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capital of the Hittites^ next in renown to Karkemish, is twice 
mentioned in holy Scripture. 
In treating of Biblical names, it is only fair to allow that 
the Hittite names recovered from Egypt and Assyria differ in 
character from the few that appear in the books of Scripture. 
But the whole question is in a very nebulous state at present. 
The lists of names which appear to include those of Hittite 
places and persons present a curious mixture of Semitic lan- 
guage with some other element. The names in Scripture 
may be Hebraized. Some Hittites (Uriah for instance) may 
have received new names. And we must wait with patience 
for a solution w'hich will most likely come in due season. 
The Amorite is well known in Egyptian record and wall- 
sculpture, and at this day both Northern Syria and Southern 
Palestine bear witness to his dwelling-place, herein confirming 
the notices of Scripture. 
Tell Amuriii, north of Hamah, ^Amary, by the Lake of 
Kadeshj Tell •’Amarah in the Lejah, and in the south the 
Llmurin mountains and other places, are stamped wdth this 
ancient name. In the great battle-pieces of Egypt they 
appear in their strong chariots and on their castles w^alled 
up to heaven,^^ with bow, and buckler, and spear. They are 
closely associated wuth the Hittites, and ^^the land of the 
Amorites round the Upper Orontes tallies exactly with that 
of the book of Joshua,* where Aphek (Afka) is on their 
border. 
The Amorite has marked one celebrated mountain, “Mount 
Hermon, which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion ; and 
the Amorites call it Shenir,^^t and in Assyrian history it 
bears the Amorite name of Shaniru. 
The Gergashite is likewise found among the 
northern allies against Egypt, if we take the probable ex- 
planation of the Kerkesh 
mentioned in the monu- 
ments of Eameses II. It seems to me that the name is 
preserved in Gergis, marked in Pey^s map, very near the 
Orontes, to the west of Er-Eestan (Arethusa), in a most 
probable position for the Gergashite. 
The Khivvites (Hivites) were a people of renown in the 
days of Moses, and long after. Dr. Friedrich DelitzschJ has 
just identified them witb the Khavvat of the Assyrian in- 
* Josh., xiii. 4. 
+ Wo lag das Pamdies? 276. 
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t Deut., iii. 9. 
