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

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

|              |              |   | ‘Shema’ and ‘Moladah.’
                |              |              |   |
=AMANA=         |Cant. iv. 8   |_Not          |-- |Apparently a mountain
                |              | identified_  |   | in or near Lebanon. It
                |              |              |   | is commonly assumed
                |              |              |   | that this is the
                |              |              |   | mountain in which
                |              |              |   | the river Abana has
                |              |              |   | its source. (Smith’s
                |              |              |   | _Dictionary to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_.)
                |              |              |   |
=AMATHIS=       |1 Macc. xii.  |_Hamath_      |-- |‘The land of Amathis.’
                | 25           |              |   | Believed to be the
                |              |              |   | district of Hamath in
                |              |              |   | the north of Palestine.
                |              |              |   |
=AMMAH=, THE    |2 Sam. ii. 24 |_Not          |-- |‘That lieth before Giah
 HILL OF        |              | identified_  |   | by the way of the
                |              |              |   | wilderness of Gibeon.’
                |              |              |   |
=ANAB=          |Josh. xi. 21; |_ʾAnâb_       |13 |The ruin ‘ʾAnâb,’ 2½
                | xv. 50       |              |   | miles west of ‘Debir.’
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 392, 393;
                |              |              |   | Sh. XXIV.)
                |              |              |   |
=ANAHARATH=     |Josh. xix. 19 |_en Nʾaûrah_  |10 |The village, ‘en
                |              |              |   | Nʾaûrah,’ 5½ miles
                |              |              |   | north-east of Jezreel,
                |              |              |   | in Issachar. (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | II. 85; Sh. IX.)--De
                |              |              |   | Saulcy.
                |              |              |   |
=ANANIAH=       |Neh. xi. 32   |_Beit Hannîna_|14 |Named between ‘Nob’ and
                |              |              |   | ‘Hazor.’ The present
                |              |              |   | village Beit Hannîna
                |              |              |   | near Gibeon. (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 8; Sh. XVII.)
                |              |              |   |
=ANATHOTH=      |Josh. xxi.    |_ʾAnâta_      |14 |The village ʾAnâta
                | 18; 1 Kings  |              |   | of Benjamin, 3
                | ii. 26; 1    |              |   | miles north-east of
                | Chron. vi.   |              |   | Jerusalem. _(Mem._
                | 60; Ezra ii. |              |   | III.

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

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