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Chellus

CHELLUS, is a Canton in the Province of Palmyra, or it may be the same as Allush, a City in the southern part of Edom, otherwise called Eluza, or Chaluza: Eusebius and S. Jerom place Allush in the Neighbourhood of Petra, the capital City of Arabia Petræa.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Chellus,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/c/chellus/.

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