| | | | 404, 415; Sh. XXV.) | | | | =MAON=, |1 Sam. xxiii. | |14 |The country to the east Wilderness of | 24, 25 | | | of Maon. | | | | =MARAH= (R.V. |Exod. xv. 23; |_Not |-- |Three days’ journey margin | Num. xxxiii. | identified_ | | in the wilderness of ‘Bitterness’) | 8, 9 | | | Etham, from where the | | | | Israelites crossed | | | | the Red Sea; where | | | | the bitter waters | | | | were made sweet. | | | | ʾAin Hawârah, some | | | | 16 hours from ‘ʾAyûn | | | | Mŭsa,’ is generally | | | | supposed to represent | | | | the camping-station, | | | | or some other spring | | | | near it, possibly | | | | in Wâdy Ghurûndul. | | | | Robinson, B. R. i. 67; | | | | Burckhardt, Schubert, | | | | Stanley, etc., etc. | | | | =MARALAH= |Josh. xix. 11 |_Mʾalûl_ (?)* | 6 |A place on the boundary | | | | of Zebulon. Possibly | | | | the village Mʾalûl, | | | | west of Nazareth. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 274, 322; | | | | Sh. V.)--Conder. | | | | =MARESHAH= |Josh. xv. 44; |_Kh. Merʾash_ |13 |Now the ruin Merʾash, | 2 Chron. xi. | | | close to Beit Jibrin. | 8; xiv. 9, | | | In 2 Macc. xii. 35, | 10; xx. 37; | | | Marissaa. (_Mem._ | Micah i. 15 | | | III.; Sh. XX.) | | | | =MAROTH= |Micah i. 12 |_Not |-- |(?) Maarath, a town of | | identified_ | | Judah. | | | | =MASALOTH= |1 Macc. ix. 2 |_Not |-- |Caverns near Arbela (12 | | identified_ | | Ant. ii. 1). Probably | | | | those in ‘Wâdy Hammâm.’