I. JAMNIA, Jemnaa, or Jabneh, Jamne, Jamni, or Jamnes, a maritime town in Palestine, situated between Azotus and Joppa. It has a pretty good Haven. We do not find its name in the Hebrew Text of Joshua, but only in the Greek, Josh. xv. 45. where Jamnai near Ekron is placed among the Cities of Judah. Uzziah King of Judah, the son of Amaziah, took it 2 Chron. xxvi. 6. Antiq. l. 5. c. 1. 2 Macc. xii. 9.from the Philistins. Josephus says, that it was given upon the division to the Tribe of Dan. We read in Maccabees, that the Port of Jamnia was two hundred and forty furlongs from Jerusalem.
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