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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" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:44, 15 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
( 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).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The ancient capital of Euboea or Negropont.
