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80 19,) if it was designed to apply to the place at all, may denote its size and importance. In the days of Christ, it was called Abila.

. (Josh. xxi. 18.) A city of the tribe of Benjamin, situated a few miles north oi" Jerusalem. It was the birth-place of Jeremiah, (Jer. i. 1,) and the subject of one of his prophecies, (Jer. xi. 19—22,) as well as of Isaiah's. (Isa. x. 30.) It is also an interesting place in connection with the Jewish history.—(2 Sam. xxiii. 27; 1 Kings ii. 26; Neh. vii. 27.)

. A city west of Jordan, 10 miles south of Bethshan, in the tribe of Manasseh.—(1 Kings iv. 12.) It was the birth-place of Elisha.—(1 Kings xix. 16.) Near this city Gideon defeated the Midianites.

. (Josh. xvi. 2.) A town on the southern border of Ephraim, between Bethel and Beth-horon the nether. It is celebrated as the birth-place of Hushai, David's friend.

. (Dent. iii. 4.) A district of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, belonging to the half tribe of Manasseh. It lay east of Jordan, near the sea of Galilee, and contained 60 fortified cities. The governor of this place is supposed to be intended in 2 Kings xv. 25.

. (Matt. xi. 21.) There were at least two towns of this name in Judea. One was situated on the east bank of the Jordan, near where it falls into the sea of Tiberias. Near this village was the desert, or wilderness of Bethsaida.—(Matt. xiv. 1.5 — 21; Luke ix. 10.) The other town was called Bethsaida of Galilee, and was situated on the west of Jordan, near the sea of Tiberias. This was the birth-place of Andrew, Peter and Philip.—(Mark xiv. 70; John i. 44.)

. (Mark xi. 1 ) A village on the south-east side of the Mount of Olives, about two miles from Jerusalem. It was the residence of Lazarus and his sisters.—(John xi. 1.) Christ often resorted thither, especially during the last few days of his ministry; and it was the scene of some of the most interesting events of his life.—(Matt. xxi. 17; xxvi. 6; Mark xi. 11, 12; xiv 3; John xi. 1—40; xii. 1—3.)

. (Matt, xxi., 1.) A small village on the