Palestine : its historical geography : with topographical index and maps . His last battle was on the old border of Judah and Israel,near Bezetho, Bir es Zeit, 10 miles north-east of Eleasa, IPasa, nearModin, whence he started. Here he was defeated and slain. Theposition of other cities mentioned in Maccabean story are known andalready described, save perhaps Jamnia (Map V.), the ancientJabneel, now Jebnah, which commanded the plain at the foot of thevalley of Sorek, near which was also Cedron, now Katrah. As thewhole effort of the Maccabees centred in the defence of Jerusalemand its holy plac
Palestine : its historical geography : with topographical index and maps . His last battle was on the old border of Judah and Israel,near Bezetho, Bir es Zeit, 10 miles north-east of Eleasa, IPasa, nearModin, whence he started. Here he was defeated and slain. Theposition of other cities mentioned in Maccabean story are known andalready described, save perhaps Jamnia (Map V.), the ancientJabneel, now Jebnah, which commanded the plain at the foot of thevalley of Sorek, near which was also Cedron, now Katrah. As thewhole effort of the Maccabees centred in the defence of Jerusalemand its holy place, the area of their conflicts, save in the raids ofJudas, was very limited, and their battle-fields lay about the city, orthe approaches to it from the east and south and north. Of the other apocryphal books as Judith, so far as needful, briefdescriptions of the towns named will be found in the Index. N° 5 _ Ijon( <&VigdolKhaicb <Y T G A L I L E E^^PXaHP1 MagdklaoTiberiis Tiberias\_ fGajiialatana. ausQ o . Nazareth SinnaMis Jy V&Se AbUa) Gadara C*{oLegio. 7Z SYRIA • Paneas fey benLe<:ho\ 4. B. Saida
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