194Miletus,276Millo,157Mitanni,93Mizpeh or Neby Samwil,38,183,192,198,213Mizpeh of Gilead,216Moab,15,16,40,77,78,120-122,186;physical characteristics,60-62Moabites,131,133,158Modein,176,205,210-212,220Moreh, Hill of,30,31Moresheth-Gath,186Moses,111,113Mosque of Omar,164Mount Ebal,35,36,72Mount Gerizim,35-37,80,167,226Mount Gilboa,31,32,35,152,153Mount Hermon. See HermonMount of Olives,260,261Mount Seir,62,115,116,120Mount Tabor,30,31,79,231Mycenæ,9,93Nabateans,198,231Nablus (Shechem),36,167,168Nahaliel,121Nahr Bareighit,47Nahr ed-Damur,22Nahr el-Allân,56,57Nahr el-Auwali,22Nahr el-Kisimiyeh,22Nahr er-Rukkad,57Nahr Jalûd,31,35,49Naphtali,131,134Nazareth,30,238-241,255,256Neapolis,272,273Nebo, Mount,61,124Nebuchadrezzar,191,192Neby Samwil. See MizpahNecho,190Negeb, the, See South CountryNehemiah,200-205Netophah,199Nicæa,82Nile, Valley of,4,5;River,14,108,112;Delta,76,104,108,109Nineveh,81Nippur,197Nob,148,149Og, King of Bashan,123Omri,71,170Ono,205Ophel, hill of,65-67,157,162,164,204Ophir,164Ophrah of Gideon,137,139Ophrah in Ephraim,144Orontes,90Palatine Hill,11Palestine, 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,228-232Palmyra,81Paphos,269Parthians,228,232Paul,266-277Peleset,104Pella,51,83,208,238Pelusium,231Penuel,137,138Perea,237Pergamus,82Persia,213Peter,265,266Petra,76,77,95,116,184,228Pharathon,223Pharisees,218,229Pharsalia,231Philadelphia. See Rabbath-AmmonPhilistia,78,139Philistine Plain, physical characteristics,25,41;evidence of Egyptian influence,92Philistines,104,130,144,145,150-156Philip the Evangelist,265Philip the Tetrarch,237,238Philippi,82,83,272-274Phœnicia,13,22,78,93,256,272Phœnicians, as mariners,17;home,22,23;as conquerors,23,58;civilization of,91Pilate,262Pilgrim Ford,51Pithom,110Pompey,228-231Pools of Solomon,38,69,204Ptolemais. See Accho or AcrePtolemies,209Puteoli,83,276Rabbath-Ammon,77,158,159,208Railway from Haifa to Damascus,254——, Damascus to Mecca,121Ramah (Beit Rima), in Mount Ephraim,141,142Ramoth-Gilead,174,175Ramses II,103,107-111Ramses III,104Raphana,238Raphia,76Raphon,218Ras el-Abjad,23Ras en-Nakurah,23Red Sea,7,76,113,115,116Rehoboth,118Remtheh,174,215Rephaim, Valley of,41,155,156,165Reubenites,131,133Riblah,80,192Roads, 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,241,242Rome,11,83,228-232,276,277Safed,29Salamis,269Salt Hill,197Samaria,15,29;physical characteristics,34-38;contrasted with Judah,43,44;in Roman period,258,272Samaria, city of,35,79,80;name,70,71;situation,71;strength,71,72;history,170,226,233,236,265Samaritans,181,198,226Samson,139,140Samuel,141-143,258Sanhedrin,236,261Sardis,82Sarepta,256Sargon,87Saul,141-156Scopus,149Scythians,189,190Scythopolis. See BethsheanSea of Galilee,28,46,48-50Sebaste. See SamariaSela,183Seleucidean Rule,56,57,79,81,168Semakh,252Sennacherib's campaigns,185-188Sepphoris,230,237Shalmaneser II,177Shaphir,186Sharon, Plain of,15,33,35,79,80,81,151;physical characteristics,24,25Sharuhen,93,183Shashu,93Shechem,35,37,71,79,80,81,100,166,226Sheep Gate,202Shephelah, the,26,39,41,80Shiloh,37,141-143Shishak,170,182,184Shittim, Valley of,124Shobek,77Shunem,101,151Sidon,23,24,100,256Sihon,121,122Silas,272,273Siloam, Pool of,66,68,69,162Simeonites,128,134Simon, the Maccabean,224,225Sinai,115,116Sippar,81,181Smyrna,82Socho,82Solomon,162-166Solomon's Porch,260,261,264Son of Man, belief in the coming of,235Sorek, Valley of,41,42,75,130South Country,15,16,78,108,119,128,139,140,155,183;physical characteristics,42,43Spain,276Stephen,264,265Strabo,24Succoth,137,138Suez Canal,114Susa,201Syene,195Syria, physical characteristics,7,14;southern,13; central,17,94;northern,45,78,169;Semitic invasions,89;peoples of,93Syrian Gates,82Taanach,94,95,101,102,129,132Tabighah Fountain,249,250Tabor. See Mount TaborTahpanhes,194-196Taiyibeh. See TobTalmud,29Tamar,163Tamyras,22Tarichea,254Tarshish,3Tarsus,82,266,267Taru,76Taurus Mountains,82,266Tekoa,177,178Tell Abib,197Tell Abu Neda,57Tell Defenneh,194Tell Deir Alla. See SuccothTell el-Amarna Letters,13,88,102,107,163Tell el-Faras,57Tell el-Hesey. See LachishTell el-Kadi,47Tell el-Kasis,31Tell el-Maskhutah,110Tell el-Mutesellim,98Tell es-Safi,140Tell es-Sandahannah,187Tell Hum,247,248Tell Nimrin,243Tell Oreimeh,248,250Tema, Oasis of,28Tephon,223Thebez,80,138Thessalonica,83,273-275Thotmose III,33,89,97,99,100,140Tiber,11Tiberias,46,237,254Tiglath-pileser I,176Tiglath-pileser IV,177,180,185Tigris-Euphrates Valley,5-7,90,93Tigris River,3Tîh, Desert of,43Timnath,140,205,223Timsah, Lake,108,110,113,114Tirzah,169Tishbe,172Tob, the land of,136Tower of the Furnaces,204Troas,82,272,277Tyre, city,17,22,23,100,186,207,256,276;plain of,22,23Tyropœon Valley,65-69,157,185,203,204