"Palm-trees, city of:" Jericho, 144,
145, 301, 307; possibly also En-
gedi, 296 note, 144.
Palm-trees on the Nile, xxxiii., lv.,
305; of Palmyra, 8; of the Desert,
20, 25, 69, 98; at El-Wady, 19;
rarity of, in Pal., 98, 99, 144; on
the maritime plains, 145, 267; on
Olivet, 121, 145, 187; at Jericho,
144, 307; at Ep-gedi, 144, 295;
at Kirjath-Sannah, 161; origin of
the name Phoenicia, 145, 267; at
Abila, 298 note; in Esdraelon, 348;
at Tiberias, 370; at entrance of
Jordan to S. of Galilee, 371; Palm-
tree of Deborah, 145.

Palmer origin of the term, 145.
Paneas, 398; see Cæsarea Philippi.
Parables of our Lord, 420; those relating

to vineyards, 102, 164, 420; to fig.
trees, 421, 422; to shepherds, 423;
to corn-fields, 425, 426; the birds,
427;
the fish, 427, 429; the torrent,
430; images drawn from the hum-
blest objects of life, 432.
"Paradise" origin of the word, 518.
Paran, 41, 43.

+Pardes (plantation), 518.
Park-like character of Esdraelon, 349;
of Carmel, 352, 490; of the territory
of Ephraim, 243.

Paul, St. visit to Arabia, 50: pride in
his tribe, 201 at Cæsarea, 263; in
Phoenicia, 267; reputed site of his
conversion, 414%.

+ Peleg (stream), 507.
Pella, 330.

Peræa, 329; our Lord's retirement to,
330, 419; probable scene of parabie
of the Lost Sheep, 423.

first settlements, 288; alliance with
northern tribes, 363.

Pi-ha-hiroth meaning of word, 37 note.
Pilate, 103, 262.

Pilgrims to Mecca, 8; to the Jordan,
314; to Jerusalem, 464, 471.
Pine-trees on Lebanon, 140 note.
Pisa Campo Santo at, 449.
+Pisgah: view of Moses from, 131, 300;
and of Balaam, 299; position of,
301 note, 321; the word, 496.
"Plain :" mistranslation of in Auth. Vers.
for "Oak," 142 note, 235 note, 239
note, 340 note, 520.
Plains of Palestine: retained by the Ca-

naanites, 134, 398; now infested by
Arabs, 136; their insecurity, 136;
their agricultural value, 136, 258.
See Esdraelon, Shephelah, and Sharon.
Pompey advanced on Jerusalem by the
Bethany road, 168, 176.

Pools of Hebron, 102, 246; of Siloam,
180, 428; of Samaria, 246. See
513, 514.

Poplars on Anti-Libanus, 140 note.
Porter, Rev. J. L., 406 note, 407 note,
412 note, 414, 510.

Prophecy the true accomplishment of,
271, 272, 384.

"Prophets :" summit of Olivet, 186.
Prophets schools cf, at Bethel, 222; at
Jericho, 308.

Ptolemais (Accho, Acre), 264.
Ptolemies, the, xlviii.
Pyramids, xxxv., lv.

Pythagoras on Carmel, 353.

"Quails" miracle of the, 82.
Quarantania, 308.

Rabbath-Ammon, 322.

Races of the Arabian Christians round the
H. Sepulchre, 466.

Rachel tomb of, 149.

Ramah of Benjamin (Er Ram), 218.
Ramah of Samuel: various supposed
sites of, 224, 225.

Ramathaim (double height), 224; site of,
according to Eusebius and Jerome,
224.

Ramé said by Schwarz to be Ramath-
aim, 225.

Rameses, xlvi., xlviii., I., li., liii., 117.
Ramet-el-Khalil: one supposed site of,
Ramah, 225.

Ramleh (sandy) : a supposed site of
Ramah, 224; name of the sea-side
tract of Philistia, 255; and of
Sharon, 260, 275.
Ramoth Gilead, 323.

INDEX.

Rás-el-Abyad (the White Cape), 266.
Rás-el-Ain (head of the spring): tradi-
tional visit of Christ to, 268.

Ras Nakhura, 264, 266.

Ras Sufsafeh, M., 17, 42, 76, 77.
Ravines round Jerusalem, 167, 172.
Red Sea origin of the name, 5 note;
passage of, 33, 66.

Reuben pastoral tribe, 325; and in-
active, 327.
Rephidim battle of, 41.

Retem (broom), 20, 79, 521.

'Rib" (Tzelah): Hebr. expression for
side of a mountain, 188 note, 496.
Richard Coeur-de-Lion, 213, 214, 265;
at Ascalon, 257, 259.
Rimmon, (the cliff Rummon), 214.
Ritter, Professor C.: his theory of Sinai, 40.
Roads of Palestine, 135, 217 note.
Robinson, Dr. confirmed, 76, 335; see

also 44, 69 note, 81: corrected, 97
note, 232 note; see also 70 note.
Rock of Moses, 46, 48 note.
Roman and Greek names in Palestine,
233, 245, 264.

Roman bridges over Jordan, 296.
Roman ruins, in Palestine: Sebaste,
245.

Rome, comparison of its site with that of
Jerusalem, 175.

+Rosh (head of a mountain), 495.
"Round fountain," the, 383.

Royle, Dr.: identification of the "mustard
tree," 427 note.

Rubad, castle of view from, 321.

Ruins in Palestine, 117; Hebrew words

for, 119 note.

Rammon (Rimmon), 214.

557

Tyrians.

182.

builder of walls of Jerusalem,

Semitic names: instances of their tena-
See also 233.
city, 264, 276, 381.
Sena: one of the summits of Sinai, 42.
Seneh (acacia) possible origin of name
Sinai, 17; crag at Michmash, 205.
Sennacherib: his advance on Jerusalem,

206; destruction of his army, 207
note, 258 note; legendary site of the
event, 154.
Sepphoris, or Dio Cæsarea, 365.
Sepulchres. See Holy S. and Tombs.
Septuagint rendering of hyssop, 21

note; Gedor, 159 note; Zelzah,
225; Beth-aven, 223 note; of 1
Sam. xiv. 16, 19; 205 note; "Lad-
der" of Jacob's vision, 220 note;
Moriah and Moreh, 252; Philistines,
256 note; Sharon, 260 note; the
city Adam, 304 note; Beth-barah,
349 note;
343 note; Beth-gan,

Mizpeh, 392 note; Lebanon, 413
See
note; Adummim, 424 note.
further, notes to 326, 327, 392, 517,
526, 527, and Appendix passim.

Ser (myrrh), 17, 78, 80.

Serbal, M.: possible derivation of, 17;
claims of Serbal to be Sinai, 39, 40;
ancient sanctity of, 40; ascent of,
72; and view from summit, 73.
Seth: tomb of, on Anti-Libanus, 407.

Shaalbim (jackals), 162 note.
+Sharon (smooth), plain of, 260; forest
of, 121, 260; connection of with
Apostolic history, 263; villages of,
265; meaning of word, 485.
+Shaveh (dale), valley of, 250, 483.
Shaveh-Kiriathaim, 250.

Shechem capital of Ephraim, 233;
scene of the coronations, 239; well
watered, 235.

Shechinah tradition of its sojourn on
Olivet, 189.

+Shefi (bare hill), 498.
+Shen (crag), 500.

Shells on the shores of Red Sea, 83; of
Gennesareth, 371.

+Shephelah the low land of Philistia,
255, 258, 485.
Sheriat-el-Khebir (Jordan), 284 note,
286.

Sheriat-el-Mandhur (Hieromax), 284

note.

Sheykh Saleh. See Wady-es-Sheykh,
and Salch.

+Shichor (Nile), 504.
Shiloh (Seilan), sanctuary of Ephraim,
231, 232; its site long lost, 231.
Shittah, Shittim (Sayal), 20, 69, 298.
Shomron (Samaria), 244.

Shual (fox or jackal), 162 note, 200
note.

Shubeibeh, castle of, 397.
+Shuk (street), 532.
Súk Barada, 406.
Shuk Mousa, 60, 77.
Shunem, 336, 344.
Siddim see Vale of S.
Sidon, 269, 271.

Sihor, xxxv. See Shichor.
Sik, at Petra, 89-91.
Siloam, pools of, 180, 428.

Simeon lot and fortunes of the tribe,
160, 161.

Sinai origin of the name, 17, 29;

special use of word, 29 note. See
Jebel Mása, Serbal, Jebel Kathe-
rin; and, Mountains of Sinai.
Sinaitic inscriptions, 58-62, 71, 73, 74,

Springs of the Desert of Sinai, 17, 79, 81:
of Palestine; their abundance, 123;
distinguished from wells, 147; round
the Sea of Galilee, 373. See Ain.
Spring below the Temple, 177, 180, 428.
Spring of Annunciation at Nazareth, 366,

444.

St. George's Tomb at Damascus, 4147,
St. Louis founder of the Convent at
Carmel, 353.

St. Saba, Convent of, 296.

Stags (Ajalon), 162 note, 207, 208 note.
"Star of Bethlehem," 139.

Stirling, plain of: analogy with Esdraelon,
337 note.

Stone fences to the fields of Judæa, 102,
421.

Stone-pines, 320 note.

Storms in Palestine, 124.
+Succoth (booths), 529.

Suph (flags or weeds), 6 note, 533.
Surabit el Khadim, 49 note.
Surafend, probably Sarepta, 268.
Sycaminopolis (Caipha), 146.
Sychar (drunken), 223 note.

Sycamores in Palestine, 146; on the
Upper Jordan, 393.

Syria general geological features, 4;
origin of word, 270.

Syrian Christians: their chapel at the H.
Sepulchre, 465.

Taanach, 339.

Tabigah, spring at Gennesareth, 383.
Tabor, M., 336; described, 350; in
early times the sacred mount of the
northern tribes, 351; not the Mount
of Beatitudes, 368; nor the scene of
the Transfiguration, 351; view of
from Mt. of Beatitudes, 429.
Tabor, oak of, 225, 520.
Tadmor, meaning of the word, 8 note.
Tajo of Andalusia: compared to ravines
of Jerusalem, 172.

Tamarisk (Eshel), 21, 70, 81, 520.
Tamyras R. (Tamar), 414d.
"Tares" (Zizania, Zuwan), 426.
Taiyibeh, in the Desert: see Wady T.
Taiyibeh (Ophrah) 214.

+Tealah (conduit), 507.

"Tears of Jacob," 155, 247 note, 371.
Tel (heap), how used in the Bible, 119
note, 203 note, 204 note.

Tuleil el-Ful (probably Gibeah of Saul), 213.
Tel-el-Hajar (possible site of Ai), 204
.note, 206 note.

Tel-el-Kadi (hill of the judge), 394 note.
Tel-Farash (hill of Joshua), 393 note.
Tel-Him, 383.

Tel-Kishon, T. Sadi, or T. Kasis: a

knoll below Carmel, 355.

Templars, origin of the order, 314.
Temptation, scene of the, 312.
Tentura (Dor), 261.

Terebinth (Elah, Butm), in Palestine, 21
note, 141, 519: valley of the T., 207,

481.

Terraces on the hills of Pal., 138; of
the Jordan, 297, 304.
Thebes in Egypt, xxxviii, xl.
Thrupp, Mr., his conjectures on Jeru-

salem, 171 note, 173 note, 192 note;
and on Nob, 188.

Tiberias, 372, 374; metropolis of Jewish
race for three centuries, 372; and
holy city of the north, 372; built by
Herod Antipas, 374.

Tih (wanderings), desert of, 7.
+Tirah (Bedouin castle), 527.
Tirzah Palace of Jeroboam, 243.
Titus his siege of Jerusalem, 175, 178.
"Tomb of Hiram," 277.

Tombs of Egypt, xxxvii., lvii.; of the
Kings at Thebes, xlii., xliii.; of
Ibises at Memphis, lv.; of Palestine,
148, 241, 245, 249, 408, 428.
"Tombs of the Prophets," cave in Olivet:
its history, 453.

"Tomb of the Virgin" at the foot of
Olivet, 454.

Tôr, mountains of the, 8, 9..
Transfiguration, the probably not on

Tabor, 351; but on Hermon, 399.
"Triumphal entry" of Christ into Jeru-
salem, 168, 190-193.

Tyre, derivation of name, 270, 498; its
small size, 270, 271; reservoir at,
268.

Varallo, the "Palestine" there, 449.
Vegetation of Sinai, 16, 20, 69, 80;
formerly more abundant, 24; of
Palestine, 139.

Vespasian his sacrifice on Carmel, 354
note.

Via dolorosa, 451.

Vine cultivation of, in Judah, 163, 421;
emblem of Israel, 164; parables
relating to, 420, 421.

Virgin, tomb of the, on Olivet, 454.
Volcanic agency: traces of, in Palestine,
285, 291, 370. See Earthquakes.

Wady meaning of word, 14, 70; the
roads and rivers of the Desert, 16;
origin of their names, 17; mountains
of Sinai called after them, 14; equi-
valent to the Hebrew Nachal, 14
note, 505.
Wády Abu-Hamad (father of figs), 17,

72; contains a few inscriptions, 59.
Wady Aleyat, at base of Serbal, 72;
contains many inscriptions, 59;
brook in, 44, 72.

Wady Alias, possibly the Cherith, 305

note.

Wady Chusech, 311 note.

Wady Ebni-Hammid, 299 note.
Wady, El (The Wady), its luxuriant
palm-grove, 19 note.

Wady el-Ain (the spring), 81, 85; its
brook perennial, 17 note, 81; vege-
tation in, 21 note.

Wady ed-Deir (the convent), 41, 78.
Wady er-Rahah (rest): probably the
scene of the giving of the Law, 44,
76; long unknown, 44.
Wady es-Sheykh (the saint): largest of
the Sinaitic wâdys, 16, 42; why so
called, 29, 56, 79.

Wady Fik, opposite Tiberias, 380.
Wady Feirân: the Oasis of the Sinaitic

Desert, 19, 40, 42; possible scene
of the battle of Rephidim, 41; its
brook perennial, 17 note; inscriptions
in, 59; vegetation in, 71, 72, 73.
Wady Ghazaleh, 81.

Wady Ghurundel (on west of Peninsula
of Sinai) palms at, 25; possibly
Elim, 69.

Wady Harith, 201, 202, 221, 223.
Wady Hebrân, 38; its brook perennial,

17 note.

Wady Howar (the division), in the
Arabah, 85.

Wady Huderah, 80; by some identified
with Hazeroth, 81, 92.

Wady Hamam (pigeons), 299 note, 382,

429 note.

Wadylihm (between Akaba and Petra), 84.

Wady Leja: named after Jethro's
daughter, 33; contains the Rock of
Moses, 46.

Wady Megara (the cave): sandstone of,

10, 12; inscriptions in, 11, 26, 59.
Wady Mukatteb (writing): described, 61;

inscriptions in, 11, 51, 59, 61, 71.
Wady Músa (Moses): modern name for
the valley of Petra, 89.
Wady Mutyah, 204 note.

Wady Salaka: contains a perennial
brook, 17 note.

Wady Sayal (acacia): why so called,
17, 80.

Wady Sebaiyeh: scene of the giving of

the Law, according to Ritter and
Laborde, 42 note, 44, 76, 78.
Wady Shellal (cataract), 38, 39, 70;
reason of name, 15; vegetation, 21
note.

Wady Shouaib (Hobab), 32, 33.
Wady Sidri (thorn), 17, 71; contains
inscriptions, 59, 71.

Wady Solab (the cross): has a few
inscriptions, 60.

Wady Souwyrah, 79.

Wady Sufsafeh (willow), 17.
Wady Sumghy, 18,

Wady Suweinit: 202; the "passage of
Michmash," 204.

Wady Taiyibeh: vegetation of, 17; pos-
sibly Elim, 37.

Wady Tuárik, 34, 37.

Wady Tubal: red sandstone, 85.

Wady Urtás, 166.

Wady Useit: Elim according to Laborde,
25, 69; palms, 25 note.

Wady Zouara, probably Maaleh Acrab-
bim, 113 note.

Walls of Jerusalem, 181, 182.

Warm springs of Palestine, 285, 295,
370, 373.

Water-lilies in Pal., 430.

Water-shed between Dead Sea and Gulf
of Akaba, 85.

"Weeds, sea of," 5 note, 83.
Wells of Moses (Ayûn Mûsa), 67.
Wells of Palestine, 147, 159, 161, 512; of
Bethlehem, 163; of Jacob, 240, 428;
below the Rock of the Sakrab, 179
note; near Ajalon-Bir el-Kheir,
213.

"West, the," in Hebrew the same word
as "the Sea," 115 note; 533.
White Cape (Ras el-Abyad), 266.
"Whited sepulchres," 428.
Wild beasts: towns deriving names from,
162 note, 200 note.

Wild cattle of Palestine, 324.
Wilderness (Midbar), 22, 247 note, 486.
Willis, Professor; on the rock of the

Sakrah, 180, 460 note; on the
tombs of Joseph and Nicodemus, 457.
Wye, R., compared to the Orontes, 409.

Zaanaim, oak of, 143 note, 340 note, 520.
Zalmon, M. 304; possibly Ebal, 239 note.
Zarephath, 268.

Zaretan, 304 note.

Zeboim (hyænas): ravine of, 162 note,
.200 note.
Zebulun, 348, 362.

Zechariah, his references to the Earth-
quake, 185; his prophecy, 185 note.
Zeeb (wolf), 341.

Zelzah LXX rendering of, 225.
Zemarites, the, 237 note.
Zerin (Jezreel), 349.

Zimmermann's Map, 353 note.

Zion the stronghold of Jerusalem, 171,
177; city of David, 192; arguments
of Fergusson and of Thrupp, 171
note, 174 note, 192 note.

Ziph, wood of, 121.

Zuwán (SiSávior, "tares"), 426.