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== Watson's [[Biblical]] & [[Theological]] [[Dictionary]] == <p> a river of Palestine. On leaving Acre, and turning towards the south-east, the traveller crosses the river Belus, near its mouth, where the stream is shallow enough to be easily forded on horseback. This river rises out of a lake, computed to be about six miles distant toward the south-east, called by the ancients <em> Pelus Cendovia. </em> Of the sand of this river, according to Pliny, glass was first made; and ships from [[Italy]] continued to convey it to the glass houses of [[Venice]] and Genoa, so late as the middle of the seventeenth century. </p> == [[Cyclopedia]] of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature == <p> (Βῆλος ). </p> <p> 1. According to classical mythology, a son of [[Poseidon]] by [[Libya]] or Eurynome. He was twin brother of Agenor, and father of A [[Egyptus]] and Danaus. He was believed to be the ancestral hero and national divinity of several [[Eastern]] nations, from which the legends about him were transplanted to Greece, and became mixed up with [[Greek]] myths. (See Apollod. 2:1, 4; Diod. 1:28; Servius, ad A En. 1:733.) (See [[Baal]]). </p> <p> 2. The father of the [[Carthaginian]] queen Dido, otherwise called Pygmalion. He conquered [[Cyprus]] and then gave it to Teucer. (See Virgil, AEn. 1, 621; Servius, ad AEn. 1, 625, 646.) By some he was thought to be the [[Tyrian]] king Eth-baal (q.v.), father of the [[Israelitish]] queen [[Jezebel]] (1 Kings 16:31), from whose period (she was killed B.C. 883) this does not much differ, for [[Carthage]] was founded (according to Josephus, Apion, 1, 18) B.C. 861. </p>
<p> ( Βηλεύς ), called also Pagqida by Pliny (v. 19), a small river of Palestine, described by Pliny as taking its rise from a lake called Cendevia, at the roots of Mount Carmel, which, after running five miles, enters the sea near [[Ptolemais]] (36:26), or two stadia from the city according to [[Josephus]] (War, 10, 2). It is chiefly celebrated among the ancients for its vitreous sand; and the accidental discovery of the manufacture of glass (q.v.) is ascribed by Pliny to the banks of this river, which he describes as a sluggish stream of unwholesome water, but consecrated to religious ceremonies (comp. Tacitus, Hist. 5, 7). It is now called Nahr Naaman, but the Lake [[Cendevia]] has disappeared. It is an ingenious conjecture of Reland (Palest. p. 290) that its ancient appellation may be connected with the [[Greek]] name for glass ( ὑελός or ὑαλός ), and it is possible that the name appears in the Scriptural one, [[Bealoth]] (q.v.), incorrectly rendered "in Aloth" ( 1 Kings 4:16). For the temple of Belus, see BABEL. </p>
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== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary ==

a river of Palestine. On leaving Acre, and turning towards the south-east, the traveller crosses the river Belus, near its mouth, where the stream is shallow enough to be easily forded on horseback. This river rises out of a lake, computed to be about six miles distant toward the south-east, called by the ancients Pelus Cendovia. Of the sand of this river, according to Pliny, glass was first made; and ships from Italy continued to convey it to the glass houses of Venice and Genoa, so late as the middle of the seventeenth century.

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Βῆλος ).

1. According to classical mythology, a son of Poseidon by Libya or Eurynome. He was twin brother of Agenor, and father of A Egyptus and Danaus. He was believed to be the ancestral hero and national divinity of several Eastern nations, from which the legends about him were transplanted to Greece, and became mixed up with Greek myths. (See Apollod. 2:1, 4; Diod. 1:28; Servius, ad A En. 1:733.) (See Baal).

2. The father of the Carthaginian queen Dido, otherwise called Pygmalion. He conquered Cyprus and then gave it to Teucer. (See Virgil, AEn. 1, 621; Servius, ad AEn. 1, 625, 646.) By some he was thought to be the Tyrian king Eth-baal (q.v.), father of the Israelitish queen Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31), from whose period (she was killed B.C. 883) this does not much differ, for Carthage was founded (according to Josephus, Apion, 1, 18) B.C. 861.

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