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Amathus

AMATHUS, a City situated beyond Jordan. Eusebius1 places it at the distance of one and twenty miles from Pella, towards the South. Alexander Jannæus took and destroyed it.2 Some are of opinion, that Gabinius fixed one of the five Seats of Justice in this City.3 Others think, that it was at Amatha on this side of Jordan. M. Reland conjectures, that Amathus and Ramoth-gilead are the same.

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  1. Euseb. Onomastic. in ‘Αιϑάμ. ↩

  2. Antiq. l. 13. c. 21. ↩

  3. Ibid. l. 14. c. 10. & de bell. l. 1. c. 6. ↩

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