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Show TbefecondBooke ofthejirktpare + : ; Cuar.7.§4.41, ighbour Regions, are, Chryforrhom, Cuar.7s,4ef.2<3. Of the Hipiri ofthe World * ceesheMountaintor "Affe, are thofe Hills Likenland others. : aboue Tyre, and the Hills Of Se as.Bonk exceeding fruitfull : but hofe are butofa low ftature, compared with Libenw: hs Peal aes ete for from Nebe, or the Mountaine ofAbarimin Reuben, Mofes miles diftant. 4g9ithinkes that Abel:Sittim was fo called; tather by reafon of the plaine ground therece wit,in the Land ofMoab;)and fo perhaps Towne ofEli/bathe Prophet -alfo Abel beheld Libanus threekort Saupe phil. Of Hazor, 1. tek bi Of the bownds of Nephtalim,1.and ofHeliopilé , andAbila, TT nest Portion of the Land of Canaan bordering W#fber,was the vpperGa lilee the greateft part whereoffell to the lorof Neph talins, the fonneof Zacob by Bills, the hand-maide of ‘Rachel: who while they abode in Egypt, were increafed to * é as: 2 Sinai Whisch hlaui herbod ngar whi ics Ma ine hrfa th e es > ed So Hoih me erees srAupie : =dkebbernia! traatidChdleeagrascerentce taik of age: Thefonse Lands" e North pate from the , fos e OFierdép atid OL Nephtate Guit-tpr.nell,, Hills of Libanus adjoyning,as farre 2 South as the Sea of Galiyilee,bounded on the 2 fucrtgcrs. Afber,andonthe Eaftand South-ea Weltby by ft Jord an. Theoda-Hift, 5 On the North-fide of Libanizs, and = Y cop Ecclefiaft. adioyning to this Tertitory of Nephialim.ditdthe telal3icig. Cor Emorites )al(oinhabite. in which Trattand Mela sgicag.:' <AmOrites neon i ynder Libanws,was the City of : ‘ioncole Heliopolis: which the heighth é ‘* A 2 ofthe =Mountaines he Sunne, mont. é ; The City of the Sumne: into which,faith -/piew, Sewe Romess ; rusthepri instiphraim Pmperowr {ent aColomie =the othe r Ge/lelias nameth Dealmarach sand of his called abel:s we-allo find ea 1 etha‘ City in 7)hra name ce, Step r andGlyc Glycaasin Phry att Thereis alfo in the fame Valley adio ynin gia, 6 e e fled thereinto for ficcour : butacertaine wife w thersof che perf Pleto caft Sebachis: head ouerthe wall,' seab revived his "Ariny: The wading the r eitente afterwardtaken by the fame Citic oat King of Dawiafcus, Beénadad - andi rBamena 4/ars after a while by Teglatp lefepbvardy. Thewoiddbel may bee of xpound 2 Ring. ay. ed, either to fignifie bewailing: ora plaine on) SMthereforend maruell thatmany Townes (wi Wete th fomeaddition for diftingtion wi thuscalled : for euen of bewailing, many places tookename jas Bochit, lahs: ~ Hazor, ® faith Paks 3 Of Cefarea Philippi. T Here wasalfo on thebordér;an d With City ofLads, or Lajich, as lunivs voritin the Territory of Nephtalin,that renowned es it, Of Lefehen', which: Ciity the ‘childreg of Tudg. 18.29; Dan(being ftraitned in their Territos y Ynde r J#da)inuaded aad matt nameof their owne parent Daa: and by thar name itis written in Geneered 5 and ganearthe 1% 19:47" fist at which placedbraham furprized Chedorlaomer and his confederates, he fouretcenth, and followed his victo Y ry y as farreas ‘ Sobah 2 formner) erly.remembredinthé ebale fake, ivis written abe) Beth: Mdahaca, ome Binbmachs, In the place' ofSamsuelfor at is ( for belike it wasthe Towne of Mahats,the#!ea neeterhebor. 444¢ir,the fonne OfAtana/fe,c he Fath er of Gilead)i derof the phi. This City Toab befieged # becaule seba the fonn nthe Chronicles it is called Abe-@™ a of A/ealow, -A/calox, calle called the the new Hazor ath Wrerome. Y of Bemiamin,feared onthe Weta of hei: Maaaffe, ouey ° Suing 4-8: lo inSireon, Cha TarSifima,oF which, ce 1 Shulehanothce Cityof Siniton:folt9.3: Girona. 31-which alfois called chat/ir-Suftzand a1 Kings': b Hieron, oc, Hebr.l.g. out "Gaddesand laftly chatfar. of Neh 41-33. asiccbat/i leemes. y ». gto Nephtalive, Chalcis, and bi Nenber.,called OF Who aC it m the Regi; on towards Palmyrena : hath roy Agrippa, the name of Chaleidica 2over whic and Breniceche Queene comman h Her, ded Mitfrcim, ae 10Abilaalfogaue name tothe Region adio , eH ynin g; of whi ch Evfa xiuethe fonne me the e Foord eof rod the elder, became Tetrarch Gou 0 t or etn our :'wh 3nd ereo (as f Prolimie gaucit the addition iefeemse)in the 22/489,a and ‘called it bile rato? Lyfany.y Volatervan ran esit Aphile, of which he notesthatom fame Tribe of Didgenesa famous Sophi ‘hi fter, was natiu e, who by Yole Reube tachi n, ofa terran is intituled Aphilent, not sil all' Jevas.n vAfr e erth e at thik Sa City ch of e Abit ne a ora oe om ate merue: ialy which fol. Mae-beca Fot ~ OP thereots flaineafterwar lows Y Our Britti[b AMaxitans at :'to diftinétion ofthis Citi eo it ‘ c (if . itb eno trh efam e,as it may bethoughrto be the famelit etaigae bere-_ membred,tharin the Tribe of « Manaffe; ioyning vpon'the boundso bt Magnan ve nalim.thereisaho f there thcr City of the fame name, faui ng thatiris Written with a hi -ealnnkeof Mand called wbel a, remembredinthes o. Chapte r of the feeond of samuel. T ‘af #City, orhes lofephas calls Abelmachea, i anid Hier wiealia iSam ze,ry. : King. fines connnes of adioyning thadowed from the eee CHEbetter partof the'day. Pofellue calls it Balbec; Niger, Marbech, and Leopclania; P oat, trae s Beallebeca, 3 pagh PeOfthis nameof Heliopolis, tiereatetwo Volat.lurx.fi. the Hebrewes,and the Chal great Citiesin Eeypr:the firlt-called On, by*| 2Alto thing PeO Dorms Solis dean Paraphraft,otherwife Bethfemes, or after the Latincs, Sols Oo athird é N the Tribe of Nephtalim, was thatfamous City ofLabin, in rofua's timecalied Afor I< aftet the'Chaldzan Paraphratt,Hafzor)by Lofephus, Afora:by Lunins * Chatzor: ee Which Zaic/4x names Hefton ;the Regal s l City,and : Metropolis of Canaan: featedin the Weft partiof Nephtalim;towards Ather.In this name ini this City wasthat great Rendeuous} and 44, feechaps aflemblyrof thole foue and twent Kings againf t 26/ue:who being al] ouerthrown, flain, £95 and fcatrered; this their powerfull yCityw as by Zofia taken and burntro duft: Bitin PrO- tavin,le0!# e thar cefle of time the fame being rebuil Canaanités, a fecond King /2bi2, t By tlic 1 Sthie I 137. ycdres Which follows ntsled the Ifraclites after the death of this ttt Zebipri ¢ and being ordained of Godto n,inuadedt eee puniflitheir Idolatry, he preuailed againft them fearsi: es: tttill Debora: the Prdéphetente ouer,and held them i n a mifetable {@tuitude ibe twenty yeare thre Pp wSi/é ra, z : = J 2 fabins Leintena nt . ye nt a OP HisIS Hen-c eir hat 20 Army.neere the Moustaine Tabor. This City Salo mon reltored at fiich time as hee alfo we mala teedified Gezar, burnt by Pharao of Egyp t, with "Me gid do, Beth oronmand other Cities; Speeiss s butabour gen after; it fell into ithe hands ofTeglatphalafar;King of the Affyrians. Itishow) faith Advice, omias,c alle d Anti opia : it was one of the principall Cities of De- ade charar. rs reis capoliss-The Heaan, in the another Citic of thisiname in the Territory 10 THE TRIBE OF NEPHTALIM . eet a papth Abel-Meholah in the Tribe of Ephraity' :(the Tudgy.ng.s0 -Vinearuin of the Ammmoitités, whith er Jephta>edheje purfuedshem. 6.111! ioep.in pluris lofep. in pluribs oa andiidoubilcde* Abel-Miftaim,Gen.50.1 1.and yet funins in hisnotes "On Wuyi" And ‘ diuifion ofsyriz,> otherwi e Sophena. And afterthe pofleffion Calle of the Dawites, ithad the ioyn e.name of Lefchem-Dap, Weifenbure writesir Latis, the Genens L,ailh, lofephys,Daza : Beniamin ; Balina 3 Breiden- Iudg. 4obach, Beleng: bur the now Inha i$, bitants know it by the name ofBe Neubrigenfis, Tyrta, Voleterr /iwa to this day: wirneff® anus, brachard the Atonkesa nd Poftellas: who alfo taketh this City tobe the fame which in stathe wthe. 1 5» for which the Greeke Text hath 4¢ec dale verfe39. inthe Vulgar is called Abe dan, in that place,and in Saint atarkep fame ftory, Dalmanutha. At fuch eaking' 6ftHé Chap,8.20, timeas meth thar it Was cither a frec City,oft the children Of Daz obzained this place; it{ee. he alli ance & con federacy fubieR ynro the Kingsthercof ; for itiswrittenia the eighteen ofthe Zidoniansof elie th ofzy Mone tohelpe,becdufe Lats was farr e from Zidon: andthey had 10 bufi , LOSAid there wts verte ip, it was abouethirry Englith mile neffe with ether men,for s fromthe Mediterran $a, and from Zidon, In after-times when the{e Regions ; became fubietothe tate of Rome So Meme of Panes, froma Fountaine adio yning focalled :-and therefore Ptol, it had the rlinsseckg omie éalls it Csfares Panie. Hegefipnes calls it Parnium, ay faith Weilfanburg : buthechad read itin THPt Copy, : forin Hegelopusfer ove g cor."bas by Badi assicis written Pazeum Withowea timeas Phitip the fonne ofthe n (Rand at elder Herod, brother to Herod, Tatrarch ofGaliléébe-. Gonerpour of Traconstisfomctime 9. : Bafan;this City was by him amplifie shed; and both to d and for. -s snakes cine memory.tg his owne name,a nd to MN" Cefreg P flatter Tiderius Cefar, he called fave\e Pi zand [0 it became the Actropol glled, isan : tics of Decapalis, And being by "4er d head Cityof Tratoninieand one ae aT ippa ‘uch me = > in the {ucccediag age Breatly see ined by him in Honour of W €£0/ It. Was Call t ed Neronit, ox Neronitdy, But' ds formede r pact ‘of Ff 2 ° gy M4 Manalfe. ( AY nothing |