Mariamne, 234
Mars Hill, 274
Masada, 54, 128
Mecca, 120, 121
Medeba, 77, 226
Mediterranean (or Great Sea), 3, 4, 6, 11, 31, 32, 82-84
Megiddo, 33, 79, 97-103, 129, 131, 132, 151, 163, 172
Memphis, 195, 231
Menzaleh, Lake, 76, 114
Merj Ayun, 80, 180
Merneptah, 107, 111
Mesha and the Moabite Stone, 122, 134
Mesopotamia, 81, 93
Micah, 186, 187
Michmash, town, 36, 81, 125, 140, 142, 161, 222
----, pass, 144, 145
Midianites, 33, 115, 116, 136, 137
Migdol, 194
Miletus, 276
Millo, 157
Mitanni, 93
Mizpeh or Neby Samwil, 38, 183, 192, 198, 213
Mizpeh of Gilead, 216
Moab, 15, 16, 40, 77, 78, 120-122, 186;
physical characteristics, 60-62
Moabites, 131, 133, 158
Modein, 176, 205, 210-212, 220
Moreh, Hill of, 30, 31
Moresheth-Gath, 186
Moses, 111, 113
Mosque of Omar, 164
Mount Ebal, 35, 36, 72
Mount Gerizim, 35-37, 80, 167, 226
Mount Gilboa, 31, 32, 35, 152, 153
Mount Hermon. See Hermon
Mount of Olives, 260, 261
Mount Seir, 62, 115, 116, 120
Mount Tabor, 30, 31, 79, 231
Mycenæ, 9, 93
Nabateans, 198, 231
Nablus (Shechem), 36, 167, 168
Nahaliel, 121
Nahr Bareighit, 47
Nahr ed-Damur, 22
Nahr el-Allân, 56, 57
Nahr el-Auwali, 22
Nahr el-Kisimiyeh, 22
Nahr er-Rukkad, 57
Nahr Jalûd, 31, 35, 49
Naphtali, 131, 134
Nazareth, 30, 238-241, 255, 256
Neapolis, 272, 273
Nebo, Mount, 61, 124
Nebuchadrezzar, 191, 192
Neby Samwil. See Mizpah
Necho, 190
Negeb, the, See South Country
Nehemiah, 200-205
Netophah, 199
Nicæa, 82
Nile, Valley of, 4, 5;
River, 14, 108, 112;
Delta, 76, 104, 108, 109
Nineveh, 81
Nippur, 197
Nob, 148, 149
Og, King of Bashan, 123
Omri, 71, 170
Ono, 205
Ophel, hill of, 65-67, 157, 162, 164, 204
Ophir, 164
Ophrah of Gideon, 137, 139
Ophrah in Ephraim, 144
Orontes, 90
Palatine Hill, 11
Palestine, physical characteristics, 7, 8, 13-20;
geology, 14;
coast plains, 21-26;
Galilee, 27-31;
Plain of Esdraelon, 31-33;
Samaria, 34-38;
Judah, 38-44;
Jordan and Dead Sea Valley, 45-54;
East-Jordan, 55-63;
early, 87-96;
under the rule of Egypt, 97-105;
Greek influence in, 208-210;
under Rome, 228-232
Palmyra, 81
Paphos, 269
Parthians, 228, 232
Paul, 266-277
Peleset, 104
Pella, 51, 83, 208, 238
Pelusium, 231
Penuel, 137, 138
Perea, 237
Pergamus, 82
Persia, 213
Peter, 265, 266
Petra, 76, 77, 95, 116, 184, 228
Pharathon, 223
Pharisees, 218, 229
Pharsalia, 231
Philadelphia. See Rabbath-Ammon
Philistia, 78, 139
Philistine Plain, physical characteristics, 25, 41;
evidence of Egyptian influence, 92
Philistines, 104, 130, 144, 145, 150-156
Philip the Evangelist, 265
Philip the Tetrarch, 237, 238
Philippi, 82, 83, 272-274
Phœnicia, 13, 22, 78, 93, 256, 272
Phœnicians, as mariners, 17;
home, 22, 23;
as conquerors, 23, 58;
civilization of, 91
Pilate, 262
Pilgrim Ford, 51
Pithom, 110
Pompey, 228-231
Pools of Solomon, 38, 69, 204
Ptolemais. See Accho or Acre
Ptolemies, 209
Puteoli, 83, 276
Rabbath-Ammon, 77, 158, 159, 208
Railway from Haifa to Damascus, 254
----, Damascus to Mecca, 121
Ramah (Beit Rima), in Mount Ephraim, 141, 142
Ramoth-Gilead, 174, 175
Ramses II, 103, 107-111
Ramses III, 104
Raphana, 238
Raphia, 76
Raphon, 218
Ras el-Abjad, 23
Ras en-Nakurah, 23
Red Sea, 7, 76, 113, 115, 116
Rehoboth, 118
Remtheh, 174, 215
Rephaim, Valley of, 41, 155, 156, 165
Reubenites, 131, 133
Riblah, 80, 192
Roads, coast road, 25, 26, 33, 78;
from Egypt to Damascus, 25, 81;
character, 73-75;
from Egypt, 75, 76;
through Moab, 77;
great desert highway, 77, 78;
"Way of the Sea," 79-80;
along the Jordan, 81;
in Asia Minor, 82, 83;
to Rome, 83, 84;
from Nazareth to Jerusalem, 241, 242
Rome, 11, 83, 228-232, 276, 277
Safed, 29
Salamis, 269
Salt Hill, 197
Samaria, 15, 29;
physical characteristics, 34-38;
contrasted with Judah, 43, 44;
in Roman period, 258, 272
Samaria, city of, 35, 79, 80;
name, 70, 71;
situation, 71;
strength, 71, 72;
history, 170, 226, 233, 236, 265
Samaritans, 181, 198, 226
Samson, 139, 140
Samuel, 141-143, 258
Sanhedrin, 236, 261
Sardis, 82
Sarepta, 256
Sargon, 87
Saul, 141-156
Scopus, 149
Scythians, 189, 190
Scythopolis. See Bethshean
Sea of Galilee, 28, 46, 48-50
Sebaste. See Samaria
Sela, 183
Seleucidean Rule, 56, 57, 79, 81, 168
Semakh, 252
Sennacherib's campaigns, 185-188
Sepphoris, 230, 237
Shalmaneser II, 177
Shaphir, 186
Sharon, Plain of, 15, 33, 35, 79, 80, 81, 151;
physical characteristics, 24, 25
Sharuhen, 93, 183
Shashu, 93
Shechem, 35, 37, 71, 79, 80, 81, 100, 166, 226
Sheep Gate, 202
Shephelah, the, 26, 39, 41, 80
Shiloh, 37, 141-143
Shishak, 170, 182, 184
Shittim, Valley of, 124
Shobek, 77
Shunem, 101, 151
Sidon, 23, 24, 100, 256
Sihon, 121, 122
Silas, 272, 273
Siloam, Pool of, 66, 68, 69, 162
Simeonites, 128, 134
Simon, the Maccabean, 224, 225
Sinai, 115, 116
Sippar, 81, 181
Smyrna, 82
Socho, 82
Solomon, 162-166
Solomon's Porch, 260, 261, 264
Son of Man, belief in the coming of, 235
Sorek, Valley of, 41, 42, 75, 130
South Country, 15, 16, 78, 108, 119, 128, 139, 140, 155, 183;
physical characteristics, 42, 43
Spain, 276
Stephen, 264, 265
Strabo, 24
Succoth, 137, 138
Suez Canal, 114
Susa, 201
Syene, 195
Syria, physical characteristics, 7, 14;
southern, 13; central, 17, 94;
northern, 45, 78, 169;
Semitic invasions, 89;
peoples of, 93
Syrian Gates, 82
Taanach, 94, 95, 101, 102, 129, 132
Tabighah Fountain, 249, 250
Tabor. See Mount Tabor
Tahpanhes, 194-196
Taiyibeh. See Tob
Talmud, 29
Tamar, 163
Tamyras, 22
Tarichea, 254
Tarshish, 3
Tarsus, 82, 266, 267
Taru, 76
Taurus Mountains, 82, 266
Tekoa, 177, 178
Tell Abib, 197
Tell Abu Neda, 57
Tell Defenneh, 194
Tell Deir Alla. See Succoth
Tell el-Amarna Letters, 13, 88, 102, 107, 163
Tell el-Faras, 57
Tell el-Hesey. See Lachish
Tell el-Kadi, 47
Tell el-Kasis, 31
Tell el-Maskhutah, 110
Tell el-Mutesellim, 98
Tell es-Safi, 140
Tell es-Sandahannah, 187
Tell Hum, 247, 248
Tell Nimrin, 243
Tell Oreimeh, 248, 250
Tema, Oasis of, 28
Tephon, 223
Thebez, 80, 138
Thessalonica, 83, 273-275
Thotmose III, 33, 89, 97, 99, 100, 140
Tiber, 11
Tiberias, 46, 237, 254
Tiglath-pileser I, 176
Tiglath-pileser IV, 177, 180, 185
Tigris-Euphrates Valley, 5-7, 90, 93
Tigris River, 3
Tîh, Desert of, 43
Timnath, 140, 205, 223
Timsah, Lake, 108, 110, 113, 114
Tirzah, 169
Tishbe, 172
Tob, the land of, 136
Tower of the Furnaces, 204
Troas, 82, 272, 277
Tyre, city, 17, 22, 23, 100, 186, 207, 256, 276;
plain of, 22, 23
Tyropœon Valley, 65-69, 157, 185, 203, 204
Uzziah, 183, 184
Valley Gate, 203
Valley of Salt, 159, 183
Via Egnatia, 83
Virgin's Spring or Fount, 64, 162, 204
Wady 'Ain 'Arîk, 36
---- 'Ajlun Amud, 28
---- 'Ali, 41, 213
---- Arabah, 14
---- Arah, 33, 79
---- Deir Ballut, 37
---- el-Arish, 42
---- el-Bireh, 30
---- el-Fôkâ, 76
---- el-Ghurab, 41
---- el-Hesy, 187
---- el-Ifzim, 35
---- el-Jazâir, 42
---- el-Jindy, 41, 53
---- el-Kefrein, 50, 124
---- el-Kerak, 50, 124
---- en-Nagil, 41
---- esh-Shair (Barley Vale), 35, 37, 71, 79, 81
---- es-Sufeiy, 121
---- es Sunt. See Valley of Sorek
---- es-Sur, 41, 80, 149, 218
---- es Suweinit, 36, 81, 144, 145
---- et-Tuffah, 28
---- ez-Zerka, 37
---- Farah, 35, 49, 50, 229
---- Fejjas, 30
---- Heshbân, 59, 124
---- Jib, 37
---- Kelt, 36, 50, 51, 125, 127, 167, 258
---- Malakeh, 36, 37, 211
---- Mûsa, 62, 116
---- Nimrin, 50, 51, 59, 124
---- Sheba, 43
---- Tumilat, 76, 108-110, 113
---- Waleh, 61
---- Zerka Ma'in, 46, 52, 61
Waheb, 121
Water City of Ammonites, 159
Water Gate, 204
White Promontory, 23
Wilderness of Judea, 39, 40, 64, 81, 127, 160
Yarmuk River, 46, 49, 57, 78, 123, 134
Zaanan, 187
Zaherâni, 22
Zanoah, 199
Zarephath, 172
Zarethan, 124
Zebulun, 134
Zechariah, 199, 200
Zephaniah, 188, 190
Zephathah, Valley of, 141, 186, 217
Zeredah, 168
Zerin, 31, 173
Zerubbabel, 200
Zigazig, 109
Ziklag, 151
Ziph, 150
Zor, 50
Zorah, 139
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