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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66024" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66024" /> == | ||
<p> City of Dan given to the Kohathites. Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23 . Identified with <i> Beit Likia, </i> </p> <p> 31 52' | <p> City of Dan given to the Kohathites. Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23 . Identified with <i> Beit Likia, </i> </p> <p> 31 52' N, 35 4' E . </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35249" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35249" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A city on Dan's border, allotted to the Kohaihites ( Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23). </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31300" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31300" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38804" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38804" /> == | ||
<p> [some Elte'keh] (Hebrews Eltekeh', אֶלתְּקֵהִ '', God | <p> [some Elte'keh] (Hebrews Eltekeh', '''''אֶלתְּקֵהִ''''' '', God Is Its Fear,'' i.e., object of awe; but ''Elteke', '''''אֶלְתְּקֵא''''' '' in Joshua 21:23; Sept. '''''Ε᾿Λθεκώ''''' v.r. '''''Ἀλθακά''''' and '''''Ή''''' '''''Ε᾿Λκωθαίυ''''' , Vulg. ''Elthece'' and ''Eltheco),'' a city in the tribe of Dan, apparently near the border, and mentioned between [[Ekron]] and [[Gibbethon]] ( Joshua 19:44) With its "suburbs" it was assigned as a city of refuge and [[Levitical]] city to the [[Kohathites]] ( Joshua 21:23); but it is omitted in the parallel list ( 1 Chronicles 6:1-81). The site is possibly now represented by ''El-Mansurah'' ("the victorious"), "a miserable little village" near a copious spring, in the plain between Ramleh and Akir (Robinson, ''Researches,'' 3:21). Schwarz (Palest. page 141) confounds [[Eltekeh]] with Eltekon, and locates both at a village which he calls "Althini, not far from Beilin (Baalath)." </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:21, 15 October 2021
Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]
City of Dan given to the Kohathites. Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23 . Identified with Beit Likia,
31 52' N, 35 4' E .
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
A city on Dan's border, allotted to the Kohaihites ( Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23).
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Joshua 21:23
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
[some Elte'keh] (Hebrews Eltekeh', אֶלתְּקֵהִ , God Is Its Fear, i.e., object of awe; but Elteke', אֶלְתְּקֵא in Joshua 21:23; Sept. Ε᾿Λθεκώ v.r. Ἀλθακά and Ή Ε᾿Λκωθαίυ , Vulg. Elthece and Eltheco), a city in the tribe of Dan, apparently near the border, and mentioned between Ekron and Gibbethon ( Joshua 19:44) With its "suburbs" it was assigned as a city of refuge and Levitical city to the Kohathites ( Joshua 21:23); but it is omitted in the parallel list ( 1 Chronicles 6:1-81). The site is possibly now represented by El-Mansurah ("the victorious"), "a miserable little village" near a copious spring, in the plain between Ramleh and Akir (Robinson, Researches, 3:21). Schwarz (Palest. page 141) confounds Eltekeh with Eltekon, and locates both at a village which he calls "Althini, not far from Beilin (Baalath)."
