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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

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=ADAMI=, (R.V.  |Josh. xix. 33 |_Kh. Admah_*  |10 |A place named as being
 =ADAM-NEKEB=)  |              |              |   | on the border of
                |              |              |   | Naphtali. The present
                |              |              |   | ruin ‘Admah,’ 5
                |              |              |   | miles south-west of
                |              |              |   | the Sea of Galilee.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 89; Sh.
                |              |              |   | IX.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=ADAR=, or      |Josh. xv. 3;  |_Not          |-- |A place on the south
 =HAZAR ADDAR=  | 1 Macc. vii. | identified_  |   | boundary of Palestine.
 (R.V. =ADDAR=) | 40-45        |              |   | ‘Jebel Maderah,’
                |              |              |   | in the desert, is
                |              |              |   | proposed for this
                |              |              |   | site. (_Quarterly
                |              |              |   | Statement_, p. 61,
                |              |              |   | 1881.)
                |              |              |   |
=ADASA=         |              |_Kh. ʾAdaseh_ |14 |According to Josephus
                |              |              |   | (12 Ant. x. 5; 5 Wars
                |              |              |   | xi. 5) was 30 stadia
                |              |              |   | from Beth-horon. Now
                |              |              |   | the present ruin
                |              |              |   | ʾAdaseh, 8 miles south
                |              |              |   | of Jufna. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 106; Sh. XVII.)
                |              |              |   |
=ADDAN=, or     |Ezra ii. 59;  |_Not          |-- |One of the places from
 =ADDON=        | Neh. vii. 61 | identified_  |   | which some of the
                |              |              |   | Captivity returned to
                |              |              |   | Judea, who could not
                |              |              |   | show their pedigree.
                |              |              |   |
=ADIDA=         |1 Macc. xii.  |_Hadîtheh_    |10 |A town on an eminence
                | 38; xiii. 13 |              |   | (13 Ant. vi. 4) in the
                |              |              |   | Shephelah. The present
                |              |              |   | village Hadîtheh,
                |              |              |   | close to Lydda on
                |              |              |   | east. _See_ Hadid.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ II. 297; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XIV.)
                |              |              |   |
=ADITHAIM=      |Josh. xv.

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

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