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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications — John Shaqi

Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

| 1 Chron. ii. |              |   | Gedor in the mountains
                | 45; 2 Chron. |              |   | of Judah. The present
                | xi. 7; Neh.  |              |   | ruined town, Beit
                | iii. 16      |              |   | Sûr, 4 miles north of
                |              |              |   | Hebron. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 311; Sh. XXI.)
                |              |              |   |
=BETOLIUS=      |1 Esdr. v. 21 |_Bethel_      |-- |= Bethel.
                |              |              |   |
=BETOMESTHAM=   |Judith iv. 6; |_Kh.          |10 |A town ‘over against
                | xv. 4        | Massîn_(??)* |   | Esdraelon, facing the
                |              |              |   | plain that is near
                |              |              |   | Dothaim.’ Possibly
                |              |              |   | Kh. Massîn, 8 miles
                |              |              |   | south-west of Tell
                |              |              |   | Dothan.
                |              |              |   |
=BETONIM=       |Josh. xiii. 26|_Not          |-- |‘A town in Gad.’ The
                |              | identified_  |   | name ‘Bataneh’ applies
                |              |              |   | to a heap of ruins, 3½
                |              |              |   | miles to south-west of
                |              |              |   | es Salt.
                |              |              |   |
=BEZEK= (1)     |Judg. i. 4, 5 |_Bezkah_ (??)*|14 |In Judah. Perhaps the
                |              |              |   | present ruin, Bezkah,
                |              |              |   | 6 miles south-east of
                |              |              |   | Lydda. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 36; Sh. XVII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=BEZEK= (2)     |1 Sam. xi. 8  |_Kh. Ibzîk_*  |10 |Now Kh. Ibzîk, 13 miles
                |              |              |   | north-east of Shechem.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 231, 237;
                |              |              |   | Sh. XII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=BEZER=, in the |Deut. iv. 43; |_Kŭsr el      |14 |A town of Reuben ‘in
 Wilderness     | Josh. xx. 8; | Besheir_ (?) |   | the wilderness’
                | xxi. 36; 1   |              |   | upon ‘the plain’ or
                | Chr. vi. 78  |              |   | table-land. One of
                |              |              |   | the six cities of
                |              |              |   | refuge. The name ‘Kŭsr
                |              |              |   | el Besheir’ occurs
                |              |              |   | near Dibon, and was
                |              |              |   | proposed by the late

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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