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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34861" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34861" /> == | ||
<p> ("hamlet of the Ammonites".) | <p> ("hamlet of the Ammonites".) Among Benjamin's towns ( Joshua 18:24). The name alludes to some [[Ammonite]] inroad up the ravines from the [[Jordan]] valley to the [[Benjamite]] highlands. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31895" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31895" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews Kephar´ ha-Ammonay´, כְּפִר הָעִמּוֹנָי, village of the Ammonites; or, as the margin corrects, Kephar´ ha-Ammonah´, הָעִמּוֹנָה כְּפִֵר, village of [the] Ammonah, i.e. Ammonitis; Sept. Καφαραμμονά, but v.r. Καραφὰ καὶ Κεφιρὰ καὶ Μονί , blending with [[Ophni]] following; Vulg. villa Emona), a place in the N.E. section of the tribe of [[Benjamin]] (q.v.), mentioned between [[Ophrah]] and Ophni (Joshua 18:24. Schwarz (Palest. p. 126) thinks it is the "Ammonai" (so he reads for "Emmaus") repaired by Barchides (1 [[Maccabees]] 9:50). In the | <p> (Hebrews Kephar´ ha-Ammonay´, כְּפִר הָעִמּוֹנָי, ''village of the Ammonites;'' or, as the margin corrects, ''Kephar´ ha-Ammonah´, הָעִמּוֹנָה'' כְּפִֵר, village of [the] Ammonah, i.e. ''Ammonitis;'' Sept. Καφαραμμονά, but v.r. Καραφὰ καὶ Κεφιρὰ καὶ Μονί '','' blending with [[Ophni]] following; Vulg. ''villa Emona),'' a place in the [[N.E.]] section of the tribe of [[Benjamin]] (q.v.), mentioned between [[Ophrah]] and Ophni ( Joshua 18:24. Schwarz (Palest. p. 126) thinks it is the "Ammonai" (so he reads for "Emmaus") repaired by Barchides ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 9:50). In the Onomasticon (s.v.) it is merely called "Ammonai (Euseb. Ἀμμωενία; Jerome, ''Amonai),'' in the tribe of Benjamin." In the name of this hamlet, (See Caphar-) is doubtless preserved the memory of an incursion of the [[Ammonites]] up the long ravines which lead from the Jordan valley to the highlands of Benjamin. (See [[Ammonite]]). Such a position is the modern ''Ain Yebrud,'' a little east of Jufna (Robinson, ''Researches,'' 3:79 note). </p> | ||
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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
("hamlet of the Ammonites".) Among Benjamin's towns ( Joshua 18:24). The name alludes to some Ammonite inroad up the ravines from the Jordan valley to the Benjamite highlands.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Hebrews Kephar´ ha-Ammonay´, כְּפִר הָעִמּוֹנָי, village of the Ammonites; or, as the margin corrects, Kephar´ ha-Ammonah´, הָעִמּוֹנָה כְּפִֵר, village of [the] Ammonah, i.e. Ammonitis; Sept. Καφαραμμονά, but v.r. Καραφὰ καὶ Κεφιρὰ καὶ Μονί , blending with Ophni following; Vulg. villa Emona), a place in the N.E. section of the tribe of Benjamin (q.v.), mentioned between Ophrah and Ophni ( Joshua 18:24. Schwarz (Palest. p. 126) thinks it is the "Ammonai" (so he reads for "Emmaus") repaired by Barchides ( 1 Maccabees 9:50). In the Onomasticon (s.v.) it is merely called "Ammonai (Euseb. Ἀμμωενία; Jerome, Amonai), in the tribe of Benjamin." In the name of this hamlet, (See Caphar-) is doubtless preserved the memory of an incursion of the Ammonites up the long ravines which lead from the Jordan valley to the highlands of Benjamin. (See Ammonite). Such a position is the modern Ain Yebrud, a little east of Jufna (Robinson, Researches, 3:79 note).
