| 1, 5, 56; 2 | | | | Macc. i. 13, | | | | 19, 20, 33; | | | | ix. 1, 21 | | | | | | | =PETHOR= |Num. xxii. 5; | |-- |A town of Mesopotamia, | Deut. xxiii. | | | where Balaam resided. | 4 | | | Situated on the | | | | Euphrates. | | | | =PHARATHONI= |1 Macc. ix. 50|_Not |-- |Probably Pirathon, | | identified_ | | which see. | | | | =PHARPAR=, River|2 Kings v. 12 |_Nahr Taura_, |-- |In the Arabic version | | one of the | | Nahr Taura takes the | | branches of | | place of Pharpar. | | the Barada | | | | (?) | | | | | | =PHASELIS= |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Tekrova_ |-- |A town on the coast of | | | | Asia Minor, on the | | | | confines of Lycia and | | | | Pamphylia. Now called | | | | Tekrova. (Smith’s | | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | | | | =PHENICE= |1 Esdr. ii. | |-- |Phenicia in 3 Macc. | 17, 24, 25, | | | iii. 15; 4 Macc. iv. 2 | 27; iv. 48; | | | | vi. 3, 7, | | | | 27, 29; vii. | | | | 1; viii. 19, | | | | 23, 67; 2 | | | | Esdr. 1, 2; | | | | 2 Macc. iii. | | | | 5, 8; iv. 4, | | | | 22; viii. 8; | | | | x. 11 | | | | | | | =PHILISTIA= |Ps. lx. 8; | |-- |The south part of the | lxxxvii. 4; | | | maritime plain of | cviii. 9 | | | Syria. Identical with | | | | the word Palestine. | | | | (Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =PHISON= |Ecclus. xxiv. | |-- |The Greek form of Pison. | 25 | | |