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Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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dors to Hezekiah. 2 Chr. 32 : 31 ; Isa.39 : 1. In 2 Kgs. 20 : 12 he is calledBerodach-baladan. MEROM, WATERS OF (watersof the high place), the name of a lake inthe northern part of Palestine, whereJoshua crushed the confederacy of thenorthern tribes under Jabin. Josh. 11 :5, 7. It is usually identified with LakeSamachonitis of Josephus and themodern el-Huleh of the Arabs, thoughGrove, Keil, and some others questionthis identification. Lake Huleh is 11miles north of the Sea of Galilee. It istriangular in shape, about 6 miles long,3£ miles wide, 11 feet deep, and 270 feetbelow the Mediterranean, and is coveredin parts by several acres of papyrus. Themarsh around it is about 10 miles long,and is covered with reeds and rushes,but on the west there is a beautifuland fertile plain. The lake abounds inwild duck, pelican, and other fowl. Onthe north is an impenetrable jungle,the wallowing-place of buffaloes. Themiasma from the marshes renders thedistrict very unhealthv. (See cut, p. 564.)563
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Lake Huleh, or Waters of Merom, from the South-w MERONOTHITE, a designation Lapplied to Jehdeiah, 1 Car. 27 : 30, and ;Jadon, Neh. 3 : 7, and probably referringto some place not known. MEROZ (refuge), a place in thenorthern part of Palestine, the inhabit-ants of which were accursed for nothaving taken the field with Barak againstSisera. Jud. 5 : 23. Wylie supposes theruins el-Mazraah, near the river Kishon,to mark the site of Meroz; Wilson pre-fers Kefr Mum, south of Tabor; andThomson Meiron, 6 miles west of Safed,as the representative of Meroz. MESECH, Ps. 120 : 5. or ME-SHECH, Eze. 32 : 26, a son of Japheth,whose descendants are supposed to havesettled in Armenia. They had consider-able commerce with Tyre. Eze. 27 : 13.Some suppose the Muscovites were of thisrace. MESHA (deliverance). 1. A kingof Moab who refused to pay to Jehoram,king of Israel, the annual tribute whichhe had been accustomed to pay to hisfather Ahab. For this offence Jehoramdetermined to punish him: and callingto h

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