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==References == | <p> ( '''''Κροκοδείλων''''' '''''Πόλις''''' ), the name of a town in Syria, situated near a river of the same name ( ''Crocodilon Flumen'' , between [[Caesarea]] Palaestinae and [[Ptolemais]] (Strabo, 16, p. 758; Pliny, 5. 17, 19). Reland ( ''Palaest'' . p. 739) thinks the latter may have been the same with the SHIHOR-LIBNATH (See [[Shihor-Libnath]]) (q.v.) of Joshua 19:26. It is now identified with the ''Nahr Zerka'' (Raumer,, ''Palast'' . p. 53,191), in which crocodiles have been found (Pococke, ''Travels'' , 2:58; Thomson, ''Land And Book'' , 2:244). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:03, 15 October 2021
Crocodilopolis [1]
( Κροκοδείλων Πόλις ), the name of a town in Syria, situated near a river of the same name ( Crocodilon Flumen , between Caesarea Palaestinae and Ptolemais (Strabo, 16, p. 758; Pliny, 5. 17, 19). Reland ( Palaest . p. 739) thinks the latter may have been the same with the SHIHOR-LIBNATH (See Shihor-Libnath) (q.v.) of Joshua 19:26. It is now identified with the Nahr Zerka (Raumer,, Palast . p. 53,191), in which crocodiles have been found (Pococke, Travels , 2:58; Thomson, Land And Book , 2:244).
