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Chesulloth

(Encyclopedia)Chesulloth kēsŭlˈŏth [key], in the Bible, town, N ancient Palestine, the same as Chisloth-tabor. ...

Abel-beth-maachah

(Encyclopedia)Abel-beth-maachah āˈbəl-bĕth-māˈəkə [key], town, ancient Palestine, the modern Tel Abil (Israel), S of Metulla. In the Bible, it was attacked by Behadad and taken by Tiglathpileser. ...

Rabbith

(Encyclopedia)Rabbith răbˈĭth [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, probably identical with Daberath. ...

Hormah

(Encyclopedia)Hormah hôrˈmə [key], in the Bible, unidentified city, extreme S ancient Palestine, earlier called Zephath. Here the invading Israelites were defeated by the Canaanites. Later the Israelites destroy...

Kirjath-jearim

(Encyclopedia)Kirjath-jearim kûrˈjăth-jēˈərĭm [key], in the Bible, ancient fortress and holy place, ancient Palestine, W of Jerusalem. It also appears as Kirjath, Kirjath-arim, Kirjath-baal, Baalah, and Baal...

Aeolis

(Encyclopedia)Aeolis ēōˈlēə [key], ancient region of the west coast of Asia Minor (in present-day Turkey). Aeolis was not a geographic term but a collective term for the cities founded there by the Aeolians, a...

Great Mother Goddess

(Encyclopedia)Great Mother Goddess, in ancient Middle Eastern religions, mother goddess, the great symbol of the earth's fertility. She was worshiped under many names and attributes. Similar figures have been known...

Philistines

(Encyclopedia)Philistines fĭlˈĭstēnz, fĭlĭsˈ– [key], inhabitants of Philistia, a non-Semitic people who came to Palestine from a region in the Mediterranean in the 12th cent. b.c. Genetic studies in the 21...

Madmannah

(Encyclopedia)Madmannah mădmănˈə [key], in the Bible, place, SW ancient Palestine, perhaps the same as Beth-marcaboth. ...

Ashan

(Encyclopedia)Ashan āˈshăn [key], in the Bible, unidentified town of S ancient Palestine, perhaps the same as Chor-ashan. ...