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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

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

32;  |              |   | Jazar (1 Macc. v. 8).
                | 1 Macc. v. 8 |              |   | Jazer, according to
                |              |              |   | the Onomasticon, was
                |              |              |   | known, and Eusebius
                |              |              |   | and Jerome place it 10
                |              |              |   | Roman miles west of
                |              |              |   | Philadelphia (Amman),
                |              |              |   | and 15 from Heshbon.
                |              |              |   | Two sites were
                |              |              |   | discovered by Seetzen
                |              |              |   | in 1806 (Reisen, 1854,
                |              |              |   | 397-8), ‘Khurbet Sâr’
                |              |              |   | and ‘Sîr’ (the former
                |              |              |   | 6½ English miles west
                |              |              |   | of Amman and 10½
                |              |              |   | English miles north of
                |              |              |   | Heshbon): the latter
                |              |              |   | (Sâr) 9 English miles
                |              |              |   | west of Amman, and 9½
                |              |              |   | in a straight line or
                |              |              |   | 14 by road north of
                |              |              |   | Heshbon. Capt. Conder,
                |              |              |   | 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.)
                |              |              |   |
=JEARIM=, Mount |Josh. xv. 10  |The ridge     |14 |On the northern
                |              | on which     |   | boundary of Judah.
                |              | _Kesla_      |   | ‘And the border turned
                |              | stands (?)   |   | 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

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

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

32;  |              |   | Jazar (1 Macc. v. 8).
                | 1 Macc. v. 8 |              |   | Jazer, according to
                |              |              |   | the Onomasticon, was
                |              |              |   | known, and Eusebius
                |              |              |   | and Jerome place it 10
                |              |              |   | Roman miles west of
                |              |              |   | Philadelphia (Amman),
                |              |              |   | and 15 from Heshbon.
                |              |              |   | Two sites were
                |              |              |   | discovered by Seetzen
                |              |              |   | in 1806 (Reisen, 1854,
                |              |              |   | 397-8), ‘Khurbet Sâr’
                |              |              |   | and ‘Sîr’ (the former
                |              |              |   | 6½ English miles west
                |              |              |   | of Amman and 10½
                |              |              |   | English miles north of
                |              |              |   | Heshbon): the latter
                |              |              |   | (Sâr) 9 English miles
                |              |              |   | west of Amman, and 9½
                |              |              |   | in a straight line or
                |              |              |   | 14 by road north of
                |              |              |   | Heshbon. Capt. Conder,
                |              |              |   | 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.)
                |              |              |   |
=JEARIM=, Mount |Josh. xv. 10  |The ridge     |14 |On the northern
                |              | on which     |   | boundary of Judah.
                |              | _Kesla_      |   | ‘And the border turned
                |              | stands (?)   |   | 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

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

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

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