En-gannim (spring of gardens), 342.
En-gedi (spring of kid), 144, 289,500.
Ephraim: tribe of, dominant for 400 years,
225; mountains of, 227.

Ephraim, Forest of, 322.

66

Ephraim, the city called:" Ophrah and
Tayibeh, 210.

Er-Ram (Ramah of Benjamin), 210; one of
the supposed sites of Ramah of Samuel,
221.
Esdraelon plain of, 327; peculiarity in
situation of its villages, 329; battles of,
330, 361; battle-field of Pal., 329,
349; on the thoroughfare of Pal., 340,
349.

Eshcol (cluster), valley of, 162.
+Eshed, 499. See Ashdoth.

+Eshel Tamarisk, 22 note, 509.
Essenes, 290, 305.

Etam, the cliff, 254 note, 255.
+Etz (tree), 507.

Euphrates: "The River," 494; allusion to,
in Balaam's prophecy, 293.
"Evil Counsel, Mount of," 183.
Ewald on the Wanderings of Israel, 25;

the cave of Elijah, 49 note; Amorites,
132 note; Jebus, 176 note; Abimelech,
236 note; Gilgal, 302 note; Ahimaaz'
running, 323 note; Mt. Gilead, 324
note: See also the notes to 227, 228,
320, 359, 388, and Appendix passim.
Ezekiel's vision of a river issuing from Jerus.,
130, 180, 288; representation of Tyre
as a ship, 266.

Ezion-geber, 84 note, 507.

Falaise, tannery at, 269.

Fastnesses of Judab, 162.
Feiran. See Wâdy P.
Fenced cities of Judah, 163.

Fergusson, James: his opinion on the Sakrab,

179, 454 note; on Zion, 170 note, 172
note; on site of Church of the Sepulchre,
454 note.

Feshkah, 294 note.

"Field, the" of Shechem, 232, 244; of the
Vale of Siddim, 281; of Moab, 292,
315.
Figtrees on Olivet, 144, 184; parable of,

413, 414. See Bethphage.
Fish abundance of, in Gennesareth, 367,
369; Joshua's law concerning, 367;
none in the Dead Sea, 286 note.
Flowers in the south of Pal., 100, 104;
profusion of scarlet, 137; contrast of
their colours, 138; "lilies," 422.
Fords of Jordan, 297, 304, 320, 322.
Forests of Pal., 121, 137, 301, 314 note,
322, 354.

+Gal (cairn), 119 note, 199 note; also spring,
502; and wave, 519.

Galilæan dialect, 356 note.

Galilee origin of word, 355; hills of, 356;
torrents of, 422 chief scene of the
History of the Three Gospels, 410;
Parables of which G. is the scene- -the

sower, 418; corn, 418; "tares," 419;
architectural use of the word, 356.
Galilee, Sea of: sec Gennesareth.
"Galilee," or "Viri Galilæi": one of the

summits of Olivet, 183; possibly the
Mt. of Corruption of Solomon, 185 note.
Gardens of the East (N. T. &ypo), 187
note; in valleys of Sinai, 27, 52..
Gazelles of Palestine, 204, 324.

+Geb (ditch), 504.

Geba (Jeba), 210; confounded with Gibeah,

210 note, 489.

Gebel ed Deir (M. of the Convent): at Sinai,
46; ascent of, 77.

Gebel el Banat (M. of the Damsels), 31, 80.
Gebel el Fureidis (Little Paradise), "the
Frank Mountain," 163: see Jebel F.
Gebel et Tur (Olivet), 183.
Gebel Fureia: above Wâdy er Raheh, 35.
Gebel Haroun (M. Hor): proofs of its iden-
tity, 87 note, 90.

Gebel Katherin (M. St. Catherine): why so
called, 32, 45, 76; ascent of, 76; visible
from G. ed Deir, 78; and from the Pass
of El-Wah, 79.

Gebel Mokatteb (M. of writing), 60.
Gebel Mousa (M. of Moses): traditional site

of Sinai, 39-44; ascent of, 74; colours,
12; springs and vegetation on, 19, 20;
valleys of, 27, 42; mysterious noises
heard on, 14, 23; Mussulman legend of,

58; visible from G. ed Deir, 78; and
from el-Wah, 79: no inscriptions, 60.
Gebel Shebibeh, in the Arabah, 85.
Gebel Solab (M. of the cross) G. ed Deir, 77.
Gedor, 159 note.

+Gedoth (banks of a river), 494.

Gehenna, 170 note.

Ge-Hinnom (Ravine of H.), 171, 477.
Geliloth, 278 note, 288 note, 483.
Gennesareth, Lake of view of from Tabor,

361; described, 362; depression of,
and climate, 362; beach, 363, 370;
vegetation, 363; has no associations
with the O. T. 364, 381; Jewish belief
that Messiah would rise from it, 365;
called Chinnereth in the O. T. 365;
copious springs on W. shore, 366; re-
calls the Valley of the Nile, 366;
contrast with Dead Sea, 366; abundance
of fish, 367, 369, 420; eastern shore,
372; traditional localities of the lake,
378 note; derivation of name, 366
note.

Gennesareth, Plain of ancient activity in,

368; its dense population, 368 note,
369, 375; contrast with the surrounding
desert, 371; compared to Vale of Siddim,
366, 377; scene of the Sower and other
Parables, 418; birds of, 419, 422.
Geological features of Syria, 4; of Sinai-
limestone 7, sandstone 8, granite 10:
of Palestine, 145, 149, 153.

Gerar, valley of, 159.

Gibeah of Saul (Tel-el-Fulil), 210, 213.
Gibeon (El-Jib), 212; high place of Gibeon,
Nebi Samuel, 212.
Gideon, 225, 243, 334, 336.

Gilboa, M., 328; bare hills of, 329; battle

of, 322, 330, 337; spring on, 334;.
possibly alluded to in Judg. vii. 3,
334 note.

Gilead (heap of witness), 317; mountains of,
314.

Gilgal, 301: its successive history, 302;

mention of, with Gerizim, 235 note;
possibly two places of the name, 303

note.

Gischala birth-place of St. Paul, according
to Jerome, 197 note.

Golan, 381.
+Goommatz (pit), 505.

Goshen (frontier), in Egypt, xxviii., xxix.,
xxxiv., and on S. of Pal., 159.

Gospels differences between the first three
and the fourth, 410, 411; Apocryphal
Gospels, 409, 434, 438.

Granite of Sinai, 10, 12.

Greece change of climate through loss of
wood, 121; connexion of its locality
with its history, xiii.

Greek and Roman names in Pal., 229, 260,
271, 374.

:

Grottoes selection of, for the sacred locali-
ties of Pal., 151, 435; Grotto of Na-

tivity, 151, 433; of Ascension on Oli-
vet, 151, 447; of Annunciation, 437.
Groves of Astarte, 143, 389, 509.
Guadalquivir, R.: derivation of name, 16.
Guides, Arab, of Sinai, xxii., 31 note, 42, 73,
77, 85 note.

Gulf of Akaba, 5, 83, 84; level of, 285.
+Gulloth (bubblings), 502.

Havoth-Jair, 321 note, 514. See Chavvah.
Hazar-susim (Village of Horses), 160.
Hazer (Tent Village): frequent occurrence of

the name in S. of Pal. 160. See Chatzer.
Hazor city of Jabin, on Merom, 383; its
remains, 389; grove of Astarte there,
143, 389.

Hazazon-tamar (Felling of Palm), i.e., En-
gedi, 143, 289.

Hebron: earliest city of Pal., 164; vineyards
of, 162; approach to, 100; pools of,
102, 503; Mosque of, 101, 148.

:

Helena her church at Bethlehem, 433;
and on Olivet, 447.

Heliopolis (On), xxxi., xlviii.

Herder on Mt. Tabor, 343; on tribe of Dan,
388.

Hereford Cathedral: medieval map there,

116 note.

Hermon, Mt., 110, 311, 386: its various
names, 395.

Herod the Great: his buildings at Jerus.,

181; founder of Caesarea, 257; resi-
dence at Jericho, 303; illness, 289;
burial-place, 163.

Herod Agrippa: his death, 258.

Herod Antipas: his buildings at Tiberias,
367.

Hervey, Lord A., 331 note.

Hieromax, R. (Sheriat-el-Mandhur), 278
note, 290, 297 note.

"Hill country" of Judæa, 161.
Hiram, 139 note, 356 note.
Hobah, 404.

Holy Places their interest, 431; list of the
chief, 432.

Holy Sepulchre, the scope of the arguments

for and against the traditional site of,
178, 452; diversity of its architecture,
455; and its worship, 456, 459; scene
at Easter, 459-464; possible origin
of these rites, 464.

+Hor or Har (Mountain), 41, 487.
Hor see Mount H.

Horeb meaning of, 31; special use of the
word, 31 note.

+Jaar (forest), 507.

Jabbok, R., 290.

Jabesh-Gilead, 339.

Jabin, King of Hazor, 331.

Jacob, 175: in Egypt, xxviii., his first settle-
ment in Pal., 232; his caution, 238, 147.

Jacob's Well, 146,237, 420.
"Jacob's Tears," 154, 244 note.
+Jad, side of a river, 494.

Jaffa (Joppa), 240 note, 253, 257; perhaps
originally Philistine, 252.

Jair, 321, 514.

+Jam (the sea, and the west), 116, 518.
+Jarden (Jordan), 496.
Jasher, Book of, 206.

Jeba (Geba), 210.

Jebus siege and capture of, 171: possibly
Zion, the " upper city," 176.

Jebel-el-Fureidis: i.e., the Frank Mountain,
221, 507. See Gebel-el-F.
Jehoshaphat: valley of, 172.

Jehu his attack on Ahaziah, 341.
Jenin (En-gannim), 342 note.
+Jeor special name of the Nile, 495.
Jephthah, 321.

+Jerecataim, "flanks" of a mountain, 489.
Jeremiah his lament over K. Josiah, 340.
Jericho: key of Palestine, 299; numerous
streams near, 300; palms at, 301; re-
built, 302.

Jeroboam his temple at Beth-el, 218, 219.
Jerome his residence at Bethlehem, 105,

436; on Ebal and Gerizim, 234 note;
on Adummim, 416 note; on the en-
campment by the Red Sea, 34 note; on
Kadesh, 94 note; and on Mt. Hor, 95

note.

Jerusalaim: possible origin of the dual ter-
mination, 176 note.

Jerusalem great elevation of site, 127; first

aspect disappointing, 165; constant view
of mountains of Moab, 105, 166, 295;
compared in situation to Luxembourg,
166; ravines round, 166, 170, 171, 172,
476, 477; grandeur of approach from
Jericho, 167; continued possession of it
by the Jebusites, 169; emphatically a
mountain city, 169; lair of the Lion of
Judah, 170, 516, 517; compactness of,
172; in what manner the mountains
"stand round" it, 173; natural capital
of Pal., 175; its position on the frontier
of Judah and Benj., 175, 195; double
nature of the city, 176; siege by Titus,
177; spring beneath the Temple, 179;
has never overstepped its walls, 180;
walls built by Sultan Selim I., 181;
its ancient palaces, 182; present
ruinous appearance, 182; prophetical
denunciations of, 268; tannery at, 269;
Holy Places of, 445; Church of As-
cension, 446; tomb of Virgin, 449;
Gethsemane, 450; Conaculum, 450;
Holy Sepulchre, 451.

+Jeshimon (waste), 482.
Jezreel valley of, 328, 334; spring of, 334,
337; park and palace of, 341; visible
from Carmel, 347, 349.

Job, Book of: 280 note, 486 note, 496.
John, St. the scenes of his gospel chiefly in
Judæa, 410.

John the Baptist: tomb at Sebastieh, 242;
scene of his preaching, 304; his out-
ward aspect, 306.

Jonathan his victory over the Philistines,
201, 210.

+Jooval (floodstream), 498.
Joppa, 113 derivation of name, 240 note;
St. Peter at, 258, 269.

Jordan (Descender), the origin of the name,
278; extraordinary general character,
111; influence on the H. Land, 111,
113; rapid descent and tortuous course,
276, 277; terraces, 290; desert plain,
291; jungle on banks, 278, 291, 298;
passage of, by Joshua, 297; fords of,
304, 322, 335; baptism of John, 307;
bathing of the Pilgrims, 308-310; the
Jordan between Gennesareth and Me-
rom, 364 note; lower source at Tel-el-
Kadi, 386; upper source at Banias, 390.
Joseph, in Egypt, xxviii., xxxi., xxxii.,
xxxiv., xli., xlviii., lii.; at Dothan,
244.
"Joseph's tomb" in the vale of Shechem,
147, 237 note.

Joseph, Count of Tiberias, 377.
Josephus on the route of the Israelites, 34,

36, 66 note; on Horeb, 39; on the
Rock of Moses, 47; on identity of Ka-
desh and Petra, 95; his account of
Moses' death, 295; on Galilee, 355 note;
Gennesareth, 366, 368 note, 376; on
Bethsaida, 515.

Joshua: his capture of Ai, 198; the battle
of Bethhoron, 205-208; battle with
Jabin, 383; legendary "tomb of Joshua"
at head of L. Merom, 385 note; law
respecting fish in Gennesareth, 367.
Joshua, book of: importance for geography
of Pal., xi.

Josiah his battle with Pharaoh Necho, and
death, 117, 339.

Judæa table-land of, 173; hills of, 161.
Judah

character of tribe, 161.

Judas, traditional tree of, 105 note, 183.
Judas Maccabæus : battle at Beth-horon,

"Ladder of the Tyrians" (Ras Nakhora),
260, 262.

Ladroon, i. e. Castellum boni Latronis, 203
Lahai-roi: well of, 159.

Lasaf, or Asaf (caper plant), 22, 70, 81.
+Lashon (tongue or bay), 494.
Latin monks their superiority to Greek,

346; impressiveness of their service at
Nazareth, 437.

Lebanon: the "lions' dens" in, 162 note;
meaning of the name, 395; source of
imagery to Hebrew poetry, 396; view
from, 397; traditions of, 404.
Lebaoth (lionesses), 162 note.
Legends of Pal.

their slight connexion with

the localities, 154, 446.

Leontes, R. (Litany): not an ancient name,
110 note, 398; largest river of Syria,
264; its course, 275; and rise, 399.

Leopardi his connexion with the story of

:

Loretto, 442 note.

Libnah (white), 203 note, 509.
"Lily" of Palestine, 138, 422.

Limestone of Syria generally, 4; of Sinai,
7; of Palestine, 145, 301, 382; at
Adummim, 416 note.

"Lion of Judah," 161, 170.
Lionesses see Lebaoth.

Lions in mountains of Judah, 161 note.
Litany R. (Leontes), 110, 298.
"Little Hermon" (Dûhy), 328.
Lo-debar, 480 note.

Loretto, House of its flight from Nazareth,

439; daily devotions at, 440; exami-
nation of the legend, 441; its probable
origin, 443.

Lot his view from Bethel, 214, 215.
Luxembourg: compared in site to Jerusalem,
166.

529

Manasseh the tribe, 320, 381.

Manna, 22, 28 note.

+Maon (den), 170 note, 516.

+Maoz (stronghold), 516.

Mashchith (corruption): Talmudic

for Olivet, 185 note.

+Mearah (cave), 505.

Medinet-chai: traditional name of Mukmas,
200 note.

Medjel, 376 note.

:

Megiddo plain of, 328, 339; waters of,
331; battle of, 339.

Melchizedek, 234, 246, 247.
Memphis, li. lii.

Meonenim (enchantments): oak

or tere-

binth of, 141 note, 236 note, 508.
Merom, lake of: (called also Samachon, and
now Haleh), 382.

+Metzad (lair), 170 note, 517.
+Metzoolah (bottom), 478.
+Mical (brook), 498.

Michmash: battle of, 199; root of word, 200
note.

+Midbar (wilderness), 23, 480.
Midianites their incursion, 333.
Migdal-el probably Magdala, 375 note.
Migron (precipice), near Michmash, 202 note
Milman, Dean, xxii. 166, 177.
+Miphratz (bay), 518.

+Misgab (lofty rock), 492.

+Mishor (downs), name of trans-Jordanic

territory, 317, 357 note, 479.

+Mivtzar (fortress), 516.

Moi Temsah (Crocodile R.), 271 note.
Moladah well of, in S. of Judah, 159.
Monte Rosa Arabic names of the adjacent
valleys, 16 note.

:

Mont-joye (Nebi Samuel), 131, 211.
Moore his report on population of Syria,
120 note.

+Morad (descent), 493.

Moreh oak of, 141; or terebinths of, 232,
234, 248, 508.

Moriah (vision) M., 176 and note, 178, 248.
Moses in Egypt, xxxii. xlii. xlviii, lii.; his
view from, Pisgah, 130, 294, 315; his
death, 295; and burial-place, 296;
Wells of M. on the Red Sea, 29, 58,
66; Rock of M., 46, 47,

Mosque of Omar, 167.

+Motza (spring-head), 501,

Mount of Beatitudes, 360: view of, from
Wady Hymam, 375, 422 note; of
Safed from, 421.

Mount of Precipitation, 358, 359, 437.
Mountains security over plains, 135, 227;
highest mountains named from their
snowy tops, 395 note.

Mountains of Galilee: their beauty and rich-
ness, 353.

Mountains of Sinai: the Tôr, 9; their
geology, 10; main groups, 12; colours,
12, 70; complication of summits, 13,
74;
desolate grandeur, 13, 20; still-
ness, 14; called after the Wadys, 15;
other names due to some natural pecu-
liarity, 18, 31.

Mountain views of Pal. : from Gerizim, 234;
Gilead, 315; Nazareth, 357; Lebanon,
397; of Damascus from A.-Libanus,
402.
Mount Hor (Gebel Harûn): first view of,
86; proofs of its identity, 87; visible
from the Deir, 98: see also 487.
Mount of Olives: its elevation, 174; its
four summits, 183; "The Park" of
Jerusalem, 184; Rabbinical legend of
the dwelling of Shechinah on, 186;
Remarkable view of Jerusalem from, 188.
See Olivet.

Mountjoy see Mont-joye.
Múkmas (Michmash): traditions of, 200 note
Mussulman legends: puerility of many,

148; of Moses, 32, 57, 58; of Jethro,
34; of Rock of Sakrah, 178; battle of
Beth-horon, 207 note; of Peter's vision,
269; of Elijah, 271; of Christ's de-
scent at Damascus, 403 note; of Abel,
Seth, and Noah, 405, 406; of a light in

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