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Show 5 The fecond Bookeoftheypir't part | Cuarat0.$ Hierome thinkes that the name ofthe Topar. that places from which name of Acrabbim, which we hate fpokenin A4anq//es.Onthe of : ted mina d Acrabathena was deno chie calle , Dimowa, Adada, Codes, Albina; Souichfide alfoof Jadea they placethe Cities of Jagur ie es. Town ier Front them of molt Tetbaam,and Afor or Chat/or, in thebody sthis befide one : d calle fo AndthemZiph : of which there are twoplaces Cuanio.§y. Leuites:Ir'reaolted'fromthe fubieftion ofthe Tewes, while Yoramthe fonne of Jo/aphar pulediilievafalem > Amdinext vntothis'ftandeth szaceds, which Jofua Viterly é, dif 31 rl? 263 eoplede Bethfora;and r Ga theother fide of Eimatistowards theHaft tandeth Bethfur,othierwife on ahigh feared Itis Tuda' all ni placesi for fought molt Bethfor sonedfehe ftrongeftand h.) Ye-was forafied Hill ;andtherefore called Beth fisteehehoifeon the Rocke: of offrengt : where Dawid hid him: hing tooke name of Jada,of which the Defart and Forreft adioy , Adar, Ka rkah;and A/cemona,ox Hat/{elfefrom Saal. After thefearethe Cities of Efron Ns mo#,,of no great fame. s of Danna, She Citie the finde wee h, Nort tlie atds atow Turning now from Hame of allwhich{eett : echoes thetwoS h,and mah; Amam,the other Afor;or Chatfor; Behalot ludas the Traitor was Jofz153 alfo Carioth by Tofita,c.t 5.0.25. called Keriorh : whence rade. rg: of Sampfon which abode he Hethamt Then Carioth, x Chroart- called J-carioth, as itwere aman of Elewtheropos and towards cGketag3: Rehoboam reedified. Beyond thefe rowardsthe North border, Saint Fepomes time it In Leuites, the to ng belongi Jathir, notes, that this J¢#,is the Citie of Jethar, or : neere vnto this;Citie was ns Chriftia with er alrogeth d inhabite and /ethira: ed wascall ;ee and ZaraKing of the Are: itwerewer that remarkable battaile fought berweene 4/2 King of Juda, : and was notwithftanding udabelonged bans, who broughtinto the fielda Million of fighting men fame beaten andputto flight: L4/a following the victoryas farre as Gerar, which at the : ' Hicronsndac. time herecoueted. Not farre trom Letber, ftandeth sarmath, whofe King wasflaine by fo/va,and theCitys Bible Between ouetturneds Next vnto itis A4arefathie natiue City of the Prophet a4/chea' : torre ag) 2Mice.t35 irand Odolla, Indas Macchabens overthrew Gorgéasand fent thence ten thoufandDragma of filuer tobe offered for Sacrifice. Odolla ox Hadullam it felfe wasan ancient and magnificent Citie, taken by. Iofné, and the Kingthereofflaine. Zonathas Macchabensbeaurified irgreatly. ThenCeile ot Keil Bade Tetras, 1Sam.23t afterward Echela,where Dania fometimehid himfelfe : and which afterward hee delines red from the aflaults of the Philiftims: neete which the Prophet éacue. was buried whofe monument remained, and was feene by S:Hierome. Neereitis Hebrew, fometime called the citie of Arbab, for whichthe Vulgar hath ce riatharbe:thereafon ofthisnamethey giue, asif it fignified the Citie of foure : be, caufe the foure Patriatchs, Adam, Abraham, Ifaac;.and lacob, were therein buried, but of Adamitisbutfuppofed : anditisplaine bytheplaces,lofva 14.14.and 15-1 3.and 20+ r1.that Arbab here doth notfignifie foure, but that it was the name ofthe Fatherof the Giants called duakim,whofe fonneasit feemes Anak was: and Achiman,Shefbai,an Tals mat (whom Caleb expelled, lof'15,) were the fonnes of Anak, Nam. 13.23- The name of daakfignifieth Forqaens,a chaine wornefor ornament; and it {eemes that this Anh intiched by the fpoyles which himfelfe andhis Father got; worea chaine ofgold, and ° in Lé + got this name: and leauing thé cuftometo his pofteritic,leftalfo the name: fo that sb taethenameof Azzkim may notamifle be expounded by Torguati.s yeeres before4a The Citic Hebvom was oncofthe ancientelt Cities of Cazaasbuilt feuen dand chiefe Citic of the aakinss © is Tfoaw-or Tanis in Egypt : anditwasthehea Calebcxpelled : to whomit wasin past given; to-wit, the Villages adioyning, 2 a reftto the Leuites, It had a Bifhop in the Ghriftian times,anda magnificent Temple bul ‘ : by. Helen the Mother ofConflantine. ».Norfarre hence theyfinde Eleutheropolis,or the free Citic, remembred often by mn fatiowtr. Mace.t.3. eromes Then Eglon whofe King Dabiraffociated withthe orher foure Kings ofthe ff esWe? MLOLItes,to Wit,of Mieru/alemHebron,Jarmath,and Lachis,beficging the Gibeonit FaleChron. fy yhofa veterly ouerthrowne.From hence thenext City of; fame was Eriats after In fight of. this " chron. 2Wécopolis, one of the Cities of Gouernmentor Prafidencies oftudea. # Allo'x tieJudas Macchabeng( after hee had formerly beaten both Apollowius and sere) Bau : a ‘ "+. chird overthrow to'Gorgias Lieutenant toAntiochus. Inthe yeere 1301. it was ouerturned by an-earth-quake,faith Eu/ebine. Inthe Chis Tabeorsi3 ne ad 7Hcon in Siames it had aBithopsfeate of the Diocelle ofCe/aria ofPalefiine. FLOM Bmaus toward the Welt Sea there:are the Cities of Nabanra, Bethdagem : 5 yaleTireiine Ce Guder or Gedera, or Gederothaima,of whichandof Gederoth,* 10f.15-036:a0d 43." fiue Kings before named,a cm ty Pie keeps Azecha,to which /o/#a followed the flaughter ofthe chexelrew Stat flrengrh in. the Valley of * Terebinth, ox Turpentine, as the Kalgaroxa fhe readingi 4 S417, 26 whence (asit feemes) theyfeate itneere vnto Seco, and vato aap 33 of theFliftorie ofthe World, lofe.13,ant-g Lyfia fore't it, and'-4Aptiochus Extapor by nape; dnd afrenwatd by Tides Maccabees. by' Simon exccedingly fortified againft the Macc.1. 6s by famitie! Jesathias regained ie': and it'wes The Syrian Kings. SBethleem isthe next'viito it withitl fixe miles ofHierufalem, othet wife Lehem:fome- Gen. ;3. 48, time Ephraeawhich name,they faysithadfGaless wife;when 4511s ‘fo'called by W70Ses before Caleb was famousin thofe parts, Gew.38.16. OF this Citie was Abe//az, or'1bzai; Indge of-Hfracl,after-tepbtah, famous forthe thirty fonnes and thirty daughters be- yo gotten by him. Elimelee was al\fo a Bethlemite, who with his wife Naomi fojourned in Moabduring the famine of Iuda in thetime Of the Iudges,with whom Rath the daughter in law of Naomi returnedtoBethleem; and martied Bo0z,ofwhom Obed,ofwhom shat, puns of whom Dawid. Ithadal{o the honour to bee the natitic Cityof our Sauiour Je/us Chrift; 7 and therefore fhallthe memorietheréof neuer end. In Zabulowof Galilec there was alfoa City of the fame name? and therefore was this "? em Iuda. r called Bethle #6-0f our Saviou " 3 3 j Math.z.z, : From Bethleem fonic foure orfiuemiléRandech Phecua; the City of Ams ‘the Pro- Amosr. v.r. phet : androthis place adioyningisthe City of Bethzacariayinthe way betweene*Beth- aeate furaand Hierufalem:on whofe Hils adioyging,the glorious guilt thields of 4ztiochys.thi- ei nedlikelampsOF fire inthe eyes of the lewes, The City of * Bezek was alfoneefe vate {C8 ¥36 Bethleemiwhich AdonBeze2c commanded;who had daring his raigne tortur'd 70. Kings, i Pier by cutting off theioyiits of their Fingersand Toes, and made them gather bread vnder C7741 his Table: biit ac lengeh the fame chd befell himfelfe by! the fonnes of sada, afterthey adr, v6.87 had taken hinprifoner: Thé reffof the Cities if this part (moft of them of noerear eftimation ywWe may paffe Baby vnrill wee Comerothe magnificent Calle of Herodium, which Herod erected on a Hill, mournitine thereunto With 200-Marbleftcps, exceeding beautifulland ftrong, And 1ofe.rq.cnt.224 rowards thé Dead Sea, and'adioyning tothe Defart offaruel,betweeneit and Tckoa, is that liedusflarédaswherein the time of Zebofapbarche Tewes ftoodarid fookt on the. Mo- + Chron-tee abitesyAmmottitesandEdomites,maflacting one atlorhet, when they had purpofed to." ra joy ne again ft Tada*neere Which'placéis theValley of bleffing,where the Iewes the fourth day after, lemalycatieand belied Godfor fo ftrange a delinerance. a Nowthe Cities of Iuda which border the Dead Sea, are thefe; Aduran beautified by 2 Chron.z#: Robotne? atid Ffolar,whichthe Valgatcalleth * Segor: fo called becaufe Lot in his prayer * Some a for it viged thatit wasbur alittle one! ‘whenceit was' called Tfohar, which fignifieth a ik a 46 little one ? when'as thé old name Was Belahas it is Gew.1.4.2.1In the Romanestimes ithad 7% Secin a Garrifon, and wascalled(s they fay} Pannier: in Hierdmes time Balexona. Then En- oname gaddior Hen-gaddi,firlt Afafonthamat:neere vate which are the Gardens of Balfamum, iz Barober. the beft that the world had called Opobalfamum: the moft part of all which ‘Trees Cleon ace patra Queene ofEgyptfentfor out of Tudea,and Herod who cither feared or loucd -4a- Hebr-Chatlgin thony her husband ,caufed themto be toored vp and prefented vito her : which thee re. mthumar- + planted ricere Heliopolis in Egypt: This City wasfirfttaken by Chedorlaomer, ‘and the ghee Amorites thence expelled. It was one Of the moft remarkable Cities of luda; andone Gen. 14.7) of the Prefidencies thereof. The reft ofthe Cities are many inthe In-landjandamong them Teffael:not that which : eg. 21 $o Was the Cirié of Wabotho£ whichalready '; but another ofthe fame name, the Citie of Achisoan,the wife of Danid,the mother ofthat Aizmo, whom -4/alom flew :, allo as fome thinkethe Citic of af',Abfaloms Licurenant, and the commander of his Ais Singnse mic. But this feemeth to be an errof grounded vponthe necreneffle of the words, [rael fae and Iefrael¥and becatife the'2 Sams: 17.25. Amafacs father is calléd'a Iffaclite, who. firlt Of the Chrow.2.17.is called an Ifmaelite indeed the Hebrew Orthographie fheweththar Amafaes Father is not aid to be ofthe Citie lefracl,butanIfaclite im Religion, rhough otherwifean Ifmaelite. a Inthis Tribe there weremay high Hills and Mountaines, as thofe of Engaddivpon the |