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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

|              |              |   | Eleutheropolis, is
                |              |              |   | now proposed by Capt.
                |              |              |   | Conder. (See _Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 261; Sh. XX.)
                |              |              |   |
=LAHMAM= (R.V.  |Josh. xv. 40  |_Kh. el Lahm_*|13 |Named between ‘Cabbon’
 or =LAHMAS=)   |              |              |   | and ‘Kithlish,’ towns
                |              |              |   | in the low country of
                |              |              |   | Judah, but no trace to
                |              |              |   | their identity has as
                |              |              |   | yet been discovered.
                |              |              |   | For this site the
                |              |              |   | ruin el Lahm, near
                |              |              |   | Beit Jibrîn, has been
                |              |              |   | proposed (Conder).
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 261; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XX.)
                |              |              |   |
=LAISH= (R.V.   |Judg. xviii.  |_Tell el Kâdy_| 6 |Leshem, Josh. xix. 47.
 or =LAISHAH=)  | 7-29; Is. x. |              |   | The original name of
                | 30           |              |   | the city Dan. Now
                |              |              |   | ‘Tell el Kâdy,’ 2
                |              |              |   | miles west of Banias.
                |              |              |   | _See_ Dan. (_Mem._ I.
                |              |              |   | 139; Sh. II.)
                |              |              |   |
=LAKUM= (R.V.   |Josh. xix. 33 |_Not          |-- |A place on the boundary
 =LAKKUM=)      |              | identified_  |   | of Naphtali, somewhere
                |              |              |   | between Jabneel and
                |              |              |   | the river Jordan.
                |              |              |   |
=LASHA=         |Gen. x. 19    |_Not          |-- |The position of this
                |              | identified_  |   | place is uncertain.
                |              |              |   | Jerome and others
                |              |              |   | identify it with
                |              |              |   | Callirhoë, the famous
                |              |              |   | hot springs in the
                |              |              |   | wild and rugged ravine
                |              |              |   | of Zerka Mʾaîn--east
                |              |              |   | of the Salt Sea.
                |              |              |   |
=LASHARON=      |Josh. xii. 18 |_Sârôna_ (?)* | 6 |Probably the present
 (R.V.          |              |              |   | ruin Sârôna, 6½ miles

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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

|              |              |   | Eleutheropolis, is
                |              |              |   | now proposed by Capt.
                |              |              |   | Conder. (See _Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 261; Sh. XX.)
                |              |              |   |
=LAHMAM= (R.V.  |Josh. xv. 40  |_Kh. el Lahm_*|13 |Named between ‘Cabbon’
 or =LAHMAS=)   |              |              |   | and ‘Kithlish,’ towns
                |              |              |   | in the low country of
                |              |              |   | Judah, but no trace to
                |              |              |   | their identity has as
                |              |              |   | yet been discovered.
                |              |              |   | For this site the
                |              |              |   | ruin el Lahm, near
                |              |              |   | Beit Jibrîn, has been
                |              |              |   | proposed (Conder).
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 261; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XX.)
                |              |              |   |
=LAISH= (R.V.   |Judg. xviii.  |_Tell el Kâdy_| 6 |Leshem, Josh. xix. 47.
 or =LAISHAH=)  | 7-29; Is. x. |              |   | The original name of
                | 30           |              |   | the city Dan. Now
                |              |              |   | ‘Tell el Kâdy,’ 2
                |              |              |   | miles west of Banias.
                |              |              |   | _See_ Dan. (_Mem._ I.
                |              |              |   | 139; Sh. II.)
                |              |              |   |
=LAKUM= (R.V.   |Josh. xix. 33 |_Not          |-- |A place on the boundary
 =LAKKUM=)      |              | identified_  |   | of Naphtali, somewhere
                |              |              |   | between Jabneel and
                |              |              |   | the river Jordan.
                |              |              |   |
=LASHA=         |Gen. x. 19    |_Not          |-- |The position of this
                |              | identified_  |   | place is uncertain.
                |              |              |   | Jerome and others
                |              |              |   | identify it with
                |              |              |   | Callirhoë, the famous
                |              |              |   | hot springs in the
                |              |              |   | wild and rugged ravine
                |              |              |   | of Zerka Mʾaîn--east
                |              |              |   | of the Salt Sea.
                |              |              |   |
=LASHARON=      |Josh. xii. 18 |_Sârôna_ (?)* | 6 |Probably the present
 (R.V.          |              |              |   | ruin Sârôna, 6½ miles

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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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