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GEOGRAPHY

Debbaseth (Jos., xix, 11; Zabulon). Some: Jebata, S.W. of Nazareth; others: Kh. ed-Dabsheh, or Zeb- dah.

Debera (Jos., xv, 7). See Dabir 2.

Deblatha (Ezech.,\'i, 14),in thelandof Emath; prob. the same as Reblatha (Jer., xxxix, 5, 6).

Deblathaim (Jer., xlviii, 22; D.V.: "house of Debla- thaim"; Moabite Stone, 1. 30: Diblathan): Ed-Dleilet el-Gharbij'eh (Musil), doubtful.

Decapoiis (q.v.).

Delean (Jos., xv, 38; Plain of Juda). Unknown.

Delos (I Mach., xv, 23), an island in the ^gean Sea.

Denaba (Gen., xxxvi, 32; I Par., i, 43; Edom). Unidentified.

Derbe (Acts, xiv, G, etc.), a town in Lyeaonia; not identified.

Dessau (II Mach., xiv, 16; Judea). Unknown.

Dibon (q.v.).

Dimona (Jos., xv, 22; S. Juda; the same is called, prob. bv a copyist's mistake, Dibon, in II Esd., xi, 25): Kh. et-Teibeh.

Diospolis. Greek name of Lod. See Sebaste, Diocese op.

Dizahab (Deut., i, 1; D.V. "where there is very much gold"). The name of a station of the Israel- ites: poss. Ed-Dhejbeh.

Dock (I Mach., xvi, 15): 'Ain-DOk, N.W. of Jericho.

Dommim. See Phesdommim.

Dor (Jos., xi, 2, etc.; Aser), Assyr. Duru: Xantfira, on the Mediterranean shore, S. of Mt. Carmel.

Dora (I Mach., xv, 11). See Dor.

Dothain, Dothan (Gen., xxxvii, 17, etc.), Tell Do- th&n, betw. Sebastiyeh and Jenin.

Duma (Jos., xv, 52; S. Juda): ICh. Domeh, S.W. of Hebron.

Dura (Dan., iii, 1), plain S.E. of Babylon ; the name is preserved in the Telul (hills) Dura, and Nahr Dura.

Ecbatana, 1 (I Esd.,vi, 2), capital of Major Media: Takti Soleiman. — 2. Capital of the kingdom of Cyrus: Hamadan.

Edema (Deut., ix, 23 ; Nephtali), prob. ICh. 'Admdh, on the right bank of the Jordan, below the confluence of the Yarmuk. Some, liowever, identify it with Damlyeh, W. of the L. of Tiberias.

Eder (Jos., xv, 21 ; S. Juda), either Eh. el-'Adar, or Kh. t}mm 'Adreh.

Edom. See Idumea.

Edrai, 1 (Num., xxi, 33; E. Manasses): Der'at. — 2 (Jos., xix, 37; Nephtali): Ya'ter, half way between Tyre and L. Huleh.

Eglon (Jos., x, 3, etc.; plain of Juda): Kh. 'Ajlan, W. of Beit-Jibrin.

Ekron, A.V. for Accaron.

Elam, (q.v.).

Elath (Deut., ii, 8, etc.), seaport on the 'Aqaba Gulf: mod. 'Aqdba.

Elcesi, or rather Elqosh, birthplace of the prophet Nahum. Some deem it to be EI-Kauze, in Nephtali; others, Qessiyeh, S.E. of Beit-JibrIn, in the Sephela.

Eleale (Is., xv, 4, etc.; Moab): El-'Al, N. of Hesban.

Eleph (Jos., xviii, 18; Benjamin). Unknown.

Eleutheropolis (q.v.), Greek name of Beit-Jibrin.

Eleutherus, river dividing Syria from Phoenicia: Nahr el-Kebir.

Elim (Ex., xvi, 1, etc.), station of the Israelites on their journey from the Red Sea to Sinai: some- where about the Wady Gharandel.

Ellasar (Gen., xiv, 19): prob. Larsa, Larissa of the Greeks, on the left bank of the Euphrates, in Lower Babylonia.

Elmelech (Jos., xix, 26; Aser); Egypt. Relemaraka probably in the neighbourliood of Wady el-MaIek, a tributary of the Cison (A.V. Kishon).

Elon (Jos., xix, 43; Dan): either Beit-'Ello, or more prob. 'Ellin.

Ellecun (Jos., xv, 59; mount, of Juda), Thecue,

birthplace of Amos, according to St. Jerome (little prob.). Unidentified.

EUhecc (Jos., xix, 44, etc. ; Dan) ; also Eltheco: Assyr.: Altaquu, in the neighbourhood of Accaron. Not identified.

Eltholad (Jos., XV, 30; S.W. Juda). Unknown.

Elymais (II Mach., ix, 2), not a town, but the prov. Elymais is meant; although a city, poss. Susa, is alluded to in the context.

Emath, 1. Egypt.: Hamt(u); Assjrr.: Amaatli; Epiphania of the Greeks: Hamah, on the Orontes. — 2 (Jos., xix, 35; Nephtali): prob. El-Hamman, S. of Tiberias.

Emath Suba (II Par., viii, 3), possibly the country of Emath 1.

Emer. See Cherub.

Emmaus (q.v.).

Emmer (I Esd., ii, 69 ; II Esd., vii, 61). See Cherub.

Emona (Jos., xviii, 24; Benjamin), poss. Ivh. Kefr 'Ana, N. of Beitin.

Enaim (Gen., xxxviii, 14, etc.; plain of Juda), near Odollam; but unknown.

Enan, rather Hasar Enan, "the village of Enan" (D.V., Num., xxxiv, 9, etc.). Some: Qiryatein, on the road from Damascus to Palmyra; others, and more prob.: Hazureh, near Banias.

Endor (I Kings, xxviii, 7 ; Issachar) : 'Endor, S. of Mt. Thabor.

Engaddi (q.v.), W. shore of the Dead Sea, towards the middle: Ain JIdi.

Engallim (Ezech., xlvii, 10) : poss. 'Ain el-Feshkhdh, N.W. shore of the Dead Sea; or Ain Hajlah.

Engannim, 1 (Jos., xv, 34; plain of Juda): perh. Beit el-Jemal. — 2 (Jos., xix, 31; xxi, 29; Issachar): Jenin, S. of Zera'in.

Enhadda (Jos., xix, 21 ; Issachar) : prob. Kefr 'Adan, N.W. of Jenin.

Enhasor (Jos., xix, 37; Nephtali): Kh. Hazlreh, W. of L. IJuleh.

Ennom (Valley of). See Jerusalem.

Ennon. See ^non.

Enon. See Enan.

Ensemes (Jos., xv, 7; xviii, 7), generally recognized in 'Ain el-IJaud, or " Apostles'Spring"of the Christians on the road from Jericho to Jerusalem.

Epha (Is., Ix, 6), a branch of the Madianites, prob. settled in N. Arabia.

Ephes Dammim (I ICings, xvii, 1). See Phesdommim.

Ephesus (q.v.).

Ephra, 1 (Judges, vi, 11, etc.; W. Manasses), birth- place of Gedeon: perhaps Et-Tayebeh, between Mt. Thabor and Beis^n. — 2 (Jos., xviii, 23; I Kings, xiii, 17, etc.; Benjamin): Et-Tayebeh, N.E. of Beitin.

Ephrata (Gen., xxxv, 16, etc.), surname of Bethle- hem, poss. the name of the surrounding region.

Ephrem. See Ephra 2.

Ephron, 1 (Jos., xv, 9). A mountain district on the N. border of Juda, between the spring of Nephtoa and Cariathiarim. — 2 (II Par., xiii, 19). See Ephra 2—3. (I Mach., v, 46; II Mach., xii, 27; Transjord.), a city perhaps identical with f ieplirus of Polyb. (V. Ixx, 12). The site is unknown, but was likely in the Wady el-' Arab, or the straits of the Sheri 'at el-Mand-hur.

Erek. See Archi.

Esaan (Jos., xv, 22; mount, of Juda). The text is perhaps corrupt and .sliould be read Samyna, as I Par., li, 43: Es-Samiydh seems to be intended.

Escol. A valley with vineyards and pomegranates near Hebron, prob. the Wady Beit Iskahil, N.W. of the city.

Esdrelon: large plain in the watershed of the Cison (A.V. Kishon).

Esem. See Asem.

Esna (Jos., xv, 43; plain of Juda): 'Idhnah, be- tween Beit-Jibrtn and Hebron.

Esora (Judith, iv, 4; oniitt. in Vulg.) seems to be identical with Hasar of Nephtali.