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

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

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=ALLON-BACUTH=)|              |              |   | Rebekah was buried.
                |              |              |   |
=ALMON=         |Josh. xxi. 18 |_ʾAlmît_      |14 |Same as Alemeth
                |              |              |   | (ʾAlmît) in Benjamin.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 35; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XVIII.)
                |              |              |   |
=ALMON          |Num. xxxiii.  |_Kh.          |-- |_See_ Beth-diblathaim.
 DIBLATHAIM=    | 46, 47       | Deleiyât_    |   | One of the
                |              | (??)*        |   | camping-stations
                |              |              |   | of the Israelites,
                |              |              |   | between Dibon-gad
                |              |              |   | and the mountains
                |              |              |   | of Abarim. In Moab.
                |              |              |   | (Conder’s _Heth and
                |              |              |   | Moab_, page 269.)
                |              |              |   |
=ALOTH= (R.V.   |1 Kings iv. 16|_Not          | 6 |(?) A town or district.
 =BEALOTH=)     |              | identified_  |   | Perhaps ʾAlia, east
                |              |              |   | of Achzib. (_Mem._ I.
                |              |              |   | 170; Sh. III.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=ALUSH=         |Num. xxxiii.  |_Not          |-- |One of the
                | 13           | identified_  |   | camping-stations of
                |              |              |   | the Israelites next to
                |              |              |   | Rephidim.
                |              |              |   |
=AMAD=          |Josh. xix. 26 |_Kh. el       | 6 |A town in Asher,
                |              | ʾAmûd_ (?)*  |   | mentioned between
                |              |              |   | Alammelech and
                |              |              |   | Misheal. Probably
                |              |              |   | el ʾAmûd, north of
                |              |              |   | Akka.--Conder. There
                |              |              |   | is also a ruined town
                |              |              |   | called Umm el ʾAmûd,
                |              |              |   | between Bethlehem and
                |              |              |   | Abez, south of Wâdy
                |              |              |   | el Melek, which some
                |              |              |   | identify with Amad.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh.
                |              |              |   | III.)
                |              |              |   |
=AMAM=          |Josh. xv. 26  |_Not          |-- |A city in the south of
                |              | identified_  |   | Judah, mentioned with

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

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