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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

‘Hosts   | 2; Josh.     |              |   | ruins now called
 or Companies’) | xiii. 26,    |              |   | Mahneh, 14 miles
                | 30; Josh.    |              |   | south-east of
                | xxi. 38; 2   |              |   | Beth-shean and near
                | Sam. ii.     |              |   | Jabesh-gilead. _See_
                | 8, 12, 29;   |              |   | Porter’s _Handbook_,
                | xvii. 24,    |              |   | 332; Conder’s _Heth
                | 27; xix. 32; |              |   | and Moab_, pp. 177-180.
                | 1 Kings ii.  |              |   |
                | 8; iv. 14; 1 |              |   |
                | Chr. vi. 80  |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MAHANEH-DAN=   |Judg. xiii.   |_Wâdy el      |14 |‘Camping-place of
                | 25; xviii. 12| Mŭtluk_      |   | Dan,’ west of
                |              |              |   | Kirjath-jearim; and
                |              |              |   | Judg. xiii. 25,
                |              |              |   | between ‘Zoreah’ and
                |              |              |   | ‘Eshtaol.’ Apparently
                |              |              |   | the plain immediately
                |              |              |   | south of those two
                |              |              |   | places, in ‘Wâdy el
                |              |              |   | Mŭtluk,’ or ‘Wâdy
                |              |              |   | Serâr.’
                |              |              |   |
=MAKAZ=         |1 Kings iv. 9 |_Not          |-- |Mentioned with
                |              | identified_  |   | Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh
                |              |              |   | and Elon-beth-hanan.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKED=         |1 Macc. v. 26 |_el Mejed_    |-- |= Maged, 1 Macc.
                |              | (?)*         |   | v. 36. One of the
                |              |              |   | great cities of
                |              |              |   | Gilead. Perhaps el
                |              |              |   | Mejed, north of
                |              |              |   | Amman.--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKHELOTH=     |Num. xxxiii.  |_Not          |-- |One of the
                | 25           | identified_  |   | camping-stations of
                |              |              |   | the Israelites.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKKEDAH=      |Josh. x. 10,  |_el Mûghâr_   |13 |Probably the present
                | 16-29; xii.  | (?)*         |   | village ‘el Mûghâr.’
                | 16; xv. 41   |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 411; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XVI.)--Warren.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKTESH=       |Zeph. i. 11   |              |   |The Targum identifies

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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

‘Hosts   | 2; Josh.     |              |   | ruins now called
 or Companies’) | xiii. 26,    |              |   | Mahneh, 14 miles
                | 30; Josh.    |              |   | south-east of
                | xxi. 38; 2   |              |   | Beth-shean and near
                | Sam. ii.     |              |   | Jabesh-gilead. _See_
                | 8, 12, 29;   |              |   | Porter’s _Handbook_,
                | xvii. 24,    |              |   | 332; Conder’s _Heth
                | 27; xix. 32; |              |   | and Moab_, pp. 177-180.
                | 1 Kings ii.  |              |   |
                | 8; iv. 14; 1 |              |   |
                | Chr. vi. 80  |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MAHANEH-DAN=   |Judg. xiii.   |_Wâdy el      |14 |‘Camping-place of
                | 25; xviii. 12| Mŭtluk_      |   | Dan,’ west of
                |              |              |   | Kirjath-jearim; and
                |              |              |   | Judg. xiii. 25,
                |              |              |   | between ‘Zoreah’ and
                |              |              |   | ‘Eshtaol.’ Apparently
                |              |              |   | the plain immediately
                |              |              |   | south of those two
                |              |              |   | places, in ‘Wâdy el
                |              |              |   | Mŭtluk,’ or ‘Wâdy
                |              |              |   | Serâr.’
                |              |              |   |
=MAKAZ=         |1 Kings iv. 9 |_Not          |-- |Mentioned with
                |              | identified_  |   | Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh
                |              |              |   | and Elon-beth-hanan.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKED=         |1 Macc. v. 26 |_el Mejed_    |-- |= Maged, 1 Macc.
                |              | (?)*         |   | v. 36. One of the
                |              |              |   | great cities of
                |              |              |   | Gilead. Perhaps el
                |              |              |   | Mejed, north of
                |              |              |   | Amman.--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKHELOTH=     |Num. xxxiii.  |_Not          |-- |One of the
                | 25           | identified_  |   | camping-stations of
                |              |              |   | the Israelites.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKKEDAH=      |Josh. x. 10,  |_el Mûghâr_   |13 |Probably the present
                | 16-29; xii.  | (?)*         |   | village ‘el Mûghâr.’
                | 16; xv. 41   |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 411; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XVI.)--Warren.
                |              |              |   |
=MAKTESH=       |Zeph. i. 11   |              |   |The Targum identifies

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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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