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Drumos

DRUMOS, or Drymos, or Drymas, a Plain situated in the neighbourhood of mount Carmel, in the way towards Cæsarea in Palestine. The Septuagint sometimes translate Saron, Drymos. Judg. viii. 31. Strab. l. 16. Joseph. Antiq. l. 14. c. 24. & de Bello l. 1. c. 11.translate Saron, Drymos. Strabo speaks of Drymos and mount Carmel, as of two neighbouring places. Josephus says the same of them, and that the inhabitants of mount Carmel had hopes of making themselves masters of the Canton called Drymos.

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

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