3G8 riiOVEEDJXas or TJIN XATIOXAL MUf<EUM. vol. 49. 



2. BETWEEN THE SECOND BRIDGE OP THE JORDAN AND JERUSALEM, 



Galgalii, which is also called the Twelve stones. — Gilgal, where the 

 Israelites erected twelve stones in commemoration of their passage 

 of the Jordan (Joshua iv, 20). Eusebins (OS, p. 66) adds: "And to 

 the present day is shown a desert place two (Roman) miles from 

 Jericho, which is held by the people in veneration." Modern Tel 

 Jeljul. 



Jericho. — Illustrated by extensive building and surrounding palm 

 trees (Deuteronomy xxxiv, 3). 



Louza, which is also called Bethel. — Genesis xxviii, 19; xxxvi, 6. — 

 Modern Beitin. 



Goplina. — Ophni, Joshua xviii, 24, see Josephus, War, 1, 11, 2; 

 V, 2, 1, etc. It is identified with Jufna, a village situated between 

 Jerusalem and Nablus. 



Gahaon. — Gibeon, Joshua ix and x; later place of sanctuary, 

 I Kings iii, 4; I Cln-onicles xvi, 39; Modern El-Jib. 



Rama. — Several places in the mountain districts of Palestine bear 

 the name of Ramah, which means "height." The present Ramah is 

 mentioned together with Gibeon in Josuha xviii, 25, as being 

 north of Jerusalem and belonging to the tribe of Benjamin. Near it 

 lay the grave of Rachel, according to Jeremiah xxxi, 15, who repre- 

 sents this ancestor as appearing on her grave and uttering a lamenta- 

 tion for the exile of her children. In Matthew ii, 18, this passge is 

 quoted in connection with the slaughtering of the children caused by 

 Herod. The mosaist places another Ramah near Betlilehem and 

 following Matthew erroneously quotes from Matthew and Jeremiah (as 

 also Eusebius, OS, p. 148) the words: "A voice was heard in Ramah," 

 but in this quotation doubtless the Ramah near Bethel is meant. — 

 Identified with El-Ram, about five miles north from Jerusalem. 



Bemmon. — Several plans with the name Rinimon occur in the Old 

 Testament; here is probably meant the Rimmon of Judges xx, 45. — 

 Identified with modern Rammon, east from Bethel (on the drawing it 

 is incorrectly placed nortlnvest of Bethel). 



Armotliem or Arimatlie. — Arimathaea, Matthew xxvii, 57; Mark 

 XV, 43; Luke xxiii, 51 ; John xix, 88. — Identified with Beit Rima. 



T/if^ms^is.— Identified by Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 

 218) with the ruins of Deir Asfin. 



Betomelgezis. — Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 218), suggests 

 the Bethmelchi or Bethmelchis of the Crusaders in the neighborhood 

 of Me j del Yaba. 



Adiaeim (o)' Adlathim), now Aditha. — Jacoby (p. 71) suggests the 

 modern El Haditha near Diospolis and refei-s to I Maccabees xii, 38; 

 xiii, 13; Josephus, War, IV. 9, 1. 



