| | | | Biblical Moladah | | | | (Josh. xv. 26); but | | | | there is an objection | | | | to this on account of | | | | the guttural, which | | | | is not likely to have | | | | replaced the dental. | | | | (_Mem._ III. 404, 415; | | | | Sh. XXV.) | | | | =SALT SEA=, The |Gen. xiv. 3; |_Bahr Lût_ or |14 |Now called ‘The Dead | Num. xxxiv. | _Baheirat | | Sea,’ ‘Bahr Lût,’ 53 | 3, 12; Deut. | Lût_ | | miles long by 8½ miles | iii. 17; | | | broad. In Deut. iv. | Josh. iii. | | | 49; 2 Kings xiv. 25 | 16; xii. 3; | | | Sea of the Plain--the | xv. 2, 5; | | | Sea of Arabah (R.V.); | xviii. 19 | | | Deut. iii. 17; Josh. | | | | iii. 16; xii. 3 Sea of | | | | the Plain--the Salt | | | | Sea (R.V.); Joel ii. | | | | 20; Ezek. xlvii. 18; | | | | Zech. xiv. 8 the East | | | | Sea--the East Sea | | | | (R.V.); Ezek. xlvii. | | | | 8 the Sea; 2 Esdr. v. | | | | 7 the Sodomitish Sea. | | | | (_See_ Smith’s _Bible | | | | Dictionary_.) | | | | =SALT=, Valley |2 Sam. viii. | |21 |Very probably the of | 13; 2 Kings | | | northern part of ‘Wâdy | xiv. 7; 1 | | | Arabah,’ from where | Chr. xviii. | | | the valley suddenly | 12; 2 Chr. | | | dips 300 feet, and | xxv. 11 | | | forms a plain reaching | | | | to the south end of | | | | the Salt Sea. | | | | =SAMARIA= |1 Kings xiii. |_es |10 |The present village and | 32; xvi. 24, | Sebŭstiyeh_ | | ruins Sebŭstieh, west | 28, 29, 32; | | | of Shechem. (_Mem._