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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

22;     |              |   | of Edom.’ The present
                | xvi. 6; 2    |              |   | town ʾAkabah, or
                | Chr. viii.   |              |   | Ailah, at the head of
                | 17; xxvi. 2  |              |   | the Gulf of ʾAkabah.
                |              |              |   |
=ELEALEH=       |Num. xxxii.   |_el ʾAl_      |15 |The present ruin ‘el
                | 3-37; Isa.   |              |   | ʾAl,’ near Heshbon.
                | xv. 4; xvi.  |              |   |
                | 9; Jer.      |              |   |
                | xlviii. 34   |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=ELEASA=        |1 Macc. ix. 5 |_Kh. Ilʾasa_* |14 |Now the ruins Ilʾasa,
                |              |              |   | between the Upper and
                |              |              |   | Nether Beth-horon.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 36; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XVII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=ELEPH=         |Josh. xviii.  |_Lifta_ (?)*  |14 |One of the towns
                | 28           |              |   | allotted to Benjamin.
                |              |              |   | The present village
                |              |              |   | Lifta (Conder),
                |              |              |   | 2 miles west of
                |              |              |   | Jerusalem.
                |              |              |   |
=ELEUTHERUS=,   |1 Macc. xi.   |_Nahr el      |-- |The modern ‘Nahr el
 The River      | 7; xii. 30   | Kebîr_       |   | Kebîr,’ north of
                |              |              |   | Tripolis.
                |              |              |   |
=ELIM=          |Exod. xv. 27; |_Not          |-- |The second camping
                | xvi. 1; Num. | identified_  |   | station of the
                | xxxiii. 9, 10|              |   | Israelites after
                |              |              |   | crossing the Red
                |              |              |   | Sea, and noted for
                |              |              |   | 12 springs and 70
                |              |              |   | palm-trees. Thought to
                |              |              |   | be ‘Wâdy Ghŭrŭndul,’
                |              |              |   | on the route from Suez
                |              |              |   | to Jebel Mŭsa.
                |              |              |   |
=ELKOSH=        |Nah. i. 1     |_Not          |-- |The birth-place of
                |              | identified_  |   | Nahum the prophet.
                |              |              |   | Probably somewhere in
                |              |              |   | Galilee.
                |              |              |   |
=ELLASAR=       |Gen. xiv. 1   |_Senkereh_    |-- |Now Senkereh, on the

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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

22;     |              |   | of Edom.’ The present
                | xvi. 6; 2    |              |   | town ʾAkabah, or
                | Chr. viii.   |              |   | Ailah, at the head of
                | 17; xxvi. 2  |              |   | the Gulf of ʾAkabah.
                |              |              |   |
=ELEALEH=       |Num. xxxii.   |_el ʾAl_      |15 |The present ruin ‘el
                | 3-37; Isa.   |              |   | ʾAl,’ near Heshbon.
                | xv. 4; xvi.  |              |   |
                | 9; Jer.      |              |   |
                | xlviii. 34   |              |   |
                |              |              |   |
=ELEASA=        |1 Macc. ix. 5 |_Kh. Ilʾasa_* |14 |Now the ruins Ilʾasa,
                |              |              |   | between the Upper and
                |              |              |   | Nether Beth-horon.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 36; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XVII.)--Conder.
                |              |              |   |
=ELEPH=         |Josh. xviii.  |_Lifta_ (?)*  |14 |One of the towns
                | 28           |              |   | allotted to Benjamin.
                |              |              |   | The present village
                |              |              |   | Lifta (Conder),
                |              |              |   | 2 miles west of
                |              |              |   | Jerusalem.
                |              |              |   |
=ELEUTHERUS=,   |1 Macc. xi.   |_Nahr el      |-- |The modern ‘Nahr el
 The River      | 7; xii. 30   | Kebîr_       |   | Kebîr,’ north of
                |              |              |   | Tripolis.
                |              |              |   |
=ELIM=          |Exod. xv. 27; |_Not          |-- |The second camping
                | xvi. 1; Num. | identified_  |   | station of the
                | xxxiii. 9, 10|              |   | Israelites after
                |              |              |   | crossing the Red
                |              |              |   | Sea, and noted for
                |              |              |   | 12 springs and 70
                |              |              |   | palm-trees. Thought to
                |              |              |   | be ‘Wâdy Ghŭrŭndul,’
                |              |              |   | on the route from Suez
                |              |              |   | to Jebel Mŭsa.
                |              |              |   |
=ELKOSH=        |Nah. i. 1     |_Not          |-- |The birth-place of
                |              | identified_  |   | Nahum the prophet.
                |              |              |   | Probably somewhere in
                |              |              |   | Galilee.
                |              |              |   |
=ELLASAR=       |Gen. xiv. 1   |_Senkereh_    |-- |Now Senkereh, on the

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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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