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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

|              |   |
                | i. 8, 11.    |              |   |
                | Elsewhere    |              |   |
                | called Egypt |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MOAB=          |Very          |_Co. east of  |-- |The application of the
                | frequently   | Dead Sea_    |   | term seems to differ
                | mentioned    |              |   | at different periods.
                |              |              |   |
=MOCHMUR=, The  |Judith vii. 18|_Wâdy el      |10 |Probably ‘Wâdy el
 Brook          |              | Ahmar_*      |   | Ahmar’--one of
                |              |              |   | the names of the
                |              |              |   | valley south of
                |              |              |   | ‘Kuzah’--having
                |              |              |   | its source at
                |              |              |   | ‘ʾAkrabah.’ (Sh. XIV.,
                |              |              |   | XV.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=MODIN=         |1 Macc. ii.   |_Midieh_      |10 |The present village
                | 1, 15, 23,   |              |   | Midieh, 13 miles west
                | 70; ix. 19;  |              |   | of Bethel. (_Mem._ II.
                | xiii. 25,    |              |   | 341; Sh. XIV.)
                | 30; xvi.     |              |   |
                | 4; 2 Macc.   |              |   |
                | xiii. 14     |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MOLADAH=       |Josh. xv. 26; |_Not          |-- |‘One of the uttermost
                | xix. 2; 1    | identified_  |   | cities of Judah
                | Chr. iv. 28; |              |   | towards the coast
                | Neh. xi. 26  |              |   | of Edom.’ Placed by
                |              |              |   | Robinson at ‘Tell el
                |              |              |   | Milh,’ 13 miles east
                |              |              |   | of Beer Sheba (Vol.
                |              |              |   | II. pp. 201, 621.) For
                |              |              |   | ‘Tell el Milh’ Captain
                |              |              |   | Conder proposes the
                |              |              |   | ‘City of Salt.’ Josh.
                |              |              |   | xv. 62. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | pp. 404, 415; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XXV.) The Hebrew has
                |              |              |   | no connection with the
                |              |              |   | Arabic Milh ‘Salt,’
                |              |              |   | Heb. Melakh. The
                |              |              |   | identification of Tell
                |              |              |   | el Milh is due to the

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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

|              |   |
                | i. 8, 11.    |              |   |
                | Elsewhere    |              |   |
                | called Egypt |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MOAB=          |Very          |_Co. east of  |-- |The application of the
                | frequently   | Dead Sea_    |   | term seems to differ
                | mentioned    |              |   | at different periods.
                |              |              |   |
=MOCHMUR=, The  |Judith vii. 18|_Wâdy el      |10 |Probably ‘Wâdy el
 Brook          |              | Ahmar_*      |   | Ahmar’--one of
                |              |              |   | the names of the
                |              |              |   | valley south of
                |              |              |   | ‘Kuzah’--having
                |              |              |   | its source at
                |              |              |   | ‘ʾAkrabah.’ (Sh. XIV.,
                |              |              |   | XV.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=MODIN=         |1 Macc. ii.   |_Midieh_      |10 |The present village
                | 1, 15, 23,   |              |   | Midieh, 13 miles west
                | 70; ix. 19;  |              |   | of Bethel. (_Mem._ II.
                | xiii. 25,    |              |   | 341; Sh. XIV.)
                | 30; xvi.     |              |   |
                | 4; 2 Macc.   |              |   |
                | xiii. 14     |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=MOLADAH=       |Josh. xv. 26; |_Not          |-- |‘One of the uttermost
                | xix. 2; 1    | identified_  |   | cities of Judah
                | Chr. iv. 28; |              |   | towards the coast
                | Neh. xi. 26  |              |   | of Edom.’ Placed by
                |              |              |   | Robinson at ‘Tell el
                |              |              |   | Milh,’ 13 miles east
                |              |              |   | of Beer Sheba (Vol.
                |              |              |   | II. pp. 201, 621.) For
                |              |              |   | ‘Tell el Milh’ Captain
                |              |              |   | Conder proposes the
                |              |              |   | ‘City of Salt.’ Josh.
                |              |              |   | xv. 62. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | pp. 404, 415; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XXV.) The Hebrew has
                |              |              |   | no connection with the
                |              |              |   | Arabic Milh ‘Salt,’
                |              |              |   | Heb. Melakh. The
                |              |              |   | identification of Tell
                |              |              |   | el Milh is due to the

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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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