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Lydia

LYDIA, a Province of Egypt, peopled Gen. x. 13.by Ludim, the Son of Mizraim. The sacred Authors often speak of it. See Jeremiah xlvi. 9. Ezekiel xxvii. to xxxv. We do not know distinctly the Situation or Extent of the Countrey belonging to these

° 1 Macc. xi. 34. Joseph. Antiq. l. xiv. c. 8. Lydians in Egypt. See above LUDIM.

xxvii. 5.

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