Bezer Beṣer; described, as here, in Joshua 20:8; and in Joshua 21:36 along with Yahaṣ, Ḳedemoth, and Mepha-ath. The name also occurs on the Moabite stone, line 27. No modern equivalent has been recovered. The meaning of the name is the general one of wallor fence.

Ramoth in Gilead Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:38 (with Maḥanaim), Ramoth of Gilead, 1 Kings 4:13, etc. It has been variously identified with Es-Salṭ (because of the military and administrative importance of this site, and the statement of Eusebius and Jerome that Ramoth Gilead lay 15 Roman miles W. of Philadelphia = Rabbath--Ammon), and with the ruins called el-Jal-ûd, 6 miles N. of es-Salṭ. The Biblical data, however, imply a site N. of the Jabboḳ. Some have fixed on Jerash, but a site still further N. seems necessary. There Gadara (because it must always have been a fortress of importance, debateable between Israel and Aram, and because it is not otherwise mentioned in the O.T.) and Remtheh (both because of its position and its name) seem most suitable. Salḥad has been suggested, but it lies too far E., and its own name was too well known. See further HGHL587 f., G. A. Cooke in Driver's Deuteronomy(3rd ed.), Add. p. xx; Cheyne, E. B.4014 ff.

Golan Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:27. The Γαυλάνη of Josephus (XIII. Ant.xv. 3; 1 B.J.iv. 4, 8) was in Eusebius" time -a very large village in Batanea." To-day the name Jaulân corresponds to the Γαυλανῖτις of the Greek period, E. of the Lake of Galilee and between the Yarmûk and Ḥermon. Schumacher identifies the town with the modern Saḥem-el-Jaulan, 17 miles E. of the Lake. See HGHL444 n. 2, 536, 553.

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