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exception of the detailed description of the Israelites' journey from Egypt to the Jordan — would hardly jus- tify. On the other hand, it is certain that Palestine is the theatre where most, and those the most vital, of the events of sacred history took place. The following list, which gives the names of most places, within and with- out Palestine, mentioned in Holy Writ, briefly supplies the indications needed. From the variety of countries to which these places belonged the reader may form an idea of the range of geographical knowledge possessed by the Biblical writers, and acquired by them, either from personal experience or by hearsay.

GEOGRArHicAL Names IN HoLY ScHiPTURE. — Many of the more important places mentioned below are subjects of special articles in The Catholic Ency- clopedia ; where the title of such an article is identical with the local name given in the list, the reader will be referred to that article simply by the letters "q. v." (ijuod I'ide); where the special article is headed with a different name or a modified form of the same name, the cross-reference gives that name in Capitals and Small Capitals. Cross-references to other titles in the list itself are given in the ordinary type.

Abana: river of Damascus. See Lebanon.

Abarim (q. v.): mountains in N. Moab.

Abdon (Jos., xxi, .30, etc.): Khirbet'Abdeh, N.of the Wady el-Karn.

Abel (the great: I Kings, vi, 18) is a common name, "stone", as the D.V. suggests in the parenthesis. — Abel (Judges, xi, 3.3; Heb.'.Ux/ Kcmm'im),—Abela (IV Kings, XX, 14) — Ahddomwn Mnacha (III Kings, xv, 20; IV Kings, xv, 2^);—Abclmaim (II Par.,_xvi, 4);— Abelmchuln (Judges, vii, 23, etc.); Abelsatim (Num., xxxiii, 49), the place where the Israelites were enticed into the impure worship of Beelphegor; in the Ghor, E. of the Jordan, at a short distance from the Dead Sea.

Aben-Boen (Jos., xviii, 18), also " the stone of Boen" (Jos., XV, 6): a conspicuous rock marking the limit of Juda and Benjamin between Beth Hagla and the Ascent of Adommim.

Abes (Jos., xix, 20; Issachar): prob. Kh. eb-Beida, in the plain of Esdrelon, between Nazareth and Mt. Carmel.

Abila (not mentioned in the Bible), after which Abiline was named: Silk Wady Barada, S. of Anti- Lebanon.

Abran (Jos,, xix, 28; Aser): perhaps a mistake for Abdon. Unknown.

Accad (Achad; Akkad). See Babylonia.

Accain (Jos., xv, 57): mtn. of Juda, Kh. Yaqin.

Accaron (q. v.).

Accho. See Acre.

Achazib, 1 (Jos., xix, 21 ; Aser) : Ez-Zib, betw. Accho and Tyre.— 2 (Jos., xv, 44; Mich., i, 14; W. Juda): 'Ain el-Kezbeh.

Achor: a valley near Jericho, possibly Wady el Qelt.

Achsaph (Jos., xi, 1, etc.; Aser): prob. Kefr Yasif, N.E. of Acre.

Achzib. See Achazib 2.

Acrnbatnne: 1. Toparchy of Judea, including region betw. Neapolis (Naplus) and Jericho. — 2 (I Mach., V, 3), region of the Ascent of Acrabim.

Acraftim (Ascent of ; D.V.:" Ascent of the Scorpion"; Jos., XV, 3; S. limit of Juda): most prob. Naqb e?- Safa, S.W. of the Dead Sea, on the road from Hebron to Petra.

Acron (Jos., xix, 43). See Accaron.

Adada (Jos., xv, 22; S. limit of Juda): 'Ad'ada, E. of Bersabee.

Adadremmon (Zaeh., xii, 11): in the plain of Esdre- lon; in later times, Maximianopolis (St. Jerome): Rtjmmaneh, S. of Lejun.

Adama (Deut., xxix, 23): city of the Pentapolis.

Adami (Jos., xix, 33): also Adam: Damieh, S.W. of the L. of Tiberias. The Jordan may be forded there.

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Adnr (Num., xxxiv, 4; Jos., xv, 3), also Addar and Adder: S. limit of Juda, N.W. of Cades. There is in that region a Jebel Hadhlreh.

Adarsa (I Mach., vii, 40), also Adazer (I Mach., vii, 45) : Kh. 'Adaseh, N. of Jerusalem and E. of El-Jib.

Adinda (I Mach., xii, 38), also Addus, in the Sep- hela: Haditeh, E. of Lydda.

Adithaim (Jos., xv, 36) — text perhaps corrupt; as it stands, designates a place, hitherto unidentified, in the neighbourhood of Gaza.

Adorn (Jos., iii, 16): Tell-Damieh, a little S. of the confluence of the Jaboc and the Jordan.

Ado7nmim: (Ascent of; Jos., xv, 7; xviii, 18), limit of Benjamin and Juda; seems to correspond to Tal- 'at ed-Dumm, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, a place notorious for the thieves who lurked round about (Luke, x, 30-35).

Adon (I Esd., ii, 59), also Addon (II Esd., vii, 61): a city of Chaldea, the same as Eden in Is., xxxvii, 12; Ezech., xxvii, 23.

Adrumeium (Acts, xxvii, 2): city and seaport in Mysia, over against the island of Lesbos; mod. Adra- miti or Edremid, also Ydremid.

Adullam (q.v.).

Aduram (II Par., xi, 9, S. Juda), also Ador (I Mach., xiii, 20): Dura, W. of Hebron.

Mnon (q.v.).

Agnr's Well (Gen., xvi, 14), "between Cades and Barad": Bir Mayin.

Ahalab (Judges, i, 31 ; Aser) : poss. the same as Mehe- bel (Jos., xix, 29; D.V. "from the portions"), the Makhalliba of the third campaign of Sennacherib. Unknown.

Ahava: stream, or perhaps canal, in Babylonia, possibly not far W. of Babylon.

Ahion (III Kings, xv, 20, etc.), also Aion (IV Kings, XV, 29): the name seems to be preserved in Merj 'Ayijn, between the valley of the Leontes and that of the Upper Jordan. The site was possibly Tell-Dibbin, or Khiam, a near-by place.

Aialon, 1 (Jos., x, 12, etc.) town and valley: Ydl/i, W.N.W. of Jerusalem, E. of Amwas. — 2 (Judges, xii, 12; Zabulon): Kh. Jalim, E. of Acre.

Ai: D.V. for Hai.

Aiath (Is., X, 28): the same as Hai.

Aila, Ailath: the same as Elath.

Ain (Jos., xix, 7; Juda), also called En-Rimmon: Ivh. tjmm er-Rummanim, N. of Bersabee, on the road to Beit-Jibrin.

Alexandria (q.v.).

Alima (I Mach., v, 26): poss. Ivh. 'lima.

Almath (I Par., vi, (50: Heb. 45) also Almon (Jos., xxi, 18), in Benjamin: Kh. 'Almith, N.E. of Jerusalem, between Jeba and 'Anata.

Alus (Num., xxxiii, 13), encampment of the Israel- ites on their way to Sinai: poss. Wady el-'Ech, N.W. of Jebel Musa.

Amaad_{Jos., xix, 26; Aser): Kh. el-'Amud, N. of Acre, or tJmm el-'Amed, W. of Bethlehem of Zabulon.

Amam (Jos., xVj 26; S. Juda). Unidentified.

Amana (Cant., iv, 8): poss. the same as Mt. Hor of the N.

Amma (Jos., xix, .30; Aser): perhaps 'Alma esh- Sha'ub, W. of the Scala 'Tyriorum (Ras en-Naqura).

Amona (Ezech., xxxix, 6): if we should see in it the name of a town, might stand for Legio-Mageddo, mod. El-Lejfin.

Amosa fJos., xviii, 26; Benjamin): either Qolonieh (so Talmud), or Beit-Mizzeh, N. of Qolonieh.

Amphipolis (Acts, xviii, 1): in Macedonia, 30 m. from Philippi; mod. Jenikoei.

Amthar (Jos., xix, 13; Zabulon): prob. not a proper name, seems to mean "turns towards".

Ana: a town in Babylonia, on the Euphrates, possi- bly 'Anah.

Aiiab (Jos., xi, 21): mount, of Juda, once belonging to the Enacim; Kh. 'Anab, S. of Beit-Jibrin.