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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

=CHALDEA= or    |Jer. l. 10;   |              |-- |The most southern part
 =CHALDAEA=     | li. 24, 35;  |              |   | of Babylonia. The
                | Ezek. xi.    |              |   | name Kaldai occurs in
                | 24; xvi. 29; |              |   | cuneiform for an early
                | xxiii. 15,   |              |   | tribe.
                | 16; Judith   |              |   |
                | v. 6         |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHARACA=       |2 Macc. xii.  |_Not          |-- |East of Jordan, in
                | 17           | identified_  |   | Gilead--750 stadia
                |              |              |   | from the city Caspis;
                |              |              |   | position of Caspis not
                |              |              |   | known.
                |              |              |   |
=CHARASHIM=,    |1 Chron. iv.  |_Kh. Hirsha_  | 9 |Near Lod and Ono
 Valley         | 14; Neh. xi. | (?)*         |   | (Neh. xi. 35). The
 of (R.V.       | 35           |              |   | name is preserved in
 =GE-HARASHIM=) |              |              |   | the ruin Hirsha, 4½
                |              |              |   | miles to the east of
                |              |              |   | Yalo (Sh. XVII.),
                |              |              |   | and 12½ south-east
                |              |              |   | of Lydda. The Wâdy
                |              |              |   | from it passing Yâlô
                |              |              |   | and joining Wâdy
                |              |              |   | Selmân (the Valley of
                |              |              |   | Ajalon) is one of the
                |              |              |   | principal watercourses
                |              |              |   | leading by Lod and
                |              |              |   | Ono. (_Mem._ III. 36;
                |              |              |   | Sh. XVII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=CHEBAR=        |Ezek. i. 1,   |_Not          |-- |A river in ‘the land of
                | 3; iii. 15,  | identified_  |   | the Chaldeans.’
                | 23           |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHELLUS=       |Judith i. 9   |_Not          |-- |On the west of Jordan.
                |              | identified_  |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHELOD=        |Judith i. 6   |_Not          |-- |
                |              | identified_  |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHEPHAR-       |Josh. xviii.  |_Kh. Kefr     |10 |Mentioned among the
 HAAMMONAI=     | 24           | ʾÂna_ (?)    |   | towns of Benjamin.
 (R.V.          |              |              |   | Thought to be the
 =CHEPHAR-      |              |              |   | ruin ‘Kefr ʾÂna,’ 3

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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

=CHALDEA= or    |Jer. l. 10;   |              |-- |The most southern part
 =CHALDAEA=     | li. 24, 35;  |              |   | of Babylonia. The
                | Ezek. xi.    |              |   | name Kaldai occurs in
                | 24; xvi. 29; |              |   | cuneiform for an early
                | xxiii. 15,   |              |   | tribe.
                | 16; Judith   |              |   |
                | v. 6         |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHARACA=       |2 Macc. xii.  |_Not          |-- |East of Jordan, in
                | 17           | identified_  |   | Gilead--750 stadia
                |              |              |   | from the city Caspis;
                |              |              |   | position of Caspis not
                |              |              |   | known.
                |              |              |   |
=CHARASHIM=,    |1 Chron. iv.  |_Kh. Hirsha_  | 9 |Near Lod and Ono
 Valley         | 14; Neh. xi. | (?)*         |   | (Neh. xi. 35). The
 of (R.V.       | 35           |              |   | name is preserved in
 =GE-HARASHIM=) |              |              |   | the ruin Hirsha, 4½
                |              |              |   | miles to the east of
                |              |              |   | Yalo (Sh. XVII.),
                |              |              |   | and 12½ south-east
                |              |              |   | of Lydda. The Wâdy
                |              |              |   | from it passing Yâlô
                |              |              |   | and joining Wâdy
                |              |              |   | Selmân (the Valley of
                |              |              |   | Ajalon) is one of the
                |              |              |   | principal watercourses
                |              |              |   | leading by Lod and
                |              |              |   | Ono. (_Mem._ III. 36;
                |              |              |   | Sh. XVII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=CHEBAR=        |Ezek. i. 1,   |_Not          |-- |A river in ‘the land of
                | 3; iii. 15,  | identified_  |   | the Chaldeans.’
                | 23           |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHELLUS=       |Judith i. 9   |_Not          |-- |On the west of Jordan.
                |              | identified_  |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHELOD=        |Judith i. 6   |_Not          |-- |
                |              | identified_  |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CHEPHAR-       |Josh. xviii.  |_Kh. Kefr     |10 |Mentioned among the
 HAAMMONAI=     | 24           | ʾÂna_ (?)    |   | towns of Benjamin.
 (R.V.          |              |              |   | Thought to be the
 =CHEPHAR-      |              |              |   | ruin ‘Kefr ʾÂna,’ 3

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

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

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