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suit the position of Karyet el-Enab, which is about three hours from 

 Lydda. Below, 



Modeeim, now Moditha, whence came the Maccabeans. — Modern 

 el-Medieh, Underneath, 



Lod, which is Lydea and also Diospolis. — The Biblical Lydda or 

 Lod, Ezra ii, 33; Nehemiah vii, 37; "Acts ix, 32. It was an 

 episcopal see and the place of St. George. To the right, 



Thamna, here Judah shore his sheep. — The Biblical Timnah, 

 Genesis, xxxviii, 12, Joshua xv, 57, Underneath, 



Anob, which is now Betoannaba. — Anab, Joshua xi, 21, xv, 50, 

 Modern Annabe. 



4. BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND THE DEAD SEA. 



Across (east of) the Jordan below the scene of the gazelle chased 

 by a panther or Hon, 



Aenon, where now is Sapsaphas. — As in the case of the mountains 

 of Ebal and Gerizim (see above, p. 367) so, it seems, there also was 

 current a double tradition as regards the site of Aenon where John 

 baptized, the one placing it (correctly) near SaUm (see above, p. 366), 

 the other near Bethabara, and the mosaist took account of both 

 traditions. To the right, 



Hot spring of Callirhoe. — Mentioned in Pliny's Natural History, V, 

 16, 72, Josephus, War, I, 335. Identified with modern Hammam 

 ez-Zarka Main. West of the Jordan, 



Tliekoue. — Biblical Tekoa, Birthplace of the prophet Amos, II 

 Samuel xiv, 2; Amos i, 1, etc. 



Bethlehem — Ephratha. — On the Mosaic as well as in the Onomas- 

 ticon (pp. 45, 82, and 172) Bethlehem and Ephrathah are noted as 

 two separated lacalities, while usually they are identified and Ephra- 

 thah is considered as cognomen of Bethlehem. It may be that Ephra- 

 thah was the name of the whole district in which Bethlehem lay; 

 compare Genesis xxxv, 19; Micah v, 2. Modern Bit Lahm. 



Rama . . . See p. 368. 



Akl Damma, Compare Matthew xxvii, 8. 



BethJhoron. — Wrongly placed on the reproduction; see p. 370. 



Nilcopolis. — A later name of Emmaus, Luke xxiv, 13; compare 

 I Maccabees, ix, 50; Josephus, Antiquities, XIII, 1, 3. It is still 

 preserved under the name of Amwas. 



Gedour, which is also called Gidritha. — The site would suit the 

 Biblical Gezer, while the name suggests Gedor, Joshua xv, 58, 

 modern Jedur, six miles north from Hebron. Eusebius (OS, p. 68) 

 registers the place under Gedour and Gedrous and states that it was 

 situated ten (Roman) miles from Diospolis (Lydda). 



£'7ieto&a.— Identified by Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 221) 

 with En Tab in the Talmud. 



