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GEOGRAPHY

Scchrona (Jos., xv, 11 ; N. Jiiila): Kh. Sukereir (?).

Sedada (Num., xxxiv, S): prob. Kh. Serada, E. of the Merj 'Aiyun.

Segor (Gen., xiii, 10), generally identified with E?- Saf iyeh, in the Ghor of the same name, S .of the Dead Sea.

Sehesima (Jos., xix, 22; Issachar), prob. E. of Mt. Thabor. Unknown.

Seir, 1 (Gen., xxxvi, 8, etc.) practica,IIy synony- mous with Edom: the mountainous region between the S. end of the Dead Sea, the Wady el-Emaz and the Wady Ar'arah. — 2 (Jos., xv, 10), a point defining the limit of Juda, S.W. of Cariathiarim.

Scira (IV Kings, viii, 21 ; Edom), poss. Ez-ZAweireh, W. of the S. end of the Dead Sea.

Seiraih (Judges, iii, 20), likely in the hill-country of Ephraim, and not far from Galgala. Site unknown.

Sela, 1. See Petra. — 2 (Judges, i, 36): prob. Cades. — 3 (Jos., xviii, 23; Benjamin): poss. Kh. Tabaqdt, at a short distance S.E. of Tell el-Ful.

Selcha. See Salecha.

Selebin. See Salebim.

Seleucia (q.v. — I Mach., xi, 8; Acts, xiii, 4).

Selim (Jos., xv, 32; S. Juda), prob. the same as Sarohen.

Selmon, 1 (Judges, ix, 48): prob. Sheikh Selman, S.W. of Mt. Garizim.— 2 (Ps. Ixviii, 14): the text is not altogether certain; perhaps the Asalmanus of Ptolemy: Jebel Hauran.

Semeron, 1 (Jos., xix, 15, etc.; Zabulon): perh. Semuniyeh, 5 m. W. of Nazareth ; or Es-Semeiriyeh, 3 m. N. of Acre.— 2 (II Par., xiii, 4): a hill S. of Beitin.

SeTiaa. Unknown.

Sene (I Kings, xiv, 4), one of two conspicuous rocks on tjie way from the Wady Suweinit, which seems to have retained the name, to Machmas.

Senna. See Sin 2.

Sennaar: prob. Upper and Lower Babylonia.

Sennim. See Saananim.

Sensenna (I Par., iv, 31); Jos., xix, 5, has Haser- susa, prob. identical.

Seon (Jos., xix, 19; Issachar): 'Ayiin esh-Shain (?), N.W. of Mt. Thabor.

Sephaath (Judges, i, 17; S. Juda): prob. Sbaite.

Sephama (Num., xxxiv, 10, 11), N. limit of the Holy Land; prob. Ofani, S.E. of Baniyas.

Sephamoth (I Kings, xxx, 28; S. Juda), near Aroer. Unknown.

Sephar (Gen., x, 30), limit of the country of the sons of Jectan, commonly identified with Zaphar, in S. Arabia.

Sepharad (Abd., 20; D.V.: " Bosphorus ") : some prov. in the Persian empire.

Sepharvaim (IV Kings, xvii, 24, etc.): poss. Sippar, in Babylonia: mod. Abu Habba; more prob. a city in Syria, poss. Sabarim 2.

Sep/iota (II Par., xiv, 9-10): text unsettled. Some: Tell e§-Safiyeh; others: a valley near Maresa; others, with Sept. "northwards".

Sephela: maritime plain from Jaffa to the "torrent of Egypt".

Sepher (Num., xxxiii, 23), a station of the Israelites in their journey between Sinai and Cades: prob. the defiles of the Jebel 'Aralf.

Sephet (Tob., i, 1; Aser): poss. Safed, in Upper Galilee.

Ser (Jos., xix, 35; Nejihtali). Unknown.

Sesach (Jer., xxv, 26; li, 41), cryptographic name of Babylon, according to the system called the Athbash (i.e.: Aleph^Thau; Beth=Shin; etc.).

Setim, Sellim. See Abel.

Siceleg (Jos., xv, 31, etc.; S. Simeon): prob. Kli. ZOheiliqa, N. of the Wady esh-Shert'a.

Sichar (John, iv, 5), very prob. Sahel 'Askar, E. of Naplus.

Sichem (q. v.).

Sicyon (I Mach., xv, 23), a town N.W. of Corinth, on the Gulf of Corinth.

Siddim (Gen., xvi, 3, etc.; D.V.: "Woodland Vale"): plain of the Pentapolis, liclievcd to be about the Dead Sea, perhaps towards the S. end.

Side (I Mach., xv, 23), a city on the coast of Pam- philia: Eski Adalia.

Sidon (q. v.).

jS(7o (Jos. xviii, 1, etc. Ephraim). A famous place of worship of the IsraeUtes in early times; the Ark of the Covenant was kept there until the last days of Heli. Silo was situated " on the N. of the city of Bethel, and on the E. side of the way that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the S. of the city of Lebona" (Judges, xxi, 19) : Seilim. See Ark.

Siloe. SeeSiLOE; Jeru.s.^lem.

Sin, 1. Desert in the Sinaitic Peninsula, through which the Israelites went on leaving Egypt: Debbet er-Ramleh. — 2. Egypt: Sun: Pelusium.

Simii (q. v.).

Sion, 1. See Jerusalem. — 2. Another name for Mt. Hermon.

Sior (Jos., XV, 44; mount, of Juda): Sair, N.N.E. of Hebron.

Sis (II Par., xx, 16), a steepy passage from Engaddi up to the desert above: prob. Wady Hajaja.

Smyrna (q. v.).

Soba, Assyr.: Stihili; a region in Syria, possibly S. of Damascus, m the neighbourhood of the Jebel Hauran.

Sobnl (Judith, iii, 1, 14; Ps. lix, 2), for Soba.

Soccoth, 1. (Ex., xii, 37) first station of the Israel- ites on leaving Ramesses, poss. about Ismailiya or El-Gisr.— 2 (Gen., xxxiii, 17, etc.; Gad); prob" Tell Dar'ala, N. of the Nahr ez-Zerqa.

Socho, 1 (I Kings, xvii, 1), where Davnd overcame Goliath: Kh. esh-Shuweikeh, N.E. of Eleutheropolis. — 2 (Jos., XV, 48; mount, of Juda): prob. Kh. esh- Shuweikeh, S.W. of Hebron.— 3. See Soccoth 2.

Sochot, Socholh. See Soccoth 2.

Sodom (q.v.).

Sorec (Judges, xvi, 4, etc.), a valley famous in the story of Samson ; prob. the Wady e§-Sarar; the name has been preserved in the neighbouring Kh. Suriq.

Sparta (q. v.).

Sual (I Kings, xiii, 17), a place which seems to liave been in the N. of Benjamin.

Suba. See Soba.

Sunam, Sunem (Jos., xix, 18, etc.; Issachar): Sulem, at the foot of Jebel Dahy, 4 m. N. of Zerain.

Sur, 1. Desert E. of Egypt, also called Desert of Etham, perhaps around Tharu, which the Egyptians considered their E. frontier. — 2 (Judges, ii, 28), per- haps another form of the name Tyre (Hebr. f i!r).

Siisa, Susan. See SuSA.

Syene (q. v.).

Syracuse (q. v.).

Syria (q.v.).

Taberah (A.V.). See Qibroth Hatthawah.

Tanis, a city in the Delta of the Nile: Zoan.

Taphna, a town in Lower Egypt, in the neighbour- hood of Tanis and Pelusium: Tell Defenne.

Taphua, 1 (Jos., xv, 34; Sephela). Unknown. — 2 (Jos., xii, 17): "between Bethel and Epher". LTnidentified. — 3 (Jos., xvi, 8, etc.), on the borders of Ephraim and Manasse, perh. the same as Taphua 2.

Tarsus (q. v.).

Tebbalh (Judges, vii, 22), a city in the Ghor, near Abelmehula. Unidentified.

Telaim (I Kings, xv, 4; D.V.: "as lambs"): prob. Telem.

Telem (Jos., xv, 24; S. Juda), S. of Tell el-Milh, there is a tribe of Arabs whose name, Dhallam, bears analogy with the present Biblical name; moreover, all the district of Molada is called Tiilam (Schwartz), possibly also a relic of the old name.

Tcmpliilion (Ex., xvii, 7, etc.). See Raphidim.

Tcrchinlh (Valley of ; I Kings, xvii, 2, etc.): between Socho and Azeca, most prob. Wady es-Sant.