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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34497" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34497" /> == | ||
<p> Two cities of Judah, both in the | <p> Two cities of Judah, both in the '''''Shephelah''''' or low hills. </p> <p> '''1.''' Between Zorea and Zanoah, N.W. of Jerusalem, Asena ( Joshua 15:33). </p> <p> '''2.''' Between [[Jiphtah]] and Nezib, S.W. of [[Jerusalem]] ( Joshua 15:43), now Esna. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49442" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49442" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21302" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21302" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Ashnah', אִשְׁנָה, ''Fortified,'' otherwise ''Bright;'' Sept. Ἀσνά )'','' the name of two cities, both in the "plain" of the tribe of Judah. </p> <p> '''1.''' One mentioned between [[Zorah]] and [[Zanoah]] ( Joshua 15:33), apparently in the region north of [[Eleutheropolis]] and west of Jerusalem (see Keil, ''Comment.'' in loc.), and near the boundary-line, almost within the territory afterward assigned to Dan (see Joshua 19:41), and probably near Beth-Shemesh, possibly at the site of the modern "large village Deir Aban" (Robinson, Researches, new ed. iii 154). It is probably the Asan (Ἀσάν ) or ''Bethasan'' (Θηβασά ) placed I y [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] ''(Onomast.'' s.v.) at 15 or 16 Roman miles west of Jerusalem. </p> <p> '''2.''' Another town, certainly in Judah, mentioned between Jiphtah and [[Nezib]] ( Joshua 15:43); apparently in the region immediately south and east of Eleutheropolis (comp. Keil, ''Comment.'' in loc.), probably not very far from this last; possibly the present ''Beit Alanm,'' a ruined village on a low mound (Robinson, ''Researches.'' ii, 403). Eusebius and Jerome also speak of an ''Asna'' (Ἀσνά, Onomast. s.v.), but without any particulars. </p> | <p> (Heb. Ashnah', '''''אִשְׁנָה''''' , ''Fortified,'' otherwise ''Bright;'' Sept. '''''Ἀσνά''''' ) '','' the name of two cities, both in the "plain" of the tribe of Judah. </p> <p> '''1.''' One mentioned between [[Zorah]] and [[Zanoah]] ( Joshua 15:33), apparently in the region north of [[Eleutheropolis]] and west of Jerusalem (see Keil, ''Comment.'' in loc.), and near the boundary-line, almost within the territory afterward assigned to Dan (see Joshua 19:41), and probably near Beth-Shemesh, possibly at the site of the modern "large village Deir Aban" (Robinson, Researches, new ed. iii 154). It is probably the Asan ( '''''Ἀσάν''''' ) or ''Bethasan'' ( '''''Θηβασά''''' ) placed I y [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] ''(Onomast.'' s.v.) at 15 or 16 Roman miles west of Jerusalem. </p> <p> '''2.''' Another town, certainly in Judah, mentioned between Jiphtah and [[Nezib]] ( Joshua 15:43); apparently in the region immediately south and east of Eleutheropolis (comp. Keil, ''Comment.'' in loc.), probably not very far from this last; possibly the present ''Beit Alanm,'' a ruined village on a low mound (Robinson, ''Researches.'' ii, 403). Eusebius and Jerome also speak of an ''Asna'' ( '''''Ἀσνά''''' , Onomast. s.v.), but without any particulars. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1100" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1100" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ash´na''''' ( אשׁנה , <i> ''''''ashnāh''''' </i> ): Two sites, (1) Joshua 15:33 , a site in the lowlands of Judah, probably near Estaol and Zorah. The small ruin Aslin between those two places may retain an echo of the old name; (2) Joshua 15:43 an unknown site farther south. </p> | <p> ''''' ash´na ''''' ( אשׁנה , <i> ''''' 'ashnāh ''''' </i> ): Two sites, (1) Joshua 15:33 , a site in the lowlands of Judah, probably near Estaol and Zorah. The small ruin Aslin between those two places may retain an echo of the old name; (2) Joshua 15:43 an unknown site farther south. </p> | ||
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