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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

|              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 238; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=COS=           |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Stanchio_    |-- |Now called Stanchio
                |              |              |   | or Stanko, an island
                |              |              |   | in the Grecian
                |              |              |   | Archipelago. For a
                |              |              |   | good account of the
                |              |              |   | island, see Clarke’s
                |              |              |   | _Travels_, vol. ii.,
                |              |              |   | pp. 196-213, and
                |              |              |   | 321-333.
                |              |              |   |
=CRETE=         |1 Macc. x. 67 |              |   |The island of Crete.
                |              |              |   |
=CUSH=          |Gen. x. 6, 8; |              |   |_See_ Ethiopia.
                | 1 Chron. i.  |              |   |
                | 8-10; Isa.   |              |   |
                | xi. 11       |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CYAMON=        |Judith vii. 3 |_Tell Keimûn_ |10 |‘Lying in the plain
                |              |              |   | over Esdraelom.’
                |              |              |   | Eusebius and Jerome
                |              |              |   | identify it with Camon
                |              |              |   | in Upper Galilee,
                |              |              |   | the burial-place of
                |              |              |   | Jair; _see_ Camon. Now
                |              |              |   | generally believed to
                |              |              |   | be represented by Tell
                |              |              |   | Keimûn (Jokneam), on
                |              |              |   | the edge of the plain
                |              |              |   | of Esdraelon, near the
                |              |              |   | south-east corner of
                |              |              |   | Carmel.
                |              |              |   |
=CYPRUS=        |1 Macc. xv.   |_Cyprus_      |-- |The well-known island
                | 23; 2 Macc.  |              |   | off the coast of
                | x. 13; xii. 2|              |   | Syria. In the Old
                |              |              |   | Testament called
                |              |              |   | Chittim and Kittim.
                |              |              |   | (Grove’s _Bible
                |              |              |   | Index_.) _See_ Chittim.
                |              |              |   |
=CYRENE=        |1 Macc. xv. 23|_el Krenna_   |-- |A city of Africa,

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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

|              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 238; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=COS=           |1 Macc. xv. 23|_Stanchio_    |-- |Now called Stanchio
                |              |              |   | or Stanko, an island
                |              |              |   | in the Grecian
                |              |              |   | Archipelago. For a
                |              |              |   | good account of the
                |              |              |   | island, see Clarke’s
                |              |              |   | _Travels_, vol. ii.,
                |              |              |   | pp. 196-213, and
                |              |              |   | 321-333.
                |              |              |   |
=CRETE=         |1 Macc. x. 67 |              |   |The island of Crete.
                |              |              |   |
=CUSH=          |Gen. x. 6, 8; |              |   |_See_ Ethiopia.
                | 1 Chron. i.  |              |   |
                | 8-10; Isa.   |              |   |
                | xi. 11       |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=CYAMON=        |Judith vii. 3 |_Tell Keimûn_ |10 |‘Lying in the plain
                |              |              |   | over Esdraelom.’
                |              |              |   | Eusebius and Jerome
                |              |              |   | identify it with Camon
                |              |              |   | in Upper Galilee,
                |              |              |   | the burial-place of
                |              |              |   | Jair; _see_ Camon. Now
                |              |              |   | generally believed to
                |              |              |   | be represented by Tell
                |              |              |   | Keimûn (Jokneam), on
                |              |              |   | the edge of the plain
                |              |              |   | of Esdraelon, near the
                |              |              |   | south-east corner of
                |              |              |   | Carmel.
                |              |              |   |
=CYPRUS=        |1 Macc. xv.   |_Cyprus_      |-- |The well-known island
                | 23; 2 Macc.  |              |   | off the coast of
                | x. 13; xii. 2|              |   | Syria. In the Old
                |              |              |   | Testament called
                |              |              |   | Chittim and Kittim.
                |              |              |   | (Grove’s _Bible
                |              |              |   | Index_.) _See_ Chittim.
                |              |              |   |
=CYRENE=        |1 Macc. xv. 23|_el Krenna_   |-- |A city of Africa,

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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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