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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

| 21; Ezek.    |              |   | out thereof were at
                | xlviii. 4, 5 |              |   | the sea; southward
                |              |              |   | it was Ephraim’s and
                |              |              |   | northward it was
                |              |              |   | Manasseh’s, and the
                |              |              |   | sea was his border;
                |              |              |   | and they reached to
                |              |              |   | Asher on the north,
                |              |              |   | and to Issachar
                |              |              |   | on the east. And
                |              |              |   | _Manasseh_ had in
                |              |              |   | _Issachar_ and in
                |              |              |   | _Asher Beth-shean_ and
                |              |              |   | her towns, _Ibleam_
                |              |              |   | and her towns, and
                |              |              |   | the inhabitants of
                |              |              |   | _Dor_ and her towns,
                |              |              |   | and the inhabitants
                |              |              |   | of _En-dor_ and
                |              |              |   | her towns, and
                |              |              |   | the inhabitants
                |              |              |   | of _Taanach_ and
                |              |              |   | her towns and the
                |              |              |   | inhabitants of
                |              |              |   | _Megiddo_ and her
                |              |              |   | towns, even the three
                |              |              |   | heights,’ etc. (Josh.
                |              |              |   | xvii. 7-11). ‘The
                |              |              |   | half-tribe of Manasseh
                |              |              |   | had the land from
                |              |              |   | Jordan to the city
                |              |              |   | Dora; but its breadth
                |              |              |   | was at Beth-shan,
                |              |              |   | which is now called
                |              |              |   | Scythopolis’ (5 Ant.
                |              |              |   | i. 22). ‘Also Gilead
                |              |              |   | and Bashan’ (9 Ant.
                |              |              |   | viii. 1).
                |              |              |   |
=MAON=          |Josh. xv. 55; |_Kh. Mʾaîn_   |14 |The present ruined town
                | 1 Sam. xxv. 2|              |   | ‘Mʾaîn,’ south of
                |              |              |   | Hebron. (_Mem._ III.

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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

| 21; Ezek.    |              |   | out thereof were at
                | xlviii. 4, 5 |              |   | the sea; southward
                |              |              |   | it was Ephraim’s and
                |              |              |   | northward it was
                |              |              |   | Manasseh’s, and the
                |              |              |   | sea was his border;
                |              |              |   | and they reached to
                |              |              |   | Asher on the north,
                |              |              |   | and to Issachar
                |              |              |   | on the east. And
                |              |              |   | _Manasseh_ had in
                |              |              |   | _Issachar_ and in
                |              |              |   | _Asher Beth-shean_ and
                |              |              |   | her towns, _Ibleam_
                |              |              |   | and her towns, and
                |              |              |   | the inhabitants of
                |              |              |   | _Dor_ and her towns,
                |              |              |   | and the inhabitants
                |              |              |   | of _En-dor_ and
                |              |              |   | her towns, and
                |              |              |   | the inhabitants
                |              |              |   | of _Taanach_ and
                |              |              |   | her towns and the
                |              |              |   | inhabitants of
                |              |              |   | _Megiddo_ and her
                |              |              |   | towns, even the three
                |              |              |   | heights,’ etc. (Josh.
                |              |              |   | xvii. 7-11). ‘The
                |              |              |   | half-tribe of Manasseh
                |              |              |   | had the land from
                |              |              |   | Jordan to the city
                |              |              |   | Dora; but its breadth
                |              |              |   | was at Beth-shan,
                |              |              |   | which is now called
                |              |              |   | Scythopolis’ (5 Ant.
                |              |              |   | i. 22). ‘Also Gilead
                |              |              |   | and Bashan’ (9 Ant.
                |              |              |   | viii. 1).
                |              |              |   |
=MAON=          |Josh. xv. 55; |_Kh. Mʾaîn_   |14 |The present ruined town
                | 1 Sam. xxv. 2|              |   | ‘Mʾaîn,’ south of
                |              |              |   | Hebron. (_Mem._ III.

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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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