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Tichon

Ezekiel xlvii. 16.TICHON. Ezekiel speaks of the House of Tichon, or of Beth-tichon, which is upon the Confines of Auranitis. Its Situation is unknown; but it could not be far from Damascus, nor from Trachonitis. Pliny1 mentions the Bœtaceni.

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  1. Plin. l. 5. c. 23. Others read Bœtarreni, instead of Bœtaceni. ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Tichon,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/t/tichon/.

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