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== 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" /> == | |||
<p> The ancient capital of [[Euboea]] or Negropont. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_31283"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/chalcis Chalcis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_31283"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/chalcis Chalcis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_70565"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/chalcis Chalcis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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