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Judg. xi. 33.ABEL OF THE VINEYARDS1 was, according to Eusebius, six Miles from Philadelphia, otherwise Rabbath, the Capital of the Ammonites. It is probably the same with Abela, between Jabez and Gadara, and near to Pella. Eusebius takes notice of a Town called Arbela, subject to Pella, which may very well be the same with Abela.
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Translators’ note. In our English Translation, The Plain of the Vineyards. Heb. .אבל כרמים ↩
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