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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

|              |              |   | ‘Wady esh Sheikh.’
                |              |              |   | (Rob. i. 121.)
                |              |              |   | Burckhardt (_Syria and
                |              |              |   | C._ 488), Stanley (S.
                |              |              |   | and P. 40-42), Ritter
                |              |              |   | (xiv. 740, 741), in
                |              |              |   | Wâdy Feiran.
                |              |              |   |
=RESEN=         |Gen. x. 12    |_Not          |-- |One of the cities built
                |              | identified_  |   | by Asshur, ‘between
                |              | Between      |   | Nineveh and Calah.’
                |              | _Nimrúd_ and |   | The ruins of a town
                |              | _Kuyunjik_   |   | near the modern
                |              |              |   | village of Selamiyeh
                |              |              |   | would suit the
                |              |              |   | situation, but they
                |              |              |   | are not of any great
                |              |              |   | importance. (Smith’s
                |              |              |   | _Bible Dictionary_.)
                |              |              |   |
=REUBEN=, Tribe |Josh. xiii.   |              |-- |The eastern parts of
 of             | 15-23;       |              |   | the country beyond
                | Josephus 9   |              |   | Jordan, which belonged
                | Ant. viii. 1 |              |   | to the Reubenites
                |              |              |   | and Gadites and to
                |              |              |   | the half tribes of
                |              |              |   | Manasseh. (9 Ant.
                |              |              |   | viii. 1.)
                |              |              |   |
=REZEPH=        |2 Kings xix.  |_Not          |-- |There are several
                | 12; Is.      | identified_  |   | towns of this name in
                | xxxvii. 12   | Near         |   | Mesopotamia. One west
                |              | _Nisibin_    |   | of the Euphrates on
                |              |              |   | the road from Racca
                |              |              |   | to Hŭms, the other
                |              |              |   | east of the Euphrates
                |              |              |   | near Bagdad; between
                |              |              |   | these two rests the
                |              |              |   | claim to the ancient
                |              |              |   | site. (Smith’s _Bible
                |              |              |   | Dictionary_.)
                |              |              |   |
=RHODUS=        |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Island of    |-- |The Island of Rhodes in

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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

|              |              |   | ‘Wady esh Sheikh.’
                |              |              |   | (Rob. i. 121.)
                |              |              |   | Burckhardt (_Syria and
                |              |              |   | C._ 488), Stanley (S.
                |              |              |   | and P. 40-42), Ritter
                |              |              |   | (xiv. 740, 741), in
                |              |              |   | Wâdy Feiran.
                |              |              |   |
=RESEN=         |Gen. x. 12    |_Not          |-- |One of the cities built
                |              | identified_  |   | by Asshur, ‘between
                |              | Between      |   | Nineveh and Calah.’
                |              | _Nimrúd_ and |   | The ruins of a town
                |              | _Kuyunjik_   |   | near the modern
                |              |              |   | village of Selamiyeh
                |              |              |   | would suit the
                |              |              |   | situation, but they
                |              |              |   | are not of any great
                |              |              |   | importance. (Smith’s
                |              |              |   | _Bible Dictionary_.)
                |              |              |   |
=REUBEN=, Tribe |Josh. xiii.   |              |-- |The eastern parts of
 of             | 15-23;       |              |   | the country beyond
                | Josephus 9   |              |   | Jordan, which belonged
                | Ant. viii. 1 |              |   | to the Reubenites
                |              |              |   | and Gadites and to
                |              |              |   | the half tribes of
                |              |              |   | Manasseh. (9 Ant.
                |              |              |   | viii. 1.)
                |              |              |   |
=REZEPH=        |2 Kings xix.  |_Not          |-- |There are several
                | 12; Is.      | identified_  |   | towns of this name in
                | xxxvii. 12   | Near         |   | Mesopotamia. One west
                |              | _Nisibin_    |   | of the Euphrates on
                |              |              |   | the road from Racca
                |              |              |   | to Hŭms, the other
                |              |              |   | east of the Euphrates
                |              |              |   | near Bagdad; between
                |              |              |   | these two rests the
                |              |              |   | claim to the ancient
                |              |              |   | site. (Smith’s _Bible
                |              |              |   | Dictionary_.)
                |              |              |   |
=RHODUS=        |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Island of    |-- |The Island of Rhodes in

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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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