Margin) | | | | part of 4th century | | | | it was north of the | | | | Temple. Captain | | | | Conder proposes | | | | the spring in the | | | | Kidron valley, called | | | | Gihon and En-rogel. | | | | (_Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, 334; _Primer | | | | of Bible Geography_, | | | | 157; _Q. S._ 1869, | | | | 1872; _Recovery of | | | | Jerusalem_.) | | | | =BETHLEHEM= |Matt. ii. 1, |_Beit Lahm_ |14 |The present village | 5, 6, 8, 16; | | | Beit Lahm, south of | Luke ii. 4, | | | Jerusalem. See _O. T. | 15; John | | | S._; _Q. S._ 1874, | vii. 42; 5 | | | 1881. | Ant. vii. | | | | 13; ix. 1, | | | | 2; 6 Ant. | | | | viii. 1, 2; | | | | xi. 7; 7 | | | | Ant. 1, 3; | | | | xii. 4; 8 | | | | Ant. ii. 3; | | | | x. 1 | | | | | | | =BETHPHAGE= |Matt. xxi. 1; |_Kefr et Tôr_ |14 |According to the | Mark xi. 1; | (??) | | Jerusalem Talmud | Luke xix. 29 | | | (Menakhoth, 11-2) | | | | Bethphage marked the | | | | Sabbatical limit East | | | | of Jerusalem; this | | | | limit was called the | | | | Wall of Bethphage. | | | | ‘Kefr et Tôr,’ on | | | | the Mount of Olives, | | | | is about 2000 cubits | | | | from the east wall | | | | of Jerusalem, and is | | | | possibly Bethphage. | | | | (_Q. S._ 1874, 1878; | | | | Conder’s _Handbook_,