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<p> ( '''''Φασαηλίς''''' '','' Josephus; '''''Φασηλίς''''' , Ptolemy, 5:16, 7; ''Phaseli.,'' Pliny, 13:4, 19; 21:5, 11), a city in the plain of the Jordan, built by Herod the Great in honor of his brother Phasaelus (Josephus, Ant. 16:5, 2; 17:8, 1; 18:3, 2; War, 2:9, 1). It is now Tell Fusail, a small hill with ruins at its base. The site is inhabited by a few people who cultivate their gardens. These are irrigated by a brook, the fountain of which is an hour more to the west, hidden as it were under the high cliffs below Daumeh, and under the shade of a dense jungle (see Robinson, Researches, 2:305). Brocardus and Mar. Samedo (Secr. Fidel. Cruc. III, 14:3) identify this little stream, now called [[Ain]] Fusail, with the brook [[Cherith]] (see Reland, Palaest. page 953; Bachiene, Heil. Geogr. I, 1:126-130).-Van de Velde, Memoir, page 339. </p>
<p> The present Khunrbet Fasail is laid down on the Ordnance Map at twelve and a' half miles north of Riha (Jericho), and is briefly described in the Memoirs accompanying (2:392). </p>


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<ref name="term_55261"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/phasaelis Phasaelis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_55265"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/phasaelis+(2) Phasaelis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 15 October 2021

Phasaelis [1]

The present Khunrbet Fasail is laid down on the Ordnance Map at twelve and a' half miles north of Riha (Jericho), and is briefly described in the Memoirs accompanying (2:392).

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