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Oga. — Jacoby (p. 52) reads Adroga and refers to Reland, Palaes- 

 tina, p. 222 and 228. 



Asalea. — Jacoby (p. 52) refers to Sozomen, Hist. Eccl. iii, 14. 



Sohila. — Unknown. 



Bethagidea, — Unknown. 



£'(Zrom.— Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 223); ''Perhaps 

 Khurbet el-Aar, eight kilometers south-southeast of Gaza"; Jacoby 

 (p. 52) identifies it with Eder, Joshua xv, 21. 



Thauatha. — Jacoby (p. 53) refers to Thabatha m Sozomen, Hist. 

 Eccl. iii, 14. 



Sanctuary of St. Victor. — ^A St. Victor 1, Pope from 189 to 198 

 or 199, is mentioned in the Cathohc Encyclopedia, vol. 15, p. 418. 



Prasidin. — Is generally taken to be Latin praesidium; that is, mili- 

 tary station or garrison. 



Thamara. — ^Eusebius (OS, p. 8) has : "Asasan Thamar (i. e., Hazezon 

 Tamar, Genesis xiv, 7). There dwelt the Amorites whom Chedor- 

 laomer cut down. It is said that Thamar is a day's journey from 

 Mampsis on the road from Hebron to Jerusalem, where at present a 

 garrison is located." 



Mod. — ^Unknown. 



Mampsis. — See above under Thamara. 



Arad, whence are the Aradites. — ^Arad was a southern Canaanitish 

 town, Joshua xii, 14, etc., modern TeU Arad, southeast of Hebron, 

 while the Aradites were the inhabitants of Arvad, Genesis x, 18. 

 Ezekiel xxvii, 8, 11, modern Ruwad. The mosaist confounded them 

 with the inhabitants of Arad. 



Jethor, which is also called Jethera. — Jattir, Joshua xv, 48; modern 

 Attir. 



Or^a.— Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 223): "The position 

 would suit Khurbet Umm Adra, transposing the d and r." 



^ea7ia.— Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 223) identifies it 

 with Kh. Sihan, about nine kilometers southeast of Gaza. 



Madehena, which is now called Menois. — ^Madmenah, Isaiah X, 31. 



SyTcomazon. — Was an* episcopal see. 



OstraMne. — ^Frequently mentioned (see Josephus, War, IV, 11, 

 5; PHny, Natur-Hist., V, 14). According to a legend the prophet 

 Habakkuk fled thither before Nebucadnezar from Jerusalem. Tra- 

 dition also located there the tomb of the Apostle Simon, who carried 

 the Gospel as far as Egypt. 



RhinoTcoroura. — ^The name occui's in the Greek translation of the 

 Septuagint to Isaiah xxvii, 12; see Eusebius and St. Jerome (OS, 

 p. 148-9). Phny, Natur. Hist., V, 14, mentions it under the name 

 of Rhinocolura. It was a border city between Syria and Egypt and 

 seat of a bishop. Underneath are, 



