Court of the Women, 261 Crete, 84, 277 Crocodile River, 24 Cyprus, 269 Cyrus, 199, 269 Damascus, roads to, 10, 33, 55, 77-81, 120; situation, 160; history, 170, 175, 185, 229 Damascus Gate, 65 Damieh ford, 51, 125, 137 Dan, city of, 22, 47, 81, 130, 134 Danites, 130, 131 Dathema, 215 David, home, 147; early exploits, 147-153; king of Judah, 153-156; rule over united Israel, 157-161 Dead Sea, 13-15, 39, 40, 59-62, 76, 77, 127, 177; names, 51 Dead Sea Valley, 13, 16, 34; physical characteristics, 45-54 Debir, 128 Deborah, 131 Decapolis, the, 238, 254, 256 Derbe, 82, 271, 272 Dibon, 77 Dium, 238 Dog River, 78 Dor or Adora, 100, 129, 226 Dothan, Plain of, 33, 35, 79 Druse Mountains or Jebel Hauran, 55, 56, 58 Duma or Dumat-el-Jandel, 78 East-Jordan land, 14, 78; physical characteristics, 55-63 East-Jordan tribes, 133-135 Edom, 14, 120, 183, 186 Edomites, 159, 183, 184, 198 Edrei, 78 Egypt, 4, 94, 108-112, 185, 194-196; roads from, 75, 76; history, 190, 207 Egyptian influence in Palestine, 26, 92, 93 Egyptian rule in Palestine, 97-102 Ehud, 131 Ekron, 26, 75, 140 Elah, Valley of, 41, 42, 140, 147, 148, 214, 218 Elasa, 220 Elath, 76, 116, 117, 120, 184 Elephantine, 195, 196 Eleutheropolis. See Beit-jibrin Eleutherus River, 22 El-Hammad, 58 El-Hammeh, 46 Elijah, the Tishbite, 171-173 Elim, 116 Elisha, 175 Elisha, Fountain of, 60 El-Jib. See Gibeah El-Kuneitra, 79 El-Leddan, 47 El-Lejah, 56, 78 El-Lisan, 53, 62 Eltekeh, 100 Emmaus, Amwas in Shephelah, 213 Engannim, 33 Engedi, 39, 53 En-rogel, 162 Ephesus, 82, 83, 266, 272, 275, 276 Ephraim Gate, 204 Ephraim, tribe of, 128-130, 134, 136 Ephron, 219 Esdraelon, Plain of, 15, 23, 28, 30, 35-37, 79, 81, 129, 134, 145; physical characteristics, 31-33 Eshtaol, 139 Essenes, 243 Etam, Cliff of, 139 Ethiopians, 3, 5 Euphrates, 3, 80-82 Ezekiel, 38, 193, 197 Ez-Zumleh, 58 Ferata. See Pharathon Fish Gate, 203 Fords of Jordan, 51 Forest Hill, 197 Fuller's Field, 162 Gabinius, 230 Gadara, 174, 175, 208, 230, 238, 254, 255 Gadites, 134 Galatia, 270-272 Galilee, name, 27; physical characteristics of the central plateau, 27-31; Upper Galilee, 28-30, 180; Lower Galilee, 30, 31; history, 226, 230, 231, 237-241, 258, 264 Gamaliel, 267, 268 Gate of the Guard, 205 Gath, 100, 140, 150, 151, 184-186 Gath-heper, 176 Gaza, 26, 76, 100, 140, 207, 208, 265 Gazara. See Gezer Geba, 36, 144, 145, 183 Gedaliah, 192 Gennesaret, Lake of, 28, 33 ----, Plain of, 49, 249, 250, 252 Geology of Palestine, 14, 15; of Jerusalem, 68 Gerasa, 59, 208, 238 Gerasenes, 255 Gerizim. See Mount Gerizim Gethsemane, Garden of, 261