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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31283" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31283" /> == | ||
<p> (Χαλκίς ), a city of [[Palestine]] mentioned by [[Josephus]] (Ant. 14:3, 2; 7, 4; 19:5,1; 8, 1; 20:1, 3; 7, 1; War, 1:9, 2; 2:12, 1) and [[Strabo]] (16:2, 16, p. 753, 755) as lying under Mount Lebanon, near Heliopolis; but thought by Reland (Palaest. p. 315) to be different from the [[Chalcis]] in Syria, placed by the Antonine [[Itinerary]] between Beroa (Bercea or Berea) and Androna. Modern travelers (Thomson, in the Bibliotheca Sacra, 1848, p. 761; Seetzen, Reise, 1:262; Porter, 1:14-16; Robinson, Lat. Bibl. Res. p. 497, 498) have sought its site in the considerable ruins near Medjel Anjar, 3 hours S. of Zahleh (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 303). </p> | <p> ( '''''Χαλκίς''''' ), a city of [[Palestine]] mentioned by [[Josephus]] (Ant. 14:3, 2; 7, 4; 19:5,1; 8, 1; 20:1, 3; 7, 1; War, 1:9, 2; 2:12, 1) and [[Strabo]] (16:2, 16, p. 753, 755) as lying under Mount Lebanon, near Heliopolis; but thought by Reland (Palaest. p. 315) to be different from the [[Chalcis]] in Syria, placed by the Antonine [[Itinerary]] between Beroa (Bercea or Berea) and Androna. Modern travelers (Thomson, in the Bibliotheca Sacra, 1848, p. 761; Seetzen, Reise, 1:262; Porter, 1:14-16; Robinson, Lat. Bibl. Res. p. 497, 498) have sought its site in the considerable ruins near Medjel Anjar, 3 hours S. of Zahleh (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 303). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70565" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70565" /> == | ||
