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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49071" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49071" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Alema]] </strong> ( 1Ma 5:26 ). | <p> <strong> [[Alema]] </strong> ( 1Ma 5:26 ). A city in Gilead; site unknown. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18544" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18544" /> == | ||
<p> (only in the dat. plur. ἐν Ἀλέμοις ''),'' one of the fortified cities in [[Gilead]] beyond the Jordan, occupied in the time of [[Judas]] Maccabeus, to the oppression of the Jews, by the Gentiles, in connection with certain neighboring towns ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 5:26). Grimm ''(Handb. | <p> (only in the dat. plur. ἐν Ἀλέμοις ''),'' one of the fortified cities in [[Gilead]] beyond the Jordan, occupied in the time of [[Judas]] Maccabeus, to the oppression of the Jews, by the Gentiles, in connection with certain neighboring towns ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 5:26). Grimm ''(Handb. Zu D. Maccabees'' in loc.) thinks it is probably the BEER-ELIM (See [[Beer-Elim]]) (q.v.) of Isaiah 15:8 ((See [[Beer]]) simply in Numbers 21:16), an identification favored by the associated names (Bozrah and Carnaim). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_711" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_711" /> == | ||
<p> '''''al´ē̇''''' -'''''ma''''' ( Ἀλέμοις , <i> '''''Alémoı̄s''''' </i> ): | <p> '''''al´ē̇''''' -'''''ma''''' ( Ἀλέμοις , <i> '''''Alémoı̄s''''' </i> ): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (1 Macc 5:26), besieged by the nations under Timotheus, together with [[Bosor]] and other cities; and probably relieved along with these cities by Judas Maccabeus, although no mention is made of Alema's relief. The name occurs the one time as dative plural. </p> | ||
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