ORONTES, a River of Syria, which has its Source in Mount Libanus, and which passes by Emesa, Apamea, Epiphania, and Antioch, and then empties itself into the Mediterranean Sea. Pliny says, its Source is between Libanus and Antilibanus. The Scripture makes no mention of the Orontes; but its Name may be frequently met with, in reading any Commentary upon the sacred Writings.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Orontes,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/o/orontes/.