Nahr el-Auwali, 22 Nahr el-Kisimiyeh, 22 Nahr er-Rukkad, 57 Nahr Jalûd, 31, 35, 49 Naphtali, 131, 134 Nazareth, 30, 238-241, 255, 256 Neapolis, 272, 273 Nebo, Mount, 61, 124 Nebuchadrezzar, 191, 192 Neby Samwil. See Mizpah Necho, 190 Negeb, the, See South Country Nehemiah, 200-205 Netophah, 199 Nicæa, 82 Nile, Valley of, 4, 5; River, 14, 108, 112; Delta, 76, 104, 108, 109 Nineveh, 81 Nippur, 197 Nob, 148, 149 Og, King of Bashan, 123 Omri, 71, 170 Ono, 205 Ophel, hill of, 65-67, 157, 162, 164, 204 Ophir, 164 Ophrah of Gideon, 137, 139 Ophrah in Ephraim, 144 Orontes, 90 Palatine Hill, 11 Palestine, physical characteristics, 7, 8, 13-20; geology, 14; coast plains, 21-26; Galilee, 27-31; Plain of Esdraelon, 31-33; Samaria, 34-38; Judah, 38-44; Jordan and Dead Sea Valley, 45-54; East-Jordan, 55-63; early, 87-96; under the rule of Egypt, 97-105; Greek influence in, 208-210; under Rome, 228-232 Palmyra, 81 Paphos, 269 Parthians, 228, 232 Paul, 266-277 Peleset, 104 Pella, 51, 83, 208, 238 Pelusium, 231 Penuel, 137, 138 Perea, 237 Pergamus, 82 Persia, 213 Peter, 265, 266 Petra, 76, 77, 95, 116, 184, 228 Pharathon, 223 Pharisees, 218, 229 Pharsalia, 231 Philadelphia. See Rabbath-Ammon Philistia, 78, 139 Philistine Plain, physical characteristics, 25, 41; evidence of Egyptian influence, 92 Philistines, 104, 130, 144, 145, 150-156 Philip the Evangelist, 265 Philip the Tetrarch, 237, 238 Philippi, 82, 83, 272-274 Phœnicia, 13, 22, 78, 93, 256, 272 Phœnicians, as mariners, 17; home, 22, 23; as conquerors, 23, 58; civilization of, 91 Pilate, 262 Pilgrim Ford, 51 Pithom, 110 Pompey, 228-231 Pools of Solomon, 38, 69, 204 Ptolemais. See Accho or Acre Ptolemies, 209 Puteoli, 83, 276 Rabbath-Ammon, 77, 158, 159, 208 Railway from Haifa to Damascus, 254 ----, Damascus to Mecca, 121 Ramah (Beit Rima), in Mount Ephraim, 141, 142 Ramoth-Gilead, 174, 175 Ramses II, 103, 107-111 Ramses III, 104 Raphana, 238 Raphia, 76 Raphon, 218 Ras el-Abjad, 23 Ras en-Nakurah, 23 Red Sea, 7, 76, 113, 115, 116 Rehoboth, 118 Remtheh, 174, 215 Rephaim, Valley of, 41, 155, 156, 165 Reubenites, 131, 133 Riblah, 80, 192 Roads, coast road, 25, 26, 33, 78; from Egypt to Damascus, 25, 81; character, 73-75; from Egypt, 75, 76; through Moab, 77; great desert highway, 77, 78; "Way of the Sea," 79-80; along the Jordan, 81; in Asia Minor, 82, 83; to Rome, 83, 84; from Nazareth to Jerusalem, 241, 242 Rome, 11, 83, 228-232, 276, 277 Safed, 29 Salamis, 269 Salt Hill, 197 Samaria, 15, 29; physical characteristics, 34-38; contrasted with Judah, 43, 44; in Roman period, 258, 272