- Eldest son of Canaan (Genesis 10:15; 1 Chronicles 1:13).
- According to Strabo (16:2), the oldest city of Canaan; situated twenty miles south of Beirut. Its territory extended from the slopes of the Lebanon to the coast, and was bounded on the south by Asher and Zebulun (Genesis 49:13; Joshua 19:25). In its flourishing period the city had a winter and a summer harbor, which are now filled with sand. The city is said to have been called after the eldest son of Canaan (Genesis 10:19; Josephus, "Ant." 1:10, § 2); but the name may also have been derived from the extensive fisheries (
Bibliography:
- Sepp, Jerusalem und das Heilige Land, 2:450-466, Ratisbon, 1876;
- Neubauer, G. T. pp. 294-295;
- Schwarz, The Holy Land, p. 174.
- For data on the ḥaluḳḳah see Die Jüdische Presse (Mayence), 1897, passim.
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