Abana,55Abarim, Mountains of the,60Abel-beth-Maacah,161,180Abel-meholah,175Abner,154Aboda,76Absalom,160,161Abu Shittim,122Accho or Acre, later Ptolamais,28,79,81,100,208,277Achor, Valley of,125,144Acra or Akra,66-68,210Acre, Plain of,23,78Actium,232Adam,124,125Adasa,219Adonijah,162Adoraim,42Adullam,41,149,150,155Ægean Sea,9,272Ahab,170-174Ai,125,128,129,144,205'Ain el-Farah,137'Ain es-Sultan,125Ajalon, city of,100,205Ajalon, Valley of,25,26,40,41,80,88,129,140,182Akaba, Gulf of,14,53Akrabattine,214Alexander Janneus,227Alexander the Great,207-209Alexandra,22Alexandria,82-84,208Alexandrium,229,230,236Altaku, see EltekehAmalekites,118,145Amanus Mountains,82Amathus,230Amenhotep IV.,88,102,130Ammonites,134,136,145,158,159,186,198,215Amorites,91,92Amos,18,177,178Amurru,92,93Anathoth,189Antioch in Galatia,269-271Antioch in Syria,82,209,266,267,272Antiochus Epiphanes,210,211,213,267Antiochus the Great,209Anti-Lebanons,13,29,55,80,90Antipater,228,229Apennines,10Aphek, east of the Sea of Galilee,170,171Aphek, in Western Palestine,140Appian Way,276Ar,121Arabah,53,76,78,116,120,124Arabia,3,7,19,164Arabia, desert,13,15,16,81;influence in Palestine,17,18,123Arad,118,183Arameans,158,159,169-171,173-176,183Arbela, in Gilead, now Irbid,175,179,238Archelais,236Archelaus,236Aretas,228Aristobulus I,226Aristobulus II,229,230Arnon, the river,52,61,62,121,122,133Arvad,100Ashdod,26,100,184,185,208,214,217,223,264Asherites,130,131Ashkelon,25,26,100,102,208Ashteroth-Karnaim,216Asia Minor,8,9,78,82,207;roads,82-83;Paul's work in,269-272Asochis,30,81Asshur,134Assyria,78,93,176,177Assyrians, in Galilee,180;capture of Samaria,181;Sennacherib's campaigns,185-188Athens,274Augustus,232,233,236Aulonia,83Azekah,148Baal-Hazor,37Baalath,163Babylonia,6,78,81,82,181,194,197Babylonian Influence,90,91Bahurim,160Banias (Cæsarea Philippi),47,48,81,209Barak,131Barley Vale. See Wady esh-ShairBarnabas,269-272Bashan,123Beersheba,43,78,80,117,118Beirut,78,100Beisan. See BethsheanBeit-Jibrin,42,186Beit-Rima. See Ramah of SamuelBeni-Hassan,108Berœa,273,274Beth-abara,243Bethany,39,261,262——, beyond Jordan,243Beth-basi,222Bethel,75,100,129,144,177,178,205,223Beth-horon, pass of,36,80,140,144,145,212Beth-horons, Upper and Lower,25,41,100,163,183,205,223Bethlehem,38,41,127,147-149,155Beth-nimrah,243Bethsaida,238,251,262,254,257,264Bethshean, later Scythopolis, now Beisan,33,49-51,80,81,101,129,152,229,238Beth-shemesh,139-141Bethzur or Bethsura,41,80,128,198,214,218,223Beth-zacherias,80,217,218Bezek,127Bithron,154Bitter Lakes,76Bosor,216Bozrahor Bosra,78,215Brook of Egypt,42Brundusium,83Buttauf,30,237Byblos,100Cæsarea,24,233,267,275,277—— Philippi,47,237,238,257Calebites,119Callirrhöe,52Camp of Dan,139Canaan, the name,13;land,129Canaanite cities,32,126,127,129Canaanites,13,18,25,128,132-135Capernaum,247-250,252,253,264Caphersalama,219Cappadocia,103Carchemish,80,190Carmel, Mount,17,21,25,29,31-33,35,36,38,78,79,100,172;physical characteristics,23,24Carmel in Judah,38,150Casphor in Eastern Palestine,216Cayster River,82Chaldeans,190-192,194Chebar River,197Chinnereth. See Sea of GalileeChorazin,250,251,254,264Cilician Gates or Pass,82,266Coast Plains, physical characteristics of,21-26Colossæ,82,276Constantinople,82Corinth,83,274,275Corner Gate,203Court of the Gentiles,261Court of the Women,261Crete,84,277Crocodile River,24Cyprus,269Cyrus,199,269Damascus, roads to,10,33,55,77-81,120;situation,160;history,170,175,185,229Damascus Gate,65Damieh ford,51,125,137Dan, city of,22,47,81,130,134Danites,130,131Dathema,215David, home,147;early exploits,147-153;king of Judah,153-156;rule over united Israel,157-161Dead Sea,13-15,39,40,59-62,76,77,127,177;names,51Dead Sea Valley,13,16,34;physical characteristics,45-54Debir,128Deborah,131Decapolis, the,238,254,256Derbe,82,271,272Dibon,77Dium,238Dog River,78Dor or Adora,100,129,226Dothan, Plain of,33,35,79Druse Mountains or Jebel Hauran,55,56,58Duma or Dumat-el-Jandel,78East-Jordan land,14,78;physical characteristics,55-63East-Jordan tribes,133-135Edom,14,120,183,186Edomites,159,183,184,198Edrei,78Egypt,4,94,108-112,185,194-196;roads from,75,76;history,190,207Egyptian influence in Palestine,26,92,93Egyptian rule in Palestine,97-102Ehud,131Ekron,26,75,140Elah, Valley of,41,42,140,147,148,214,218Elasa,220Elath,76,116,117,120,184Elephantine,195,196Eleutheropolis. See Beit-jibrinEleutherus River,22El-Hammad,58El-Hammeh,46Elijah, the Tishbite,171-173Elim,116Elisha,175Elisha, Fountain of,60El-Jib. See GibeahEl-Kuneitra,79El-Leddan,47El-Lejah,56,78El-Lisan,53,62Eltekeh,100Emmaus, Amwas in Shephelah,213Engannim,33Engedi,39,53En-rogel,162Ephesus,82,83,266,272,275,276Ephraim Gate,204Ephraim, tribe of,128-130,134,136Ephron,219Esdraelon, Plain of,15,23,28,30,35-37,79,81,129,134,145;physical characteristics,31-33Eshtaol,139Essenes,243Etam, Cliff of,139Ethiopians,3,5Euphrates,3,80-82