| | | | According to Reland | | | | it is a double name | | | | Asherham-Michmethah. | | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, p. 264, | | | | and _Mem._ II. 169; | | | | Sh. XI.) | | | | =ASHKELON=, |Judg. i. 18; |_ʾAskalân_ |13 |The present ruined city =ASKELON= | xiv. 19; 1 | | | ʾAskalân, on the coast | Sam. vi. | | | of Philistia. (_Mem._ | 17; 2 Sam. | | | III. 237; Sh. XIX.) | i. 20; Jer. | | | | xxv. 20; | | | | xlvii. 5, 7; | | | | Am. i. 8; | | | | Zeph. ii. 4, | | | | 7; Zech. ix. | | | | 5 | | | | | | | =ASHKENAZ= |Jer. li. 27 | | |One of the ‘Kingdoms of | | | | Ararat.’ | | | | =ASHNAH= (1) |Josh. xv. 33 |_Kefr Hasan_ |14 |‘A city of Judah.’ The | | (?)* | | ruined town ‘ʾAslin,’ | | | | between ‘Zorah’ and | | | | Eshtaol, has been | | | | proposed for this site. | | | | =ASHNAH= (2) |Josh. xv. 43 |_Not |-- |‘A city of Judah.’ | | identified_ | | Idhnah, 5 miles | | | | south-east of Beit | | | | Jibrin, has been | | | | suggested. | | | | =ASHTAROTH= |Deut. i. 4; |_Tell | 7 |‘A city in Bashan.’ | Josh. ix. | ʾAshtarah_ | | Very probably Tell | 10; xii. 4; | (?) | | ʾAshtarah in Jaulan. | xiii. 12, | | | (_Across the Jordan_, | 31; 1 Chron. | | | p. 209.) | vi. 71 | | | | | | | =ASHTEROTH |Gen. xiv. 5; |_Tell | 7 |The Samaritan version KARNAIM= | 1 Macc. v. | ʾAshtarah_ | | of the Pentateuch | 26, 43, 44; | (?) | | renders ‘Ashteroth | 2 Macc. xii.