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Agalla

Isai. xv. 8. 1 Sam. xxv. 44.AGALLA,1 or Ægalla, Gallim, or Ægallim, or Eglaim, a City beyond Jordan, to the East of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. Eusebius2 places it at eight miles distance from Ar, or Areopolis, towards the South.

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  1. Joseph. Antiq. lib. 14. c. 2. ↩

  2. Euseb. in Agallim. ↩

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