Judg. xviii. 1, 2, 3, &c. Josh. xix. 47.PANEAS, a City of Syria; formerly called Leshem, then Dan, after the Conquest that was made of it by some Israelites of the Tribe of Dan, afterwards Paneas from Mount Paneus, at the Foot of which it was situate; then Cæsarea Philippi in Honour of the Emperor Augustus, to whom Philip Son of Herod the Great consecrated it1. His Father Herod had a good while before built a magnificent Temple there to the Honour of Augustus2. Lastly, young Agrippa changed the Name of Cesarea into that of Neronias, in Honour of Nero3. In the Time of William of Tyre it was called Belinas, Hist. l. xv. Some make a Doubt whether Paneas be the same as Dan. Eusebius and St. Jerome make a manifest Distinction4, since they affirm that Dan is four Miles from Paneas on the Road to Tyre. But most Writers confound them together, and St. Jerome himself says5, that Dan or Leshem was afterwards called Paneas. It was situate about the Place where Jordan issues out of the Ground; for this River has its Source in the Lake called Phiala, an Hundred Furlongs from Paneas. See the Article JORDAN before.
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