Orontes
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Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Acts 11:19 Acts 13:1 2 Samuel 8:9 2 Kings 17:24 2 Chronicles 8:4 Isaiah 11:11 2 Kings 23:33 2 Kings 25:21
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The principal river of Syria, rises in the western slopes of Anti-Lebanon, and flows northward through Syria, turning at last SW. to the Mediterranean; its course of 150 m. is through country in many parts well cultivated, past the towns of Hems and Hamah, and latterly through a woody ravine of great beauty.
