| Neh. xi. 28 | | | discovered by Mr. | | | | Rowlands in 1842. | | | | (See Williams’s _Holy | | | | City_, i. 463-468; | | | | Robinson’s _Biblical | | | | Researches_, ii. 201.) | | | | The name is not very | | | | close to the Hebrew, | | | | but is a possible | | | | corruption. | | | | =ZIN=, The |Num. xiii. | |-- |In Num. xxxiv. 4; Josh. Wilderness of | 21; xx. 1; | | | xv. 3, simply Zin. A | xxvii. 14; | | | portion of the desert | xxxiii. 36; | | | country west of the | xxxiv. 3; | | | Wâdy Arabah containing | Deut. xxxii. | | | Kadesh. | 51; Josh. | | | | xv. 1 | | | | | | | =ZION= |2 Sam. v. | |-- |Jerusalem. The modern | 7; 1 Kings | | | Arabic ‘Sahyûn’ is | viii. 1; 2 | | | correct equivalent of | Kings xix. | | | Zion, according to | 21; 1 Chr. | | | Gesenius, the meaning | xi. 5; 2 | | | of the word being | Chr. v. 2; | | | ‘sunny,’ and a valley | Ps. ix. 11, | | | and ruin called Sahyûn | 14; xiv. | | | now exists 1½ miles | 7; xx. 2; | | | west of the present | xlviii. 12; | | | city wall. The word | l. 2; li. | | | Zion does not occur in | 18; liii. 6; | | | the works of Josephus, | lxix. 35; | | | the name Jerusalem | lxxvi. 2; | | | being used instead. | lxxxiv. 7; | | | (Conder’s _Handbook_, | lxxxvii. 2, | | | p. 336.) | 5; xcvii. | | | | 8; xcix. 2; | | | | cii. 13, 16, | | | | 21; cx. 2; | | | | cxxvi. 1; | | | | cxxviii. 5; | | | | cxxix. 5; | | | | cxxxii. 13; | | |