Identifier: biblicaltables00osbo (find matches)
Title: Biblical tables
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Osborn, Henry S. (from old catalog)
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agint, andis a ruined city, twenty miles west of a village called Mehala-el-Kebir, on some maps spelled Mehallet. The most important andfamous in its day of all tne cities of the Delta, because of the yearlyfestival of Neith, the Egyptian Minerva, and because it was the nativecity, the capital, and the burying-place of the last dynasty of thePharaohs. (Herod ii. 169.) A lake, from Plinys account, much larger anciently than at present.Its communication with the Mediterranean sea was filled up in thetime of Strabo. The fable makes Typhon, a monstrous giant, to havebeen put beneath this lake for fighting against heaven. As the namesignifies smoke, it may have alluded to some volcanic effects asso-ciated with this lake. West of this was Mount Casius, where Pompeythe Great was buried. Probably the Pithom spoken of only in Exodus i. 11. Table \T(. 35 36 20 30 40 50 34 33 10 20 30 40 50 DIVISIOIS^S or SURROUNDING NATIONS.Bj-HevrH. S.Osbam. 1 5__J10___^2O Scale of Mi1es,T)nglisli. 10 20 30 40
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20 30 40 BIBLICAL TABLES. 17 SIXTH TABLE. GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE AND DISTRICTS OF THE TRIBES AND SURROUNDING NATIONS. 1 Aphekali. 2 Baalbek, or Helio- polis. 3 Beirut. 4 Abilene. 5 Damascus. 6 Sidon. 7 Sarepta. 8 Tyre. 9 Kanah. 10 Abel Bethmaacliali. 11 Laish, and after- ward Dan. 12 Kedesh. 13 Accho (or Ptole- mais). 14 Ramah. 15 Hazor. 16 Capernanm. 17 Betlisaida. 18 Edhra. 19 Ashtarotb. Kar- naini. 20 Aphek. 21 Betharbel. 22 Magdala. 23 Obinnereth (Tibe- rias). 24 Cana (of Galilee). 25 Mount Carmel. 26 Bethlehem of Zebu- lun. NAMES OF THE CITIES. 27 Nazareth. 28 Japhia. 29 Daberath. 30 Chesulloth. 31 Nain. 32 Endor. 33 Shunem. 34 Dor. 35 Cesarea. 36 Megiddo. 37 Jezreel. 38 Bethsbean. 39 Mahanaim. 40 Bozrah. 41 Engannim. 42 Dotban. 43 Succoth. 44 Thebez. 45 Samaria. 46 Tirzah. 47 Shecbem, or Sy- char. 48 Gittah Hepher. 49 Antipatris. 50 Joppa, or Japbo. 51 Gil gal. 52 Lebonah. 53 Shiloh. 54 Ramoth Gilead. 55 Rabbab. 56 Beth Nimrah. 57 Jericho. 58 Michmas, or Mich- 85 Halhul. mash. 8

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