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Mandia

Jerem. xl. 17.MANDIA, the Name which Josephus1 gives to a certain Place near Bethlehem, where Johanan Son of Kareah overtook Ishmael the Murderer of Gedaliah. Jeremiah calls it by the Name of Gheruth Chimham, which the Vulgate translates by Peregrinantes in Chamaham.

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  1. Antiq. l. x. c. 10. ↩

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