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Sogane

SOGANE, a Village of Gaulanitis, beyond Jordan. Josephus1 being Governor of Galilee, caus’d it to be fortify’d. It appears to be twenty Miles from Gabara. De Vitâ suâ, p. 1019. It should be read of Gadara, instead of of the Arabians, which the Text insinuates.

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  1. Joseph. de Bello, out ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Sogane,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/sogane/.

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