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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49200" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49200" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> ABILENE </strong> . [[Mentioned]] in Luke 3:1 , and also in several references in Josephus, as a tetrarchy of Lysanias [wh. see]. It was situated in the Anti-Lebanon, and its capital was Abila, a town whose ruins are found to-day on the northern bank of the river Barada, near a village called <em> Sûk [[Wady]] Barada </em> . It is one of the most picturesque spots on the railroad to Damascus. The ancient name is to-day preserved in a Latin inscription on a deep rock-cutting high up above the railway. By a worthless Moslem tradition, [[Abel]] is said to have been buried here. </p> <p> | <p> <strong> ABILENE </strong> . [[Mentioned]] in Luke 3:1 , and also in several references in Josephus, as a tetrarchy of Lysanias [wh. see]. It was situated in the Anti-Lebanon, and its capital was Abila, a town whose ruins are found to-day on the northern bank of the river Barada, near a village called <em> Sûk [[Wady]] Barada </em> . It is one of the most picturesque spots on the railroad to Damascus. The ancient name is to-day preserved in a Latin inscription on a deep rock-cutting high up above the railway. By a worthless Moslem tradition, [[Abel]] is said to have been buried here. </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64670" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64670" /> == | ||
