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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

5  |              |-- |In the Revised Version
                |              |              |   | ‘Lud.’
                |              |              |   |
=MAACAH=,       |2 Sam. x. 6,  |              |-- |In Deut. iii. 14; Josh.
 District       | 8; 1 Chr.    |              |   | xii. 5; xiii. 11-13;
 of (R.V.       | xix. 6, 7    |              |   | 2 Sam. xxiii. 34;
 =ARAM-MAACAH=) |              |              |   | 2 Kings xxv. 23; 1
                |              |              |   | Chron. iv. 19; Jer.
                |              |              |   | xl. 8. Maachathites
                |              |              |   | (Maacathites R.V.)
                |              |              |   | Named with Zobah and
                |              |              |   | Tob.
                |              |              |   |
=MAALEH         |Josh. xv. 3   |_Not          |21 |Very probably the
 ACRABBIM=      |              | identified_  |   | steep declivity at
 (R.V.          |              |              |   | the southern end of
 =AKRABBIM=,    |              |              |   | the Salt Sea, and
 The Ascent of) |              |              |   | between there and
                |              |              |   | Kadesh-barnea.
                |              |              |   |
=MAARATH=       |Josh. xv. 59  |_Beit Ummar_  |14 |The present village
                |              | (?)*         |   | Beit Ummar, 6 miles
                |              |              |   | north of Hebron.
                |              |              |   | Named in the group of
                |              |              |   | cities which contains
                |              |              |   | Hŭlhûl, Beth-zur,
                |              |              |   | Gedor, Beth-anoth,
                |              |              |   | and between the two
                |              |              |   | latter. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 303; Sh. XXI.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=MACALON=       |1 Esdras v. 21|_Mukhmas_ (?) |-- |A corruption of
                |              |              |   | Michmash.
                |              |              |   |
=MACHMAS=       |1 Macc. ix. 73|_Mukhmas_     |-- |The Greek of Michmash.
                |              |              |   |
=MACHPELAH=,    |Gen. xxiii.   |              |14 |The cave beneath the
 Cave of        | 9, 17, 19;   |              |   | Haram at Hebron.--For
                | xxv. 9;      |              |   | plan, etc., and latest
                | xlix. 30; l. |              |   | report of the Haram,
                | 13           |              |   | see Capt. Conder’s
                |              |              |   | ‘visit’ in _Quarterly
                |              |              |   | Statement_ for
                |              |              |   | October, 1882.

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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

5  |              |-- |In the Revised Version
                |              |              |   | ‘Lud.’
                |              |              |   |
=MAACAH=,       |2 Sam. x. 6,  |              |-- |In Deut. iii. 14; Josh.
 District       | 8; 1 Chr.    |              |   | xii. 5; xiii. 11-13;
 of (R.V.       | xix. 6, 7    |              |   | 2 Sam. xxiii. 34;
 =ARAM-MAACAH=) |              |              |   | 2 Kings xxv. 23; 1
                |              |              |   | Chron. iv. 19; Jer.
                |              |              |   | xl. 8. Maachathites
                |              |              |   | (Maacathites R.V.)
                |              |              |   | Named with Zobah and
                |              |              |   | Tob.
                |              |              |   |
=MAALEH         |Josh. xv. 3   |_Not          |21 |Very probably the
 ACRABBIM=      |              | identified_  |   | steep declivity at
 (R.V.          |              |              |   | the southern end of
 =AKRABBIM=,    |              |              |   | the Salt Sea, and
 The Ascent of) |              |              |   | between there and
                |              |              |   | Kadesh-barnea.
                |              |              |   |
=MAARATH=       |Josh. xv. 59  |_Beit Ummar_  |14 |The present village
                |              | (?)*         |   | Beit Ummar, 6 miles
                |              |              |   | north of Hebron.
                |              |              |   | Named in the group of
                |              |              |   | cities which contains
                |              |              |   | Hŭlhûl, Beth-zur,
                |              |              |   | Gedor, Beth-anoth,
                |              |              |   | and between the two
                |              |              |   | latter. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 303; Sh. XXI.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=MACALON=       |1 Esdras v. 21|_Mukhmas_ (?) |-- |A corruption of
                |              |              |   | Michmash.
                |              |              |   |
=MACHMAS=       |1 Macc. ix. 73|_Mukhmas_     |-- |The Greek of Michmash.
                |              |              |   |
=MACHPELAH=,    |Gen. xxiii.   |              |14 |The cave beneath the
 Cave of        | 9, 17, 19;   |              |   | Haram at Hebron.--For
                | xxv. 9;      |              |   | plan, etc., and latest
                | xlix. 30; l. |              |   | report of the Haram,
                | 13           |              |   | see Capt. Conder’s
                |              |              |   | ‘visit’ in _Quarterly
                |              |              |   | Statement_ for
                |              |              |   | October, 1882.

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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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