In the column ‘Modern Identification,’ those marked with a single ? are doubtful; those with double ?? are very doubtful; those marked with a star are due to the Survey. Abbreviations--‘R.V.’ is Revised Version; ‘A.V.’ is Authorized (Old) Version; ‘Mem.,’ with the letters, refers to the _Memoirs of the Survey of Western Palestine_; ‘Sh.’ is Sheet or Plan of the Large Map, with the number where the name is found; ‘B. R.,’ _Robinson’s Biblical Researches_. ----------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-------------------- Bible and | | Modern | No. of |Remarks, References, Apocrypha | References. | Identifi- \Sheet on/ and Name. | | cation. \ ⅜-in./ No. of Sheet on | | |Map./ Large Map. ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+------------------------ =ABANA=, River |2 Kings v. 12 |_Nahr | 3 |One of the rivers of | | Abanias_, a |and| Damascus. Now called (R.V. =ABANAH= | | branch of | 4 | the Barada, rising or =AMANAH=) | | the _Nahr | | in the Anti-Lebanon, | | Barada_ | | near Zebdany, flowing | | | | through Suk Wady, | | | | Barada, receiving | | | | the waters of the | | | | copious spring of ʾAin | | | | Fijeh, and continuing | | | | its course through | | | | Damascus on to the | | | | great marsh on the | | | | plain called Bahret el | | | | Kibliyeh. | | | | =ABARIM=, |Num. xxvii. |The range |15 |Mountains beyond Mountains of | 12; xxxiii. | of _Neba_ | | Jordan, the range of | 47, 48; | (_Nebo_) | | Nebo. | Deut. xxxii. | | | | 49 | | | | | | | =ABDON= |Josh. xxi. |_Kh. ʾAbdeh_ | 6 |A city of Ashar, 10 | 30; 1 Chron. | | | miles north of ʾAkka. | vi. 74 | | | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh. | | | | III.) | | | | =ABEL=, The |1 Sam. vi. 18 |_Deîr ʾAbân_ |-- |Signifying ‘The Great Stone of | | (?) near | | great stone of the | | Beth-shemesh | | meadow’ (R.V.).--M. | | | | Clermont-Ganneau.