"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.
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.
Samaria (Shomron), 244; its sieges, 245;
pool of, 246; villages of the district, 337. Samaria, the woman of, 242.
Samaritans, 240, 241 note. Samaritan, the Good, 424. Samson, 258, 259.
Sand in the East and Egypt, xxxvi., liii., 68 not the rule of the Desert, 8; in the Parable of the Torrent, 430. Sandstone of Sinai, 10, 11; its colour, 10, 12; inscriptions on, 11, 60; at Petra, 88-91.
Sandy belt of Debbet-er-Ramleh, 8; and of El-Kâa, 9.
Santa Casa: see Loretto.
Sanur plain and fortress of, 246, 24, note.
Sardis capture of, 173. Sarepta, 268.
Saul: his visit to the witch, 345; his death, and disposal of his body, 345, 346. see Ladder of the Scala Tyriorum :
Scopus hill of, 186, 226. Scythians their incursion into Palestine, 340 note.
Scythopolis (Beth-shan), 340 note, 417. Sea, the "the West" in Hebrew, 115 note; Oriental dread of, 262. Sebaste Roman name of Samaria, 245, 412.
Sebbeh (Masada), 296 note, 531. +Sela (cliff), 95, 499. Selim I.
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
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,
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.
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,
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.
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
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,
Wady Howar (the division), in the Arabah, 85.
Wady Huderah, 80; by some identified with Hazeroth, 81, 92.
Wady Hamam (pigeons), 299 note, 382,
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.
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.
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