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
36 |_Hadîtheh_ |-- |A town in the territory
| | | | of Judah. Somewhere
| | | | in the Shephelah.
| | | | Named between Gederah
| | | | (Jedîreh) and
| | | | Gederothaim, thought
| | | | to be another name for
| | | | Hadid, which see.
| | | |
=ADMAH= |Gen. x. 19; |_Not |-- |One of the cities of
| xiv. 2-8; | identified_ | | the plain mentioned
| Deut. xxix. | | | with ‘Zeboim.’
| 23; Hosea | | | Possibly ‘Adam’ (Sheet
| xi. 8 | | | X.), or ‘el Adeimeh’
| | | | (Sheet XIV.), in the
| | | | region of the Ciccar.
| | | | (Conder’s _Handbook to
| | | | the Bible_, p. 241,
| | | | and _Primer of Bible
| | | | Geography_, p. 38.)
| | | |
=ADORAIM= |2 Chron. xi. 9|_Dûra_ |14 |A fortified city, built
| | | | by Rehoboam--the
| | | | ‘Adora’ of Josephus.
| | | | Now the village of
| | | | ‘Dura,’ 5 miles west
| | | | of Hebron. (_Mem._
| | | | III. 301-304; Sh. XXI.)
| | | |
=ADORA= |1 Macc. xiii. |_Dûra_ |14 |The Dûra of Josephus =
(Adoraim) | 20 | | | Adoraim.
| | | |
=ADULLAM= |Gen. xxxviii. |_ʾAîd el |14 |A city of Judah in
| 1, 12-20; | Mîyeh_, or | | the low country.
| Josh. xii. | _Kh. ʾAîd el | | Eusebius places it
| 15; xv. 35; | Ma_ | | 10 miles east of
| 2 Chron. xi. | | | Eleutheropolis (Beit
| 7; Neh. xi. | | | Jibrin.) ‘Kh. ʾAid el
| 30; Micah i. | | | Mâ’ is about 8 miles
| 15; 2 Macc. | | | to the north-east.
| xii. 38 | | | A discovery of M.
| | | | Clermont-Ganneau, now
| | | | generally recognised.
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