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
| | | | left bank of the
| | | | Euphrates.
| | | |
=ELON= |Josh. xix. 43 |_Not |10 |Probably the present
| | identified_ | | village ‘Beit Ello,’
| | Perhaps | | a town on the border
| | same as | | of Dan, 8 miles
| | Elon-beth- | | north-west of Bethel
| | hanan | | (Conder). (_Mem._ II.
| | | | 293; Sh. XIV.)
| | | |
=ELON-BETH- |1 Kings iv. 9 |_Beit ʾAnân_ |14 |The present village
HANAN= | | (?)* | | Beit ʾAnân (Conder),
| | | | 8½ miles from
| | | | Jerusalem, on the
| | | | ancient road leading
| | | | to Gimzo. (_Mem._ III.
| | | | 16; Sh. XVII.)
| | | |
=ELTEKEH= (R.V. |Josh. xix. |_Beit Lîkia_ |14 |One of the cities
=ELTEKE= Josh. | 44; xxi. 23 | (?)* | | in the border of
xxi. 23) | | | | Dan. Probably the
| | | | present Beit Lîkia,
| | | | 2 miles south of
| | | | Beth-horon the Nether.
| | | | (_Mem._ III. 16; Sh.
| | | | XVII.)--T. Drake.
| | | |
=ELTEKON= |Josh. xv. 59 |_Not |-- |One of the towns of
| | identified_ | | Judah, named next to
| | | | Beth-anoth.
| | | |
=ELTOLAD= |Josh. xv. 30; |_Not |-- |One of the cities in
| xix. 4; 1 | identified_ | | the south of Judah,
| Chr. iv. 29 | | | transferred to Simeon
| | | | = Tolad, 1 Chr. iv. 29.
| | | |
=EMMAUS=, |1 Macc. iii. |_ʾAmwâs_ |14 |The present village
Nicopolis | 40, 57; iv. | | | ʾAmwâs, 15 miles from
| 3; ix. 50; 2 | | | Jerusalem, near the
| Wars xx. 20, | | | modern road to Jaffa,
| 4; 3, iii. | | | mentioned by Josephus,
| 5; J. Ant. | | | 16 Ant. x. 7, 9, etc.
| xiii.
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