Jezebel, whose father was Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and whose daughter was Athaliah, seems to have been named from Aza-bel; for all the Sidonian names are compounds of sacred terms. [104] Places, which have this term in their composition, are to be found also in Canaan and Africa. See Relandi Palæstina. vol. 2. p. 597. Joseph. Ant. l. 8. c. 2. Hazor, the chief city of Jabin, who is styled king of Canaan, stood near Lacus Samochonites. Azorus, near Heraclea, in Thessaly, at the bottom of Mount Œta. Hazor is mentioned as a kingdom, and, seemingly, near Edom and Kedar. Jeremiah. c. 49. v. 30. 33. [105] Hazor in Sicily stood near Enna, and was, by the Greeks, rendered Ασσωρος, and Ασσωρον. Azor and Azur was a common name for places where Puratheia were constructed. See Hyde. Relig. Pers. c. 3. p. 100. [106] The country about the Cayster was particularly named Asia. Ασιῳ εν λειμωνι Καϋστριου αμφι ρεεθρα. Homer. Iliad. Β. v. 461. Of these parts see Strabo. l. 13. p. 932. [107] Ἱεραπολις--θερμων υδατων πολλων πληθουσα, απο του ἱερα πολλα εχειν. Stephanus Byzant. [108] Ἱεραπολις, ὁπου τα θερμα ὑδατα, και το Πλουτωνιον, αμφω παραδοξολογιαν τινα εχοντα. Strabo. l. 13. p. 933. [109] Damascius apud Photium in Vitâ Isidor. c. 242. [110] At Hierapolis, Acharaca, Magnesia, and Myus. Strabo. l. 12. p. 868. Αχαρακα, εν ῃ το Πλουτωνιον, εχον και αλσος πολυτελες, και νεων Πλουτωνος τε και Ἡρας καν το ΧΑΡΩΝΙΟΝ αντρον ὑπερκειμενον του αλσους, θαυμαστον τῃ φυσει. Strabo. l. 14. p. 960. [111] Plin. H. N. L. 2. c. 93. Spiritus lethales alibi, aut scrobibus emissi, aut ipso loci situ mortiferi: alibi volucribus tantum, ut Soracte vicino urbi tractu: alibi præter hominem cæteris animantibus: nonnunquam et homini; ut in Sinuessano agro, et Puteolano. Spiracula vocant, alii Charoneas scrobes, mortiferum spiritum exhalantes. Strabo of the same: Θυμβρια, παρ' ἡν Αορνον εστι σπηλαιον ἱερον, ΧΑΡΩΝΙΟΝ λεγομενον, ολεθριους εχον αποφορας. l. 14. p. 943. [112] Ἁπαντα μεν ουν τα των Περσων ἱερα και Μηδοι και Αρμενιοι τετιμηκασι· τα δε της Αναϊτιδος διαφεροντως Αρμενιοι. Strabo. l. 11. p. 805. [113] Anait signifies a fountain of fire; under which name a female Deity was worshipped. Wherever a temple is mentioned, dedicated to her worship, there will be generally found some hot streams, either of water or bitumen; or else salt, and nitrous pools. This is observable at Arbela. Περι Αρβηλα δε εστι και Δημητριας πολις, ειθ' ἡ του ναφθα πηγη, και το πυρα, και το της Αναιας, (or Αναϊτιδος) ἱερον. Strabo. l. 16. p. 1072. Of Anait see Strabo. l. 11. p. 779. l. 12. p. 838. l. 15. p.1066. [114] Strabo. l. 14. p. 951. [115] Εστι και Αλησιον πεδιον της Ηπειρου, ἱνα πηγνυται ἁλας. Stephanus Byzantinus. [116] Pausanias. l. 8. p. 618. [117] Athanasius, who was of Egypt, speaks of the veneration paid to fountains and waters. Αλλοι ποταμους και κρηνας, και παντων μαλιστα Αιγυπτιοι το ὑδωρ προτετιμηκασι, και θεους αναγορευουσι. Oratio contra Gentes. p. 2. Edit. Commelin.