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Acrabatene (1)

  1. ACRABATENE, a Canton of Judæa, extending itself between Naplouse or Shechem and Jericho1, inclining towards the East. It was about twelve miles or four leagues in length. The Acrabatene had its Name from a place called Akrabbim, seated at nine miles or three leagues distance from Shechem, Eastward2. Josephus speaks of the Acrabatene in several places.

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  1. Euseb. in voce ἀκραβέειν. Item in Ἰδυμαία. Vide & Joseph. de Bello. l. 2. c. 11. ↩

  2. Vide Euseb. in Akrabbim. ↩

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