of Naphtali.
THRACIA
2 Mace. xii. 35
—
All the region now in
cluded in Bulgaria and
Roumelia.
TIBHATH
1 Chr. xviii. 8
—
See Berothah,
TIGRIS
Tobit vi. 1 ;
Jud. i. 6 ; Eccl.
xxiv. 25
—
The Greek equivalent
of the Hebrew Hidde-
kel of Gen. ii. 14, etc.
TIMNAH (i)
Josh. xv. 10
Tibnah
13
Now the ruins Tibnah,
on the south side of
the ' Valley of Sorek,'
and west of 'Beth
Shemesh.' Timnalh in
Gen. xxxviii. 12-14 ;
Judg. xiv. 1-5. (Mem.
IT. 417; Sh. XVI.)
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OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

TIMNAH (2)

TIMNATH

TIMNATH HERES
, OR
TIMNATH SERAH

Josh. xv. 57

Gen. xxxviii. 12,
13, 14; Judg.
xiv. 1, 2, 5
Judg. ii. 9

TIPHSAH (1)
TIPHSAH (2)
TIRZAH

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
an |-in.
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Ulna *

Josh. xix. 50
xxiv. 30

1 Kings iv. 24
2 Kings xv. 16

Josh. xii. 24 ;
Kings xiv. 17 ;
xv. 21, 33; xvi
6, 8, 9, 15, 17,
23 ; 2 Kinfis xv.
14, 16; Cant.
vi. 4

j- Kefr Ildris*

Kh. Tafsah'

Teiaslr '

14

Remaiks, References,
and
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Near Gibeah of Judah.
Now the ruin Tibna,
near Jeb'a (Gibeah),
west of Bethlehem.
(Mem. III. 53,; Sh.
XVII.)— Conder.
See Timnah.

The city and burial-
place of Joshua. ' In
the Mount of Ephraim,
on the north side of the
hillGaash.' According
10 tradition the present
'Kefr Harjs,' 9 miles
souih of Shechem
(Nablus) in Ephraim.
(Mem. II. 284; Sh.
XIV.)— Conder.
Thapsacus, near Deir
on the Euphrates.
The name Kh. Tafsah
occurs to an old site
south-west of Shechem
6 miles. (Mem. II.
169; Sh. XI.)— Con
der.
Now the village Tel-
asir in the valley, II
miles north of She
chem, and 12 miles
east of Samaria. —
Conder. (Mem. II.
216; Sh. XI. ; 228,
XII.) Robinson (B.
R. iii. 302), Van de
Velde (iyria eV Pales
tine, iii. 334), place
it at Talluza, a village
on the hill, 6 miles
east of Samaria. Was

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

177

Bible and
Apocrypha

TIRZAH— Con
tinued.

TOB, The Land
ofISHTOB, The
Men of Tob
TOBIE, The
PLACES OF
TUBIENI

TOCHEN

TOLAD, or
EL TOLAD

TOPHEL

References.

Judg. xi. 3, 5
2 Sam. x. 6, 8
1 Mace. v. 13
2 Mace. xii. 17

1 Chr. iv. 32

1 Chr. iv. 29

Deut. i. 1

TOPHETH, or
TOPHET

TRIPOLIS

2 Kings xxiii.
10; Is. xxx. 33;
Jer. vii. 31, 32;
xix. 6, 11-14

2 Mace. xiv. 1

Modern
Identification.

Taiyibeh (?)

Not identified

Not identified

et TUfileh

Tarablus

No. of
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on § -in.
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Remarks, References,
and
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Large Map.

a royal city, the resi
dence of Jeroboam (1
Kings xiv. 17). Bro-
cardus places ' Thersa'
on a high mountain
3 leagues (leucae) from
Samaria to the east
(Descriptio, cap. vii. ).
The Tubieni near Cha-
raca of 2 Mace. xii.
1 7 (see Characa). The
name is preserved in
that of Taiyibeh, a
village between Je
rash and the Sea of
Galilee. (Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
p. 295.)

A place mentioned
amongst the towns of
Simeon.

One of the towns of
Simeon.

The present ruins ' et
Tuflleh,' on the table
land of the mountains
south-east of the Dead
Sea.

In the ' valley of the
son of Hinnom.'

The small village ' el
Minyeh ' is thought to
occupy the ancient site
some 2 miles distant
from the modern town
called Tarablus.

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OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

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References,

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TYRE and
TYRUS

TYRUS, The
Ladder of

ULAI, River

Josh. xix. 29; 2
Sam. v. 11 ;
xxiv. 7, etc.
Very frequently
mentioned

1 Mace. xi. 59

es SAr

UMMAH

UPHAZ

UR, of the
Chaldees

Dan. viii. 2, 16

Josh. xix. 30

Jer. x. 9 j
x. 5

Dan.

lids enNakArah

Kerkhah, R. (?)
or Kanin R
(?)

'Alma esh
iih'aub (?)

Not identified

Gen. xi. 28, 31 ; Mugheir (?) .
xv. 7

The present town Stir,
onthecoast. For plans
and detailed descrip
tion, see Mem. I. 72-
81 ; Conder's Primer
of Bible Geography;
Smith's Bible Diction
ary.
The steps by which the
road winds round the
headland called "Ras
en NakHrah,' be
tween Tyre and
Akka.
The Eulaeus of the
Greek and Roman
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 Karun
R.
One of the cities of
Asher. Probably the
ruin 'Alma, north of
Achzib, opposite the
Ladder of Tyrus.
Land and the Book
chap. xx. (Dr. Thom
son.) (Mem. I. 150;
Sh. III.)
cf. R.V. margin, 'ac
cording tosomeancient
versions Ophir.'

Ur means ' city,' gene
rally placed at Mug-
heir. Others suggest
Warka. See Erech.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

179

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification.

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UZZA, The

2 Kings xxi. 18,

Not identified

The garden in whicti

Garden of

26; 2 Chr.
xxxiii. 20; 2
Sam. vi. 8

Manasseh and his
son Ammon, Kings
of Judah, were buried.
At Jerusalem.
UZZEN-
1 Chr. vii. 24
Beit Sira
14
Named in connexion
SHERAH
with the two Beth-
(R.V. UZZEN-
horons. Probably
SHEERAH)
the present village
'Beit Sira,' 2 miles
s. w. of Beth-horon
(the lower.) (Mem.
III. 16; Sh. XVII.)
ZAANAIM,
Ju lg. iv. 11
\
More correctly ' Be-
Plain of (R.V.
zaanannim,' accord
ZAANANNIM
ing to Tal. Jer.
'Oak' or Tere
Megillah, and Tar-
binth of)
gums. (In Targum
Mishor = Elon.) The
yBessum (?)*
6
plateau west of the
ZAANANNIM
Josh. xix. 33
'Sea of Galilee,'
The 'Oak' or
near the present
'Terebinth'
ruined village Bes-
of ' Bezaanan-
sum (Mem. I. 365;
nim'
1
Sh. VI.)
ZAANAN
Micah i. 1 1

= Zenan of Josh. xv.
37-
ZAIR
2 Kings viii. 21
Not identified
' The position of this
place is uncertain. It
probably lay east of
the Dead Sea. In the
Hebrew it is not very
different from Zoar.
ZALMON,
Judg. ix. 48
Not identified
10
Generally believed to
Mount
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
Eslamiyeh.
i8o

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

ZALMONAH

ZANOAH (i)

ZANOAH (2)

References.

Num. xxxiii. 41,
42

Modem
Identification.

Not identified

No. of
Sheet

Josh. xv.
Neh. iii.
xi. 30

34;
13;

Josh. xv. 56

ZAPHON

ZAREAH(R.V. ZORAH)

Josh. xiii. 27 el Hammeh

Kh. ZanA'a

Kh. ZanAla

14

M

Neh. xi. 29;
Chr. ii. 53

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
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One of the camping sta
tions of the Israelites
between 'Mount Hor'
and 'Punon.' Ma'ari,
east of Petra, and
Wady Ithm, north of
Akabah, have been
proposed.
A city of Judah in the
valley between ' Ash-
nah' and 'En-gannim.'
Now Zanu'a, a ruined
town 2J miles south
of Beth Shemesh.
Robinson (B. R. ii.
16.) (Mem. III. 128;
Sh. XVII.)

A city of Judah named
in the group of Maon
(Kh. M'ain), Ziph
(Tell ez Zlf), Jutta
(Yutta), etc. Now
Kh. Zaniita, south of
'Yutta.') Van de
Velde (Mem. III. 354).
Robinson (B. R. ii.
204 Note). (Mem. Ill,
410; Sh. XXV.)
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 Ham-
meh.on the banks ofthe
Yarmuk, to the south
east of the Sea of
Galilee. (Conder's
Handbook to the Bible,
P- 253- )
See Zorah.

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

1S1

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Apocrypha Name.

References.

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Identification.

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on |-in.
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ZARED, The
Valley of
(R.V. ZERED
Valley of)

Num. xxi. 12;
Deut. ii. 13, 14

Wddy el Hesi

ZAREPHATH

I Kings xvii. 9,
10 ; Obadiah
20

ZARETAN (R.V.
ZARETHAN)

ZARETH- SHAHAR
(R.V. ZERETH-
SHAHAR

Josh. iii. 16

Josh. xiii. 19

Zara, or Sara (?)

21, 22

M

Generally believed to
be the great water
course (as suggested
by Robinson) known
under the different
names of 'Seil
Garahy,' 'Wddy
Garahy,' 'Wady Sid-
diyeh,' and ' Wady el
Hesi,' having its
source east of ' Kul'a^
el Garahy' in the
Desert of Arabia, and
entering the eastern
bay of the south end
of the Dead Sea.
'Not far from Sidon
and Tyre.' (Josephus
Ant. viii. 13, § 2).
'On the shore of
Sarepta.' (Sancta
Paula.) 'It lay on
the public road' (coast
road), Jerome (Onom
asticon). 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.)
A city beside Adam =
Zarthan, which see.
Adam is possibly 'Tell
Damieh.'

In the mount of the
valley.' Thought to
be the heap of ruins
called Zara or Sara on
a hill on the south
side of the great gorge
of Wady Zerka M'ain,
near where it joins the
Salt Sea.

162

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name

ZARTANAH (R.V.
ZARETHAN)

ZARTHAN (R.V.
ZARETHAN)

References.

I Kings iv. 12

1 Kings vii. 46

ZEBOIM and'Gen. x. 19; xiv,
ZEBOIIM(i) 2, 8; Deut.
xxix. 23; Hos.

ZEBOIM (2)

Neh. xi. 34

Modern
Identification.

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

Not identified

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and
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' Beneath Jezreel. ' Per
haps the same as Zere-
rath, of Judg. vii. 22.
Probably a separate
town from Zarthan
('in the plain'), Zere-
dath ('in the plain'),
and Zaretan ('a city
beside Adam.')
Placed by Conder at
Tell Sarem, 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.
'In the clay ground
between Succoth'
(Tell Dar'ala, eastern
side of Jordan valley)
' and Zarthan, in the
plain of Jordan, did
Soloman cast the
vessels, etc., for the
temple.' Probably
Zaretan, which see.
One ofthe five cities of
the plain (Jordan Val
ley) next to Admah.
Somewhere in the
southern parts of the
Jordan Valley. (Con
der's Handbook to the
Bible, p. 241.)
Mentioned between
Hadid (Haditheh)
and Neballat (Beit
Nabala) east of Lydda
(Lod.)

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

183

Bible and
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References.

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Identification.

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ZEBOIM, The
Valley of

1 Sam. xiii. 18

Not identified

14

ZEBULUN

Josh. xix. 27

NebySebeldn(?Y

ZEBULUN, Tribe of

ZEDAD

Josh. xix. 10-17
Josephus v,
Ant. i. 22

Num. xxxiv. 8;
Ezek. xlvii. 15

SadAd(?})

ZEEB, Wine
press of

ZELAH

Judg. vii. 25

Josh, xviii. 28;
2 Sam. xxi. 14

Not identified

Not identified

One of the valleys in
Benjamin toward the
wilderness. The name
Shukh ed Dub'a in
which the name Ze-
boim is possibly pre
served, is applied to a
smaller branch of one
of the many gorges in
that neighbourhood.
(Conder's Handbook
to the Bible, p. 241.)
' A strong city of Gali
lee,' called the 'city of
men ' (Josephus, Wars
ii. 18, 9). The dis
covery of Dabbas-
heth (which see) indi
cates the village Neby
Sebelan for this town.
' The tribe of Zebulon's
lot included the land
which lay as far as the
Lake of Genesareth
and that which be
longed to Carmel and
the Sea.' (Jos. v. Ant.
i. 22.)
One of the landmarks
on the north borders
of the land of Israel.
Possibly Sadttd, be
tween Hums and
Baalbec. (Porter, Five
Years in Damascus,
ii. 354-3S6-)
In the Jordan Valley.

In the allotment of
Benjamin, between
'Taralah' (not known)
and 'Eleph' (Lifta).
The burial-place of
Saul and Jonathan.

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ZELZAH

I Sam. x. 2

Not identified

—

'A place named once
only as on the bound
ary of Benjamin, close
to Rachel's sepulchre,'
1 Sam. x. 2.

ZEMARAIM

Josh, xviii. 22

Kh. es SUmrah
(?)

14

One of the towns of
Benjamin, named be
tween Beth - Arabah
(site not known) and
Bethel (Beitin). Gene
rally believed to be
the large ruin Sumrah,
north of Jericho. Rob
inson (B. R. i. 569.)
(Mem. III. 174; Sh.
XVIII.)

ZEMARAIM,

2 Chr. xiii. 4

Not identified



In Mount Ephraim —

Mount

? in the neighbourhood
of Zemaraim of Josh.
xviii. 22.
ZENAN
Josh. xv. 37
Not identified
One of the towns of
Judah — to be found
somewhere in the
Shefelah — next to
Hadashahand Migdal-
Gad. In Micah i. 11.
Zaanan.
ZEPHATH
Judg. i. 17
Not identified
See Hormah.
ZEPHATHAH
2 Chr. xiv. 10
Wddy Safieh *
13
'At or belonging to
The Valley of
Mareshah.' The name
Wady Safieh applies
to the leading valley
which passes ' Beit
Jibrin,' 2J miles to the
nortn - east ot Mare
shah. — Conder.
ZER
Josh. xix. 35
Not identified
A fortified town of
Naphtali. Probably
somewhere on the
south-west side of the
Sea of Tiberias. Men
tioned between Zid-
dim (Hattin) and
Hammath (Hummam
Tabariya.)
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

185

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

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Identification.

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ZERED, The

Deut. ii. 13, 14

See Zared — the Valley
Brook
of.
ZERED A (R.V.
1 Kings xi. 26
Surdah (?)*
10
This site was identified
ZERED AH)
with Kh. Serada on
the east edge of Merj
el 'Ayvln, west of
Banias, by R. Gerson
in 1561 a.d. (Mem. I.
96; Sh. II.) The vil
lage Surdah, west of
Bethel, is now pro
posed by Capt. Conder.
(Mem. II. 295; Sh.
XIV.) Was the birth
place of Jeroboam.
ZEREDA-
Chr. iv. 17
Not identified
10
' In theplain of Jordan.'
THAH
In 1 Kings vii. 46
(R.V.
Zarthan (A.V.), Zare-
ZEREDAH)
than(R.V.) See Zar
than.
ZERERATH
Judg. vii. 22
Not identified
10
As far as Beth-Shittah
(R.V.
(Shutta) toward Zere-
ZERERAH)
rah.' See Zartanah.
ZIDDIM
Josh. xix. 35
Hatlfn (?)
6
The Jerusalem Talmud
(Megillah i. ) identifies
this place with 'Kefr
Chittai.' Apparently
the village Hattin,
west of the 'Sea of
Galilee.' A fortified
town of Naphtali.
(Mem. I. 365; Sh.
VI.)
ZIDON or
Gen. xlix. 13 ;
Said a
2
An ancient and wealthy
SIDON
Josh. xix. 2b' ;
Judg. i. 31 ; x.
6; xviii. 28; 2
Sam. xxiv. 6 ;
1 Kings xvii. 9;
Ezra iii. 7 ; Is.
xxiii. 2, 4, 12 ;
Jer. xxv. 22 ;
xxvii. 3 ; xlvii.
4 ; Ezek. xxvii.
city of Phoenicia, on
the coast, 25 miles
south of Beirout.
(Porter's Handbook for
Syria and Palestine,
1858; Robinson's Bib
lical Researches, iii. )
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Map.

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ZIDON— Con

8; xxviii. 21,

tinued.
22; Joel iii. 4;
Zech. ix. 2 ; 1
Esd. v. 55
ZIKLAG
Josh. xv. 31 ;
xix. 5; 1 Sam.
xxx. I, 14, 26;
xxvii. 6; 2
Sam. i. I; iv.
10; 1 Chr. iv.
30; xii. 1, 20;
Neh. xi. 28
'AslAj (?)
20
Named between Hor-
mah and Madmannah
a town of Simeon
in Judah. The name
'Asltij, applied to a
heap of ruins south of
Beersheba and 7 miles
to the east of Bered
(Khalasah), was first
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 cor
ruption.
ZIN, The Wil
Num. xiii. 21 ;
_
In Num. xxxiv. 4 ;
derness OF
xx. 1 ; xxvn. 14;
xxxiii. 36;
xxxiv. 3 ; Deut.
xxxii. 51; Josh.
xv. 1
Josh. xv. 3, simply
Zin. A portion of the
desert country west
of the Wady Arabah
containing Kadesh.
ZION
2 Sam. v. 7 ; 1
Kings viii. 1 ; 2
Kings xix. 21 ;
I Chr. xi. 5; 2
Chr. v. 2; Ps.
ix. 11, 14; xiv.
7; xx. 2; xlviii.
12; 1.2; li. 18;
liii. 6 ; lxix. 35;
lxxvi. 2; Ixxxiv.
7 ; Ixxxvii. 2, 5;
xcvii. 8; xcix.
2; cii. 13, 16,
21; ex. 2;cxxvi.
Jerusalem. The modern
Arabic ' Sahytln ' is
correct equivalent of
Zion, according to
Gesenius, the meaning
of the word being
' sunny,' and a valley
andruin called Sahytln
now exists ij miles
west of the present
city wall. The word
Zion does not occur
in the works of Jose
phus, the name Jeru-
OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

187

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

ZION— Con
tinued.

ZION, Mount

Biblical
References.

Modern
Identification.

1 ; cxxviii. 5 ;
cxxix.5; cxxxii.
13; cxxxiii, 3;
cxxx iv. 3;
cxxxv. 21;
cxxxvii. I, 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; xii. 27; xlvi.
13; xlix. 14;
li. 3, II, 16;
Hi. 1, 7, 8; lix.
20; lx. 14; lxi.
3; lxii. I; lxiv.
id; lxvi. 8; Jer.
iii. 14 ; iv. 6 ;
viii. 19 ; ix.
19 ; xiv. 19 ;
xxvi. 18; xxx.
17; xxxi. 6, 12;
1. 5, 28; li. 10,
24, 35; Lam.
i. 4, 17; ii. 6;
iv.2, n; v. 11;
Joel ii. I, 15,
23; iii. 16, 17,
21; Amos i. 2;
vi. I ; Micah iii
10, 12; iv. 2,
11; Zeph. iii.
16; Zech.i. 14.
17; ii. 7; viii
2, 35 ix- 9. 13
2 Kings xix. 31;
Ps. ii. 6; xlviii.
2, 1 1 ; lxxiv. 2 ;
Ixxviii. 68;
cxxv.i; cxxxiii.
Is. iv. 5; viii
18; x. 12, 32;
xvi. 1 ; xviii. 7;

No. of
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salem being used in
stead. ( Conder's Hand
book, p. 336.)

One of the hills of
Jerusalem.

iSS

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

ZION, Mount
— Continued.

ZIOR

ZIPH (i)
ZIPH (2)

References.

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
Josh. xv. 54

ZIPH, Wilder
ness of
ZIPHRON

ZIZ, Cliff of
(R.V. ZIZ, Thf
Ascent of)

Josh. xv. 24

Josh. xv. 55; 1
Sam. xxiii. 14,
15, 24; xxvi
2 ; 2 Chr. xi. 8

I Sam. xxiii. I ;
Num. xxxiv. 9
2 Chr. xx. 16

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on g-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Si' air (?>*

Not identified
Tell Zif

Not identified

IVddy H&sdsah

14

14

14

¦4

Mentioned next to He
bron in Judah. Eu
sebius and Jerome
(Onomasticon) men
tions it as a village
between Aelia (Jeru
salem) and Eleuther
opolis (Beit Jibrin);
Probably Si'air, 44
miles north of Hebron.
(Mem. III. 309; Sh.
XXI.)— Conder.
A town in the south of
Judah.
Now the ruins and
Mound called Tell Zlf,
south of Hebron and
next to Carmel and
Yuttah. (Mem. III.
315; Sh. XXI.) Rob
inson (B. R., i. 492).
The rugged country
east of Tell Zif.
Named next to Zedad
as one of the places on
the limit of the north
boundary line of the
Promised Land.
Probably =¦ Hazezon
Tamar ; the name sur
viving in the valley
called Hiisasah, near
'En Gedi.' — Conder.
The Pass of 'Ain
Jldy.'— Robinson (B.
R., i. 50S, 527, 5-0).

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

No. of

Remarks, References,

i3iuie and
Apocrypha Name.

References.

Modern
Identification.

Sheet
on 3 -in.

and
No. of Sheet on

Map.
Large Map.
ZOAN
Num. xiii. 22 ;
Ps. lxxviii. 12,
43; Is. xix. n,
13; xxx. 4;
Ezek. xxx. 14
San
An ancient city of
Lower Egypt. The
ruins near Lake Men-
zaleh. In Judith i.
10 Tanis. — (Smith's
Bible Dictionary.)
ZOAR = BEL A
Gen. xiii. 10 ;
Tellesh ShtighAr
14
The original name was
xiv. 2, 8; xix.
(?)*
Bela. Probably the
22, 24, 30 ;
mound of Tell esh
Deut. xxxiv. 3:
Shaghur marks the
Is. xv. 5 ; Jer.
ancient site. It is on
xlviii. 34
the south side of Wady
Hesban near the edge
of the plain at the foot
of the hills. Zoar
meaning small, which
in Arabic is Saghir.
Shaghur signifies 'soft
soil' in Arabic. (Con
der's Handbook to the
Bible and Primer, p.
38 ; Heth &> Moab, p.
150.)
ZOBA or
1 Sam. xiv. 47 ;
A district which formed
ZOBAH
2 Sam. viii. 3,
5, 12; x. 6, 8;
xxiii. 36; 1
Kings xi. 23,
24 ; 1 Chr. xviii.
3, 5, 9; xix. 6;
2 Chr. viii. 3
a separate kingdom in
the time of Saul, David
and Solomon. Ex
tending north-east and
eastwards of Coele
Syria, towards the
Euphrates. (Smith's
Bible Dictionary.)
ZOHELETH,
1 Kings i. 9
Zahweileh
14
' Near the well of
The Stone
Rogel.' The cliff Zah
weileh, on which the
present village stands,
opposite ' En Rogel. '
(Mem. III. 53; Sh.
XVII.) •,- Clermont
Ganneau.
IC,0

OLD TESTAMENT SITES.

Bible and
Apocrypha Name.

Biblical
References.

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
?n |-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
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ZOPHIM, The
Field of

Num. xxiii. 14

Tal' at es Safa*

15

ZORAH

ZUPH, The
Land of

Josht. xix. 41 ;
Judg. xiii. 2,
25; xvi. 31 ;
xviii. 2, II ; 2
Chr. xi. 10

I Sam. ix. 5

Sur'ah

14

Not identified

We can have littlehesi-
tationinidentifyingthe "Field of Zophim"
with the plateau of
arable land, a rich red
field at the top of
"Tal'atesSafa,"from
which the knoll of
limestone called "Ras
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, Quar
terly Statement, p. 9 ;
Conder's Beth &
Moab, p. 130.)

In Neh. xi. 29 Zareah ;
Joshua xv. 33 Zoreah.
A town of Dan. Now
thevillage 'Sur'ah,' on
the north side of the
Valley of Sorek, op
posite 'Beth Shemesh.'
One of thefenced cities
of Rehoboam. (Mem.
III. 158; Sh. XVII.)
This name has not been
recovered. (See Con
der's Primer of Bible
Geography, p. 91.) It
is thought by some to
be personal (see I
Sam. i. I.)

THE END.

BILLING, AND SONS, I'KINTERS, CUlLUtOKD.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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. In the column of
Remarks the letters 'Mem. II. 387; Sh. IV.' refer to the Memoirs of the Survey of Palestine^
with the Volume, Page, and Sheet of the Great Map. The letters Q. S.» Quarterly Statement ;
O. T. S., Old Testament Sites; Grove's B. I., Bible Index; Smith's D. of B., Dictionary ofthe
Bible; Jer. Vol., Jerusalem Volume.

References

No. of

Remarks, References,

New Testament

(New Testament

Modern

Sheet

and

Name.

and Josephus).

Identification.

on jf-in.
Map.

No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

ABILENE

Luke iii. 1; 19
Ant. v. 1 ; 20
Ant. vii. 1 ;
2 Wars xii. 8

3

A district of which the
capital was Abila in
the Anti - Lebanon.
(Smith's D. of B. ;
Special Papers, 112.)

ACELDAMA

Acts i. 19

Hakk ed Dumm

14

The traditional site

(R.V.

since the 4th century
AEELDAMA)
has been shown at
Hakk ed Dumm, south
of Zion. (Jer. Vol.
380 ; Smith's D.cfB.;
Q. S. 271, 1881.)
ACHAIA
Acts xviii. 12 ;
Greece
—
A Roman province,
(In Rom. xvi. 5,
xix. 21; Rom.
including the Pelo
the true reading
xv. 26 ; xvi. 5 ;
ponnesus and greater
is Asia, as in R.V. ]
1 Cor. xvi. 15;
2 Cor. ii. 1 ;
ix. 2; xi, 10; 1
Thess. i. 7, 8 ;
3 Wars i. 3
part of Hellas proper.
(Smith's D. of B.)
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

References

No. of

Remarks, References,

New Testament

(New Testament

Modern

Sheet

and

Name.

and Josephus).

Identification.

on Jf-in.
Map.

No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

.ffiNON

John iii. 23

The springs in
W. Fdr'ah.*
The springs
near Umm ei
'Amddn (?)

10

The springs in Wldy
F&r'ah, between the
villages of 'Ainun and
Salim, proposed by
Captain Conder. (Con
der's Handbook to the
Bible, 320.) Also the
springs near Umm el
'Amd&ri, 7j miles be
low Beisin, by Col.
Sir Charles Wilson.
(Mem. II. 234; Sh.
XII. ; Q. S. 141,
1874; 32, 1875.)

AMPHIPOLIS

Acts xvii. 1

Jeni Keui

—

Three miles from the
sea, on the river Stry-
mon in Macedonia.

ANTIOCH

Acts vi. 5 ; xi.
19-27 ; xiii. 1 ;
xiv. 26

'Antdkia

—

Capital of Northern
Syria; site of first
Christian Church.

ANTIOCH of

Acts xiii. 14 ;

Yalovatch



The ruins at Yalovatch.

Pisidia

xiv. 19, 21 ; 2
Tim. iii. 11

(Smith's D. of B.)
ANTIPATRIS
Acts xxiii. 31 ;
Kijl'al Rds el
9
The distances given in
13 Ant. xv. 1;
'Ain
various Itineraries fix
16 Ant. v. 2 ;
this site at the large
1 Wars. iv. 7 ;
ruin of Ras el 'Ain.
xxi. 9 ; 2 Wars
(Mem. II. 258-262 ;
xix. 1, 9; 4
Sh. XIII. ; Conder's
Wars viii. 1
Handbook to the Bible,
307; Q.S. 184, 1874;
32, 1875; 47, 1881.)
APOLLONIA
Acts xvii. 1
Pollina
—
In Macedonia, 30 Ro
man miles from Am-
phipolis.
APPII FORUM
(R.V. MARKET
Acts xxviii. 15
—
The ruins nearTreponti
on the Appian Way.
OF APPIUS)
AREOPAGUS, or Mars Hill
Acts xvii 19, 22
A rocky hill at Athens.
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

ARIMATHEA

ARMAGED DON
(R.V. HAR-
MAGEDON)

ASIA

ASSOS
ATHENS

ATTALIA

AZOTUS

BABYLON

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Matt, xxvii. 57;
Mark xv. 43 ;
Luke xxiii. 51
John xix. 38
Rev. xvi. 16

Not identified

Not identified

Acts ii. 9 ; vi.
9 ; xvi. 6 ; xix.
10-31 ; xx. 4.
16, 18 ; xxi.
27 ; xxiv. 1 ~
xxvii. 2 ; 1 Cor.
xvi. 19 ; 2 Cor.
i. 8 ; 2 Tim. i
15 ; 1 Peter i.
I ; Rev. i. 4,
11
Acts xx. 13. 14
Acts xvii. 15,16,
22 ; xviii. I ;
I Thess. iii. I ;
14 Ant. viii. 5 ;
xv. 5 ; 1 Wars
xvi. 4
Acts xiv. 25

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on i-in.
Map.

Behram Keui
Athens

Adal

Acts viii. 40; 5
Ant. i. 22 ; 4
Wars iii. 2

Matt. i. 11, 12,
1 7 ; Acts vii.
43 ; I Peter v.
13 ; Rev. xiv.
8 ; xvi. 19 ;
xvii. 5 ; xviii.

EsdAd

13

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

The town of Joseph.
(Q. S. 20, 1878.)

The hill near Lejjtln,
overlooking Esdraelon
(Smith's D. of B.)
The hill overlooking
Kh. el Mujedd'a on the
west, is suggested in
Conder's Primer of
Bible Geography, 127.
Not "Asia," nor "Asia
Minor " ; but a Ro
man province, of which
Ephesus was capital.'
(Grove's B. I.)

A seaport to wn in Mysia.
The capital of Greece.

A coast town in Asia
Minor. (Smith's D. of
B.)
The Greek form of
Ashdod. SeeO. T. S.;
Q. S. 89, 1871 ; 157,
1875.
See 0. T. S.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

BABYLON-
Continued.

BEREABETHABARA (R.V.
BETHANY)

2, 21. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jo
sephus
Acts xvii. 10, 13
John i. 28

Verria
Makht. 'Abdrah
(?)*
or the traditional
site near Jericho

BETHANY

BETHESDA, The Pool
(R.V. BETH
SAIDA, or
BETHZATHA
Margin)

Math xxi. 17 ;
xxvi. 6 ; Mark
xi. I, 11, 12
xiv. 3 ; Luke
xix. 29 ; xxiv.
50 ; John xi. 1,
18 ; xii. I
John v. 2

el 'Azertyeh

14

Not identified

14

Verria, in Roumelia.
Captain Conder sug
gests Makht. 'Abarah,
a ford in, the Jordan,
at the point where
the road crosses
over to Decapolis, a
little north of Beth-
shan. Sir Charles Wil
son thinks the tra
ditional site near
Jericho likely to be
correct. (See Mem. II.
89 ; Sh. IX. ; Con
der's Handbook to the
Bible, 320, and Primer
of Bible Geography,
149; Q. S. 1875,
1877, 1878, 1881 ;
Special Papers,r>. 131.)
A village on the eastern
slope of the Mount of
Olives. The modern
name is el 'Azertyeh.
(Mem. III. 27 ; Sh.
XVII.; Q. S. 173,
1874-)
' By the sheepgate a
pool, having five
porches. ' According
to tradition of early
part of 4th century it
was north of the
Temple. Captain Con-
derproposesthe spring
in the Kidron valley,
called Gihon and En-
Rogel. (Handbook to
t lie Bible, 334; Primer
of Bible Geography,
15J;Q.S. 1869,1872;
Recovery of Jerusalem. )

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

BETHLEHEM

BETHPHAGE

BETHSAIDA

BITHYNIA

Matt. ii. I, 5, 6,
8, 1 6 ; Luke ii.
4, 15; John vii.
42 ; 5 Ant. vii.
13; ix. I, 2;
6 Ant. viii. 1,
2 ; xi. 7 ; 7
Ant. 1, 3 ; xii.
4 ; 8 Ant. ii. 3 ;
x. I
Matt. xxi. I ;
Mark xi. I
Luke xix. 29

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Beit Lahm

Matt. xi. 21;
Mark vi. 45 ;
viii. 22 ; Luke
x. 13 ; ix. 10;
John i. 44; xii,
21

Acts xvi. 7 ;
Peter i. I ; 14
Ant. xii. 2 ; I
Wars xii. 4; 2
Wars xvi. 4 ; 6
Wars i. 8

Modern
Identification.

Kefr et Tdr (??)

et Tabghah (?)
el Mesadiyeh (?)
et Tell (?)
ed Dikkeh (?)

No. of
Sheet
on§-in, Map.

H

H

The present village
Beit Lahm, south of
Terusalem. SeeO.T.S.;
Q. S. 1874, 1881.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map,

According to the
Jerusalem Talmud
(Menakhoth, 11- 2)
Bethphage marked the
Sabbatical limit East
of Jerusalem ; this
limit was called the
Wall of Bethphage.
' Kefr et T6r,' on the
Mount of Olives, is
about 2000 cubits
from the east wall of
Jerusalem, and is pos
sibly Bethphage. (Q. S.
1874, 1878; Conder's
Handbook, 326, and
Primer, 156,)
The exact site of this
place has not been dis
covered. Four ruined
sites have been pro
posed, three east, one
west of Jordan. For
various remarks as to
whether there were one
or two Bethsaidas, see
Conder's Handbook,
322; and Primer, 153;
Recovery of Jerusalem,
Art. Sea of Galilee ;
Q.S. 1877, 1879, 1881.
A Roman province at
north-west corner of
Asia Minoi.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name

OffiSAREA

CffiSAREA
PHILIPPI

CALVARY
(RV. The Skull)

CANA OF
GALILEE

CANAAN and
CHANAAN

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Acts viii. 40; ix.
30; x. I, 24;
xi. II ; xii. 19;
xviii. 22 ; xxi.
8, 16 ; xxiii 23,
33; xxv. 1-4,
6, 13. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jose
phusasCesarea,Sebaste and
Strato's Tower
Matt. xvi. 13 ;
Mark viii. 27
Jos. Life, 13 ;
18 Ant. ii. 1
20 Ant. ix. 4 ;
2 Wars ix. 1 ;
3 Wars ix. 7 ; 7
Wars ii. 1 ; iii. 1
Luke xxiii. 33

John ii. 1, 11;
iv. 46 ; xxi. 2 ;
Jos. Life, 16,
71; 13 Ant. xv.
I; 15 Ant. v.
1 ; 1 Wars iv.
7 ; xvii. 5

Matt. xv. 22
Acts vii. 1 1
xiii. 19. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jose
phus

Modem
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
311 g-in.
Map.

Kaisdrieh

Banias

Kefr Kenna (?)
Kh. Kanah (?)

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

The extensive ruined
town now called
Kaisarieh on the coast
north of Jaffa. (Mem.
II. 13; Sh. VII.;
Q. S. 1873, 1874;
147, 1884.) Referred
to by Josephus as
originally called Stra
to's Tower.

The present village
Banias, at the Jordan
Springs. (Q. S. 171,
1877 ; 1878. Re
covery of Jerusalem,
Mem. I. ; Sh. II.)

See Golgotha.

Early Christian tradi
tion places it at Kefr
Kenna, on the* road
from Nazareth toTibe-
rias. The Crusaders,
supposed Kh. Kanah,
further north, to be
the true site. General
opinion seems to be
in favour of Kefr
Kenna. (Conder's
Primer, 150 ; Mem.
I. 287.; Sh. V. ; 367,
Sh. VI.; Q. S. 67,
1878; 143, 1883.)
Canaanite, Matt. x. 4
(of Luke vi. 15; Actsi.
13) is a different word,
meaning ' Zealot.' See
R.V.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

CAPERNAUM

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Matt. iv. 13 ;
viii. 5 ; xi. 23;
xvii. 24; Mark
i. 21; ii. I ; ix.
33 ; Luke iv.
23, 31 ; vii. 1 ;
x. 15; John ii.
12; iv. 46; vi
17. 24, 59; J™.
Life, 72 ;
Wars x. 8

Modern
Identification.

Tell Hum, or
Kh. Minieh

CAPPADOCIA

CEDRON, The
Brook

Acts ii. 9 ; 1
Peter i. I; 13
Ant. x. 4; 14
Ant. vi. 4; 16
Ant. ii. 2 ; x.
6 ; 17 Ant. xiii
4 ; I Wars xxv.
I ; xxvi. 4 ;
xxviii. I ; 2
Wars xvi. 4 ;
4 Wars xi. I ;
7 Wars i. 3

John xviii. I ; 8
Ant. i. 5; 9
Ant. vii. 3 ; 5
Wars ii. 3 ; iv.
2 ; vi. I ; vii. 3 ;
xii. 2; 6 Wars
iii. 2

No. of
Sheet
on;|-in. Map.

Wddy en Ndr

14

Rematks, References,'
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Either ' Tell Hum ' or
'Kh. Minieh.' The
former is suggested by
Sir Charles Wilson
(Recovery ofjerusalem,
371-380). The latter
by Captain Conder.
In Josephus' Caphar-
naum, 3 Wars I, 8 ;
Caphar nome or
Capernaum Life,
sect. 72. For the
various theories, see
Recovery ofjerusalem;
Mem. I. 369-417; Sh.
VI.; Tent Work (Con
der), 182-190 ; Q. S.
1877, 1885; Rob Roy
on the Jordan (Mac-
gregor), chap. 21 ;
Land of Israel (Tris
tram), 428-434; Bib
lical Researches (Rob
inson), 348-360 ; Sinai
& Palestine (Stanley) ;
Land and the Book
(Thomson), 352-356.
A district in the east of
Asia Minor.

TheKidron Valley. See
0. T. S. ; Q. S. 1869,
1870.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on jj-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

CENCHREA (R.V.
CENCHRE.2E

Acts xviii. 18 ;
Rom. xvi. I

Kikries

—

The modern village of
Kikries, 9 miles from
Corinth.

CHARRAN(R.V. HARAN)

Acts vii. 2, 4

Harrdn

—

For Haran, see 0. T. S.

CHIOS

Acts xx. 15

Scio

—

The island of Scio, off
west coast of Asia
Minor.

CHORAZIN

Matt. xi. 21 ;
Luke x. 1 3

Kh. Kerdzeh

6

The ruins called ' Kh.
Kerazeh,' some 24
miles north of Tell
Hum. (Mem. I. 365-
368, Sh. VI.; Conder's
Primer, 1 52; Recovery
of Jerusalem; Q. S.
134, 1879.)

CILICIA

Acts vi. 9 ; xv.
23,41; xxi. 39;
xxii. I; xxiii. 34;
xxvii. 5 5 Gal. i.
21 ; 9 Ant. x.
2, etc. : 1 Wars
vii. 7, etc.

A maritime province
on south-east coast of
Asia Minor, the native
country of St. Paul.
(Grove's .5. /.)

CLAUDA

Acts xxvii. 16

Gozzo

—

Now the island Gozzo,
at the south-west end
of Crete.

CNIDUS

Acts xxvii. 7

A town at the extreme
south-west end of Asia
Minor, in Carta, on
Cape Crio. (Grove's
B.I.)
COLOSSE
Col. i. 2
—
In Phrygia, on the river
Lycus.
CORINTH
Acts xviii. 1 ;
xix. 1 ; 1 Cor.
i. 2 ; 2 Cor. i.
1-23; 2 Tim. iv.
20
Corinth, now
Gorlho
On the isthmus between
Peloponnesus and the
mainland of Greece.
COOS
(R.V. COS)
Acts xxi. 1
Stanchio
—
An island north-west of
Rhodes.
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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CRETE

Acts xxvii. 7, 12,
13, 21 ; Tit. i.
5 ; Jos. Life,
76; 13 Ant. iv.
39; 17 Ant. xii.
2; 2 Wars vii.
1

Candia

The large island to the
south of the Grecian
Archipelago. (Grove's
B.I.)

CYPRUS

Acts iv. 36; xi.
19, 20; xiii. 4;
xv. 39 ; xxi. 3,
16; xxvii. 4;
1 Ant. vi. 1 ;
13 Ant. x. 4;
xii. 2, 3 ; 16
Ant. iv. 5 ; 20
Ant. ii. 5; 2
Wars vii. 2

Cyprus

See 0. T. S.
CYRENE
Matt, xxvii. 32;
Mark xv. 21 ;
Luke xxiii. 26 ;
Acts ii. 10; vi.
9; xi. 20; xiii.
1 ; Jos. Life,
3, 76; 14 Ant.
vii, 2; 16 Ant.
vi. 1. 5; 7
Wars xi. 1
el Krenna
The chief town of the
district, now Tripoli,
lying between Carth
age and Egypt.
(Grove's .5. /.)
DALMA-
Mark viii. 10
Not identified

See Conder's Handbook,
NUTHA
322.
DALMATIA.
2 Tim. iv. 10 ;
2 Wars xvi. 4
A district in Illyricum,
east of the Adriatic
Sea. (Grove's B. I.)
DAMASCUS
Acts ix. 2-27 ;
xxii.5-n;xxvi. 12, 20; 2 Cor.
xi. 32; Gal. i.
17; Jos. Life,
DimeskeshSham
4
The ancient city now
called Dimesk esh
Sham. One of the
cities included in the
Decapolis. SeeO.I'.S.
6, etc., etc.
10

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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and Josephus).

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Identification.

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Map.

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and
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Large Map.

DECAFOLIS

Matt. iv. 25 ;
Mark v. 20; vii,
31 ; Jos. Life,
65,74; 3 Wars
ix. 7

DERBE
EMMAUS

Acts xiv. 6, 20
xvi. 1 ; xx. 4

Luke xxiv.

13

Ambarrarasi

Kh. el Kham
aseh?*
Kulonieh (?)
el Kubeibeh (?)
Urtas (?)

EGYPT

Matt. ii. 13-19,
etc., etc.

The name applied to
a confederation of
ten cities which lay
to the south-east of
the Sea of Galilee,
viz., Scythopolis,
Hippos,Gadara, Phila
delphia, Pella, Gerasa,
Dion, Canatha, Da
mascus, Raphana. All
except the first are on
the east of the Jordan.
(Conder's Handbook,
36 ; Primer, 146. )
Ambarrarasi, west of
Eregli, in Asia Minor.
The village of Emmaus
(Luke xxiv. 13) was,
according to A.V.,
60 furlongs from
Jerusalem, and accord
ing to the Sinaitic 160.
Kh. el Khamaseh, 8
miles south - west of
Jerusalem, proposed
by Captain Conder.
(Handbook and Mem.
III. 36; Sh. XVII.;
Q. S. 172, 1876; 105,
1879; 46, 237, 1881.)
Kulonieh, 4J miles
west of Jerusalem.
(Grove's B. I.)
el Kubeibeh, 7\ miles
north-west of Jerusa
lem, was recognised
by the Crusaders.
(Mem. III. 131; Sh.
XVII.) Urtas, 7 miles
south of Jerusalem,
proposed by Mrs.
Finn. (Q. S. 53, 1883;
243, 1884. See also
1885, 1886.)
See O.T.S.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

n

References

.

No. of

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(New Testament

Modern

Sheet

and

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and Josephus).

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on f-in.
Map.

No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

EPHRAIM, or

John xi. 54

Taiyibeh (?)

H

See Conder's Handbook,

APHARAIM

•

0. T. S. and Q. S.
1872, 1877, and 1881.

EPHESUS

Acts xviii. 19,21;
24; xix. 1, 17,
26, 35 ; xx. 16,
17 ; 1 Cor. xv.
32 ; xvi. 8 ;
Ephes. i. 1 ; 1
Tim. i. 3; 2
Tim. i. 18; iv.
12; Rev. i. 11;
ii.i;i4Ant.x,3, 16; xii. 2,3,4;
16 Ant. ii. 2 ;
vi. 7

Ephesus

A city of Ionia in Asia
Minor, near Smyrna.
The seat of one of the
seven Churches of
Asia. See Smith's D.
of B. and Baedeker'f
Handbook.
ETHIOPIA
Acts viii. 27
—
See 0. T. S.
FAIR
Acts xxvii. 8
On the south side of
HAVENS, The
Crete, 4 or 5 miles
east of Cape Matab.
(Grove's B. I.)
GABBATHA
John xix. 13
Not identified
The ' pavement' in
Jerusalem. Believed
to have been in the
citadel of Antonia.
GALATIA
Actsxvi. 6; xviii.
23 ; 1 Cor. xvi.
1 ; Gal. i. 2 ; 2
Tim. iv. 10; 1
Peter i. 1
A province of Asia
Minor.
GALILEE,
Matt. ii. 22; iii.

See 0. T. S.
Upper
13; iv. 12, 15,
GALILEE,
23, 25 ; xvii.
Lower
22 ; xix. 1; xxi.
11; xxvi. 32;
xxvii.55;xxviii. 7,10,16; Mark
i, 9, 14, 28, 39;
iii. 7; vi. 21 ;
ix. 30; xiv. 28;
xv. 41 ; xvi. 7 ;
Lulce i. 26; ii.
39; iii- 1;
-
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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GALILEE—

iv- 14. 31.

Continued.
44; v- J7; viii.
26; xvii. 11 ;
xxiii. 5, 6, 49,
55 ; xxiv. 6 ;
John i. 43; ii.
11; iv. 3. 43.
45. 47 5 vii. 1,
9, 41. 52;
xii. 21 ; xxi.
2 ; Acts i. 1 1 ;
v. 37 ; ix. 31 ;
x. 37. Very
frequently men
tioned in Jo
sephus
GALILEE,
Matt. iv. 18; xv.
Bahr T&bartya
—
See Recovery ofjerusa
Sea of
29; Marki. 16;
vii. 31 ; John
vi. I
lem, Conder's Hand
book, 215; Tent Work,
36 ; Q. S. 1877, 1878,
1879, and 1 88 1,
GAZA
Acts viii. 26 ; 1
Ant. vi. 2 ; 5
Ant. i. 22 ; ii.
4 ; viii. io ; 6
Ant. i. 2 ; 7
Ant. iv. 1 ; 9
Ant. xiii. 3 ;
11 Ant. viii. 3,
4; 13 Ant. v.
5; xii. 2, 4;
xiii. 1, 2, 3 ;
xv. 4; 14 Ant.
iv. 4; v. 3; 15
Ant. vii. 3, 9 ;
17 Ant. xi. 4 ;
1 Wars iv. 2 ;
vii. 7; xx. 3 ;
2 Wars vi. 3 ;
xviii. i;4Wars
xi. 5
Ghiizzeh
13
See 0. T. S. and Q. S.
1869 - 1875, 1878.
(Mem. III. 248; Sh.
XIX.)
GENNES-
Luke v. 1 ; 5
Bahr Tilbariya
6
Another name for the
ARET,
Ant. i. 22, 13
Sea of Galilee. In the
Lake of
Ant. v. 7 ; 3
Wars x. 1, 7,
8
Old Testament Chin-
nereth, andin Josephus
Lake of Gennesareth.
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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References

No. of

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(New Testament

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and

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and Josephus).

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No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

GENNES-

Matt. xiv. 34 ;

el Ghuweir

6

The plain of ' el Ghu

ARET,

Mark vi. 53

weir,' north of Mag-
Land of
dala, on the western
shore of the Sea of
Galilee. Extent 3
miles long by ij mile
broad.
GERGES-
Malt. viii. 28 ;
Kersa, or
6
Possibly the present
ENES,
Mark v. 1 ;
Khersa (?)
ruin Kersa, on the
or
Luke viii. 26
eastern shore of the
GERASENES
and 37
Sea of Galilee. In
City of
Matt. viii. 28 Ger-
gesenes ; Mark v. 1,
Luke viii. 26' and 37
Gadarenes (A.V.) In
Matt. viii. 28 Gada
renes ; Mark v. 1,
Luke viii. 26 and 37
Gerasenes (R.V.) Re
covery of Jerusalem,
Schumacher's Jaulan,
1888. Conder's Hand
book.
GETH-
Matt. xxvi. 36 ;
H
Probably at or near the
SEMANE
Mark xiv. 32
enclosed olive garden,
still so called, in the
Valley ofjehoshaphat.
GOLGOTHA
Matt, xxvii. 33;
Mark xv. 22 ;
John xix. 17
14
The knoll outside of
the Damascus Gate
proposed by Captain
Conder, has lately re
ceived many suppor
ters. Luke xiii. 33 Cal
vary (A.V. ), The Skull
(R.V.) See Recovery
of Jerusalem. Con
der's Primer, 160 ;
Q. S. 198, 1879; 109,
1880; 69, 148, 1883;
78, 1885.
GOMORRHA
Matt. x. 15 ;
Not identified
—
The Gomorrah of the
(R.V.
Mark vi. 11 ;
Old Testarrent (See
GOMORRAH)
Rom. ix. 29 ;
Jude 7 ; 2 Pet.
ii. 6
0. T. S. and Memoirs
of Eastern Survey.)
The name is omitted
in Mark vi. 11 in the
R.V.
14

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and Josephus).

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GREECEHIERAPOLISICONIUM
IDUM^A
ILLYRICUMITALY
ITUR-ffilA

Acts xx. 2

Col. iv. 13

Acts xiii. 51 ;
xiv. 1, 19, 21 ;
xvi. 2; 2 Tim
iii. 11
Mark iii. 8; 4
Wars iv. 1-7,
etc.
Rom. xv. 19

Acts xviii. 2 ;
xxvii. 1, 6 ;
Heb. xiii. 24

PambAk Kalessi
Konieh

JACOB'S WELL

John iv. 6

Luke iii. I :
Ant. xi. 3

13

JedAr

Bir Y'akAb

Now called Pambtlk
Kalessi. (Grove's 3.1.)
Now the modern
Konieh. (Grove's
B. I.)

14 21 The Greek form of
Edom. SeeO.T.S.

A district on the east
coast of the Adriatic
Sea. (Grove's B. I. )

The present district of
Jedfir, extending from
Hermon towards the
Lejah. (Conder's
Handbook, 316 ; Re
covery of Jerusalem,
416.)
At the foot of Gerizim,
where the Vale o(
Shechem joins the
plain of Moreh, is
Jacob's Well, 70 feet
deep, and at times
containing water.
There is a vault over
it now, and remains
of an ancient church.
For plans andsketches
and detailed accounts
see Recovery ofjerusa
lem. (Mem. II. 172;
Sh. XI. ; Q. S. 71,
1873; 72, 1877; 9.
1878; 87, 1879; 195,
1881.)

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

'5

References

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(New Testament

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Sheet

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and Josephus).

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Large Map.

JERICHO

Matt. xx. 29 ;
Mark a. 46 ;
Luke x. 30 ;
xviii. 35 ; xix.
1 ; Hel). xi. 30.
Frequently
mentioned by
Josephus

Eriha

14

Jericho. See O.T.S.;
Q. S. 1869, 1870,
1874.

JERUSALEM

Very frequently
mentioned

el Kuds

—

Memoirs, Jer. Vol. ;
Recovery ofjerusalem,
etc.

JOPPA

Acts ix. 36-43 ;
x- 5. 8, 23,32;
xi. 13.

Ydfa

9

The Japho of Joshua,
xix. 46. See 0. T. S.

JORDAN

Malt. iii. 5, 6,
13; iv. 15, 25;

esh Sheri'ah

—

See 0. T. S.

xix. 1 ; Mark

i. 5, 9; iii. 8;
x. 1 ; Luke iii.
3; iv. 1 ; Johni.
28 ; iii. 26 ; x.
40
JUDAH, or
Matt, ii. 1, 5, 22,
_
See 0. T. S.
JUDEA
etc., etc.
LAODICEA
Col. iv. 13, 15 ;
Rev. i. 11 ; iii.
14; 1 Wars xi.
7
near Denislu
In Asia Minor. Was
the seat of one of the
seven Churches of
Asia.
LASEA
Acts xxvii. 8
Lasea
—
A ruin of that name in
Crete. (Grove's 2?./.)
LIBYA
Acts. ii. 10 ; 1
Ant. vi. 2 ; 10
Ant. x. 1 ; 12
Ant. x. 5 ; 14
Ant. i. 4; 16
Ant. vi. 1 ; 2
Wars xvi. 4 ;
xviii. 8 ; 3 Wars
v. 7 ; 4 Wars
The part of Africa
west of the Delta.
Mentioned by Jose
phus under the form
of Libya, Libyia,
Libyan Pentapolis. See
0. T. S.
x. 5 ; 7 Wars
xi. 1
•1
i6

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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and Josephus).

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LYCAONIA

Acts xiv. 6, 1 1

—

A district of Asia Minor.

LYCIA

Acts xxvii. 5

-

A district in Asia Mi
nor, opposite Rhodes.

LYDDA

Acts ix. 32, 35,
38 ; 14 Ant. xi.
2 ; xv. 3 ; 20
Ant. vi. 2; 1
Wais xv. 6 ; 2
Wars xii. 6 ;
xix. 1 ; xx. 4 ;
3 Wars iii. 5 5
4 Wars viii. 1

Ludd

9

The ancient 'Lod.'
See 0. T. S.

LYSTRA

Acts xiv. 6, 8,
21 ; xvi. 1, 2;
2 Tim. iii. II

KhatAn Serai

¦ —

Khatun Serai, east of
Konieh.

MACEDONIA

Acts. xvi. 9, 10,
12; xviii. 5 ;
xix. 21, 22, 29;
xx. 1, 3 ; Rom.
xv. 26 ; 1 Cor.
xvi. 5 ; 2 Cor.
i. 16; ii. 13;
vii. 5 ; viii. 1 ;
ix. 2, 4; xi. 9;
Philip iv. 15; 1
Thess. i. 7, 8 ;
iv, 10 ; 1 Tim.
i. 3; 12 Ant.
i. ; 14 Ant. xii.
3

Macedonia

The country to the north
of Greece. In the
Apocrypha Chittim.
See O. T. S., under
head Chittim.

MADIAN

Acts vii. 29

—
The Greek form of
Midian. See 0. T.S.
MAGDALA (RV.
MAGADAN)
Matt. xv. 39
Mejdel (?)
6
The present village
Mejdel, north of Ti
berias. (Mem. I. 365,
369; Sh. VI. ; Q. S.
121, 1877.) Magadan
might (if correct) re
present Megiddo. See
0. T. S.
MELITA
Acts xxviii. 1
Malta
—
The island on which St.
Paul was wrecked.
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

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Name.

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(New Testament
and Josephus).

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Map.

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MESOPO TAMIA

Acts ii. 9; vii.
2 (frequently
mentioned in
Josephus)

—

Country between the
Euphrates and Tigris.
See 0. T. S.

MILETUS

Acts xx. 15, 17,
2 Tim. iv. 20

—

A city of Asia Minor,
south of Ephesus.
.(Grove's -5./.)

MITYLENE

Acts. xx. 14 ;
15 Ant. x. 2 ;
16 Ant. ii. 2

Castro

—

The chief town of
Lesbos. (Grove's B.I.)

MYRA

Acts xxvii. 5

Dembra

-

A city of Lycia.

MYSIA

Acts xvi. 7, 8 ;
1 Wars xxi. 11;
4 Wars x. 6 ;
7 Wars iv. 3 ;
v-3

—

A district in the north
west of Asia Minor.

NAIN

Luke vii. 1 1

Nein

10

The village Nein, west
of Endor. (Mem. II.
86; Sh. IX; Q. S.
115, 1878.)

NAZARETH

Matt. ii. 23 ; iv.
13 ; xxi. II ;
Mark i. 9 ;
Luke i. 26 ; ii.
4. 39. 51 ! iv-
16, 34; xviii.
37 ; John i. 45,
46

en Ndsirah

6

The town en Nasirah,
in Lower Galilee. For
various descriptions,
see Mem. I. 275-279 ;
Sh. V; Tent Work.
57 ; Primer, 147 (Con
der); (2.^.1869,1870,
1873, and Dean Stan
ley's Sinai and Pales
tine, 365.

NEAPOLIS

Acts xvi. 11

Kavalla

—

See Philippi.

NICOPOLIS

Titus iii. 12

—
Thought to be Paleo-
prev6sa, west of the
Bay of Actium.
(Grove's B. I.)
NINEVEH
Matt. xii. 41
On the left bank ol
of Tigris, opposite
Mosul. See 0. T. S.
i8

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(New Testament

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and

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and Josephus^.

Identification.

on gt-in.
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Large Map.

OLIVES,

Matt. xxi. I ;

febelet Tdr

14

The hill called Jebel et

Mount ok

xxiv. 3 ; xxvi.

T6r on the east of Jeru
OLIVET, The
30; Mark xi. 1;
salem. See 0. T. S.
MountCalled
xiii. 3; xiv. 26;
Luke xix. 29,
37 5 xxi. 37 ;
xxii. 39 ; John
viii. 1 ; Acts i.
12 ; 7 Ant. ix.
2 ; 20 Ant. viii.
6; 2 Wars xiii.
5; 5 Wars ii. 3;
iii. 5 ; xii. 2 ; 6
Wars ii. 8
'Five furlongs from
the city' (20 Ant. viii.
6) ; ' six furlongs from
Jerusalem, on the
eastern side of the
Cedron Valley (5 Wars
». 3)-
PAMPHYLIA
Acts ii. 10 ; xiii.
13 ; xiv. 24 ;
xv. 38 ; xxvii. 5
II Ant. viii. I;
14 Ant. xiv. 3 ;
1 Wars xiv. 3 ;
2 Wars xiv. 4
AJdistrict on the south
coast of Asia Minor
between Lycia and
Cilicia. (Grove's
B.I.)
PAPHOS
Acts xiii. 6
Bafo
—
A town at the south
west end of Cyprus.
PATMOS
Rev. i. 9
Patmo
—
In the ^Egean, near
Samos. Now Patmo.
(Grove's^. /)
PERGA
Acts xiii. 13 ;
xiv. 25
Eski- Kalesi
A city of Pamphylia,
now called Eski-
Kalesi, situate on the
river Cestus.
PERGAMOS
Rev.i. 11; ii. 12;
Bergama
Sow Bergama. The
(RV.
I Wars ix. 3 ;
seat of one of the
PERGAMUM)
xxi. 11
seven Churches of
Asia.
PHENICE
Acts xi. 19; xv.
3
See the next.
PHENICIA
Acts xxi. 2. Fre
rhe maritime portion
(R.V.
PHOENICIA
quently men
tioned in Jose
phus
!
of country containing
Tyre and Sidon. The
limits are variously
stated by ancient
writers.
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

19

New Testament
Name.

PHILADEL PHIA

PHILIPPI

PHRYGIA

Acts xvi. 12; xx,
6 ; 1 Thess. ii. 2

PISIDIA

POTTER'S FIELD, THE

PR.ffiTO- RIUM
(R.V. THE
PALACE)

PTOLEMAIS

PUTEOLI

RAMA (R.V.
RAMAH)
RHEGIUM

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Modern
Identification.

Rev. i. 1 1 ; iii. 7

Alia Shehr

Near Bereketli

Acts ii. 10 ; xvi
6 ; xviii. 23
Ant. iii. 4; 16
Ant. ii. 2; 4
Wars xi. 1
Acts xiii. 14 ;
xiv. 24; 1 3 Ant.
xiii. 5
Matt, xxvii. 7

Matt, xxvii. 27;
Mark xv. 16 ;
John xviii. 28,
33; xix. 9; Acts
xxiii. 35; Philip
i- 13
Acts xxi. 7 ; Jos,
Life 22. 24,
43. 6S. 74. etc.,
etc.
Acts xxviii. 13 ;
Jos. Life 3 ;
18 Ant. vi. 4
Matt. ii. 18

Acts xxviii. 13

No. of
Sheet
m j{-in.
Map.

Akka Pozzuoli
Not identified
Reggio

Remarks, References,
arid
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.*

A city on the confines
of Lydia and Phrygia.
Now called Alia
Shehr. Was the seat
of one of the seven
Churches of Asia.
(Grove's B. I.)
A city of Macedonia,
its seaport Neapolis
is now called Ka valla.
(Grove's B.I.)
In west central Asia
Minor.

In Asia Minor, north
of Pamphylia. (Grove's
B.I.)
The traditional site is
at Aceldama, which
see.
The head - quarters of
ihe Roman Governor
at Jerusalem. The
Common Hall, or
Hall of Judgment.

The modern town of
Akka. The Accho of
Judges i. 31 and the
Talmud. See O.T. S.
On the west coast of
Italy, near Naples.

See Ramah (1) of Ben
jamin, 0. T. S.
Reggio, at the southern
entrance of the straits
of Messina.

20

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and Josephus).

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RHODES

Acts xxi. I ; 14
Ant. xiv. 3 ; 16
Ant. ii. 2, v. 3;
1 Wars xiv. 3 ;
xx. 1 ; xxi. II ;
7 Wars ii. 1

Island of Rhodes

The Island of Rhodes
in the Mediterranean.
(Smith's D. of B.)

ROME

Actsii. 10; xviii.
2; xix. 21 ; xxiii.
11 ; xxviii. 14,
16 ; Rom. i, 7,
15 ; 2 Tim. i.
17 ; Life Chap.
3, 76, etc., etc.

Rome

(Smith's D. of B.)

SALAMIS

Acts xiii. 5

—

A town on the coast
of Famagusta Bay,
Cyprus.

SALEM

Heb. vii. 1, 2

See 0. T. S.
SALIM
John iii. 23
Sdlim
10
The present village,
Silim, east of Shec
hem, and probably the
Caphar Shalem of the
Talmud. (Mem. II.
230 ; Sh. XII. ; Con
der's Handbook, 320 ;
e-S.32, 1875; 72, 1876.
SALMONE
Acts xxvii. 7
Salmone
—
The eastern point of
the island of Crete.
(Grove's B. I.)
SAMARIA
Luke xvii. 11 ;
John iv. 4-9 ;
Acts i. 8 ; viii.
1, 5, 9, 14 ; ix.
31 ; xv. 3. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jose
phus
SeMstieh
IO
The Samaria of the
Old Testament. See
0. T. S.; Q. S. 187 1,
1872, 1876, 1877.
SAMOS
Acts xx. 15 ; 16
Ant. ii. 2, 4
Samos
—
See 0. T. S.
SAMOTHRA- CIA (R.V.
SAMO- THRACE)
Acts xvi. 1 1
Samothraki
An island in the north
part of the^Egean Sea.
Grove's B. I.)
NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
onfc-in. Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

SARDIS

SAREPTA (R.V. ZARE-
PHATH)

SAR0N (R.V.
SHARON)

SELEUCIA

Rev. 1.4

Luke iv. 26

Acts ix. 35

Sert- Kalessi

Surafend

es Sahel

9, 10

Acts xiii. 4

es Suweidiyeh

SHEPHERDS FIELD

Luke ii.

SHEEP- John v. 2
MARKET

SIDON

SILOAM

Matt. xi. 21, 22;
xv. 21 ; Mark
iii. 8; vii. 24,
31 ; Luke iv,
26; vi. 17; x,
13, 14 ; Acts
xii. 20.
Frequently
mentioned by
Josephus
Luke xiii. 4

Kenisel erR'aw
dt

Saida

14

14

Silwdn

14

Now Sert-Kalessi,
between Smyrna and
Philadelphia. Wasthe
seat of one of theseven
Churches of Asia.
(Grove's B. I.)
The ruined town Sara
fend. South of Sidon.
See O. T S.

The great plain extend
ing from Lydda and
Joppa on the south to
Mount Carmel on the
north. See 0. T. S.
Q. S. 13, 1874 ; 127,
1876 ; 46, 51, 1878.
The seaport town of
Anlioch. TheSeleucia
of the Maccabees. See
Chesney's Euphrates
Expedition, and 'Bae
deker's Handbook, for
accounts of the ruins.
Below Bethlehem.
(Mem. III. ; Sh.
XVII.)

At Jerusalem.

The present town
Saida, on the Medi
terranean coast. See
0. T. S.

The village Silwan,
south-east of Jerusa
lem. (Q.S. 141, 1874.)

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on g-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

SILOAM, Pool
OF

SILOAM, Tower in

SINA, Mount
SINAI

SION

SION, Mount

SMYRNA

SODOM

John ix. 7, 1 1 ;
2 Wars xvi. 2 ;
5 Wars iv. 1-2;
vi. i ; ix.4; xii.
2 ; 6 Wars vii.
2

Luke xiii. 4

Birket Silwdn

H

Acts vii. 30, 38 ;
Gal. iv. 24, 25
2 Ant. xiii. 3 ;
xiv. 3 ; 3 Ant.
v. 7, 8 ; viii.
10; xii. 3; xiii.
8; 4 Ant. iii. 2;
8 Ant. xiii. 7
Matt. xxi. 5 ;
John xii. 1 5

Heb. xii. 22 ;
I Peter ii. 6 ;
Rev. xiv. 1
Rev. i. 1 1 ; ii.

SOLOMON'S PORCH

Matt. x. 15; xi.
23, 24 ; Mark
vi. 11 ; Luke
x. 12; xvii. 29;
Rom. ix. 29 ;
2 Peter ii. 6 ;
Jude 7 ; Rev.
xi. 8; 1 Ant.
viii. 3 ; ix. 1 ;
xi. 2 ; 4 Wars
viii. 2, 4
John x. 23 ; Acts
iii. 11; v. 12

Jebel MAsa

Smyrna

Not identified

One of the pools south
ofjerusalem. In the
Old Testament Siloah.
See 0. T. S. Q. S.
1869-70, 1872, 1878-
1887. Memoirs, jer.
Vol.
See Siloam.

See O. T. S.

See 0. T. S.

Smyrna, on the coast
of Asia Minor. Was
the seat of one of the
seven Churches of
Asia.
On the borders of Lake
Asphaltitis' (4 Wars
viii. 2). (Omitted in
Mark vi. 11 of the
R.V.) SeeO.T.S.

One of the cloisters of
the Jerusalem Temple.

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

23

New Testament
Name.

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

Modern
Identification.

No. of
Sheet
on j|-in.
Map.

Remarks, References,
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

SPAIN

Rom. xv. 24, 28;
2 Wars ix. 6;
xvi. 4

—

SYCHAR

John iv. 5

' Askar

10

A little village on the
east slope of Ebal
and north of Jacob's
Well. (Mem. II. 168;
Sh. XI. ; Q. S. 149,
1877; 114, 1878; 93,
1879; 47, 1881.)

SYCHEM (R.V.
SHECHEM)

Actsvii. 16. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jo
sephus

Ndblus

10

The Greek form of She
chem. The Shechem
of Gen. xii. 6, etc.
See O. T. S. ; Q. S.
126, 192, 1876 ; 149,
1877; 88, 90, 93,
1879.

SYRACUSE

Acts xxviii. 12

•

—

The celebrated city on
the eastern coast of
Sicily.

SYRIA

Luke ii. 2 ; Acts
xv. 23, 41 ;
xviii. 18 ; xx.
3; xxi. 3; Gal.
i. 21. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jose
phus

See 0. T. S.
TARSUS
Acts ix. 11, 30 ;
xi. 25; xxi. 39;
xxii. 3 ; 1 Ant.
vi. 1 ; 9 Ant. x.
2; 7 Wars vii.
3
TersAs
Chief city of Cilicia.
The birth-place of St.
Paul. See O. T. S.
TAVERNS, The Three
Acts xxviii. 15
—
A station on the Ap-
pianWay,along which
St. Paul travelled from
Puteoli to Rome.
THESSA LONICA
Acts xvii. 1, 11,
13 ; xxvii. 2 ;
Phil. iv. 16 ; 2
Tim. iv. 10
Salonika
Now Salonika, on the
coast of Macedonia
24

NEW TESTAMENT SITES.

New Testament
Name.

References
(New Testament
and Josephus).

THYATIRA

TIBERIAS

TIBERIAS, Sea of

TRACHO- NITIS

TROAS

TROGYL- LIUM
(Omitted in R.V.)
TYRE

Acts xvi. 14 ;
Rev. i. 11 ; ii.
18, 24
John vi. 23. Fre
quently men
tioned in Jo
sephus

Johnvi. 1; xxi. I;
3 Wars iii. 5 ;
4 Wars viii. 2
Luke iii. 1 ; Life,
chap. 23, 73 ;
I Ant. vi. 4
13 Ant. xvi. 5
etc., etc.

Acts xvi. 8, 1 1 ;
xx. 5, 6 ; 2 Cor.
ii. 12 ; 2 Tim,
iv. 13
Acts xx. 15

Matt. xi. 21,22;
xv. 21 ; Mark
iii. 8 ; vii. 24,
31 ; Luke vi,
17 ; a. 13, 14 ;
Acts xii. 20 ;
xxi. 3, 7 ; Jos-
Life, 66, 74,
etc., etc.

Modern
Identification.

Akhissar

Tiibariya

Bahr Tiibariya

el Lejah

Eski StambAl

es SAr

No. of
Sheet
on |-in.
Map.

Remarks, References
and
No. of Sheet on
Large Map.

Akhissar, north-west of
Sardis.

One ofthe three greatest
cities in Galilee (Jos.
Life, 25). (Mem. I.
37 1 and 418; Sh.IV.;
Recovery ofjerusalem;
Q. S. 99, 1869-70;
74, 1872; 121, 1877;
141, 1879; 85, 1887.)
Sea of Galilee.

A Greek name meaning
rugged. The Argob
of the Old Testament.
See 0. T. S. ; Con
der's Handbook, 315 ;
Recovery of Jerusalem.
Now called Eski Stam-
bul.

South of Ephesus, on
the end of the ridge of
Mycae.
The town ' es Sur,' on
the east coast. See
O. T. S. and Q. S.
1877,1878,1880, 1881.

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