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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

|              |              |   | Rŭmâmîn. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 32; Sh. XXIV.)
                |              |              |   |
=EN-ROGEL=      |Josh. xv. 7;  |_ʾAin Umm ed  |14 |A landmark on the
                | xviii. 16; 1 | Dêraj_       |   | boundary between
                | Kings i. 9;  |              |   | Judah and Benjamin.
                | 2 Sam. xvii. |              |   | The traditional place
                | 17           |              |   | is ‘Bîr Eyûb’ (a
                |              |              |   | spring well), but the
                |              |              |   | arguments in favour of
                |              |              |   | ‘ʾAin Umm ed Deraj’
                |              |              |   | (spring of the mother
                |              |              |   | of steps), known to
                |              |              |   | Christians as the
                |              |              |   | ‘Virgin’s Fountain,’
                |              |              |   | are stronger and
                |              |              |   | more generally
                |              |              |   | accepted.--(Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Handbook to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_, p. 334.) See
                |              |              |   | _Jerusalem_ vol., p.
                |              |              |   | 94.
                |              |              |   |
=EN-SHEMESH=    |Josh. xv. 7;  |_ʾAin Haud_   |14 |A landmark on the
                | xviii. 17    |              |   | boundary between
                |              |              |   | Judah and Benjamin,
                |              |              |   | apparently ‘ʾAin
                |              |              |   | Haud,’ east of Bethany
                |              |              |   | (the well of the
                |              |              |   | Apostles--called the
                |              |              |   | Apostles’ fountain by
                |              |              |   | Christians). (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 42; Sh. XVII.)
                |              |              |   |
=EN-TAPPUAH=    |Josh. xvii. 7 |_Yasûf_ (?)*  |10 |The spring near
                |              |              |   | Yasûf, at the head
                |              |              |   | of the branches of
                |              |              |   | Wâdy Kânah, south of
                |              |              |   | Shechem (Samaritan
                |              |              |   | Chronicle). (Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Handbook to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_, p. 263.)
                |              |              |   |
=EPHES-DAMMIM=  |1 Sam.

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

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|              |              |   | Rŭmâmîn. (_Mem._ III.
                |              |              |   | 32; Sh. XXIV.)
                |              |              |   |
=EN-ROGEL=      |Josh. xv. 7;  |_ʾAin Umm ed  |14 |A landmark on the
                | xviii. 16; 1 | Dêraj_       |   | boundary between
                | Kings i. 9;  |              |   | Judah and Benjamin.
                | 2 Sam. xvii. |              |   | The traditional place
                | 17           |              |   | is ‘Bîr Eyûb’ (a
                |              |              |   | spring well), but the
                |              |              |   | arguments in favour of
                |              |              |   | ‘ʾAin Umm ed Deraj’
                |              |              |   | (spring of the mother
                |              |              |   | of steps), known to
                |              |              |   | Christians as the
                |              |              |   | ‘Virgin’s Fountain,’
                |              |              |   | are stronger and
                |              |              |   | more generally
                |              |              |   | accepted.--(Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Handbook to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_, p. 334.) See
                |              |              |   | _Jerusalem_ vol., p.
                |              |              |   | 94.
                |              |              |   |
=EN-SHEMESH=    |Josh. xv. 7;  |_ʾAin Haud_   |14 |A landmark on the
                | xviii. 17    |              |   | boundary between
                |              |              |   | Judah and Benjamin,
                |              |              |   | apparently ‘ʾAin
                |              |              |   | Haud,’ east of Bethany
                |              |              |   | (the well of the
                |              |              |   | Apostles--called the
                |              |              |   | Apostles’ fountain by
                |              |              |   | Christians). (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 42; Sh. XVII.)
                |              |              |   |
=EN-TAPPUAH=    |Josh. xvii. 7 |_Yasûf_ (?)*  |10 |The spring near
                |              |              |   | Yasûf, at the head
                |              |              |   | of the branches of
                |              |              |   | Wâdy Kânah, south of
                |              |              |   | Shechem (Samaritan
                |              |              |   | Chronicle). (Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Handbook to the
                |              |              |   | Bible_, p. 263.)
                |              |              |   |
=EPHES-DAMMIM=  |1 Sam.

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

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