Eusebius of Caesarea · a new plain-English translation from the Greek
?| From Genesis. Dasea (Gen 10:12): a very large city of the Assyrians, which Assour built "between Nineveh and Chalach." Oak of Mambrē (Gen 13:18): the terebinth still pointed out even now near Hebron, where Abraham pitched his tent; it is venerated by the nations too. Damascus (Gen 15:2): a notable city of Phoenicia. The son "of Masek," Abraham's "house-born" servant, was also called by this name. Dan (Gen 14:14): a village so called, four miles from Paneas on the road to Tyre; it was also the boundary of Judaea, and from there the Jordan comes out. Danaba (Gen 36:32): the city of Balak son of Beōr, king of Edom, after whom Job reigned. There is now a village Dannea eight miles from <Areopolis as one goes to the Arnon, and another, Danaba, on Mount Phogōr,> seven miles from Esbous. Dōthaeim (Gen 37:17): where Joseph found his brothers pasturing their flocks. It survives in the territory of Sebaste, twelve miles from it to the north.
?| From Numbers and Deuteronomy. Daibōn (Num 21:26f., 30), or Dibōn: a stopping place of the sons of Israel in the desert. There is also another, even now a very large village beside the Arnon; in ancient times it belonged to the sons of Moab and afterward to Sēōn the Amorite, and the sons of Israel took [….] it; it fell to the tribe of Gad. Isaiah mentions it in the vision "against Moabitis," and so does Jeremiah. Daibōngad (Num 33:45): a stopping place of the sons of Israel. Dysmai Mōab, "the West of Moab" (Num 22:1ff.): "by the Jordan, at Jericho," where Balak "king of Moab" and "the elders of Midian" plot against Israel; where Moses also writes Deuteronomy.
?| From Joshua. Dabeira (Jos 10:38): whose king Joshua struck down. It fell to the tribe of Dan. There is now another, a Jewish village on Mount Tabor, in the territory of Diocaesarea. Dōr of Naphath (Jos 11:12), <Symmachus: Dōr> "of the coast": this is Dōra, near Caesarea of Palestine as one goes to Tyre, now deserted. The tribe of Manasseh did not take it, because it did not destroy the foreigners in it. Dabeir (Jos 11:21): of the tribe of Judah, a city called "of letters," which Gothoniēl, brother of Caleb, the son of Caleb's brother, captured, destroying the Enakeim in it. It became a priestly city. Dabeir (Jos 13:26): beyond the Jordan, a city of the Amorites. Deimōna (Jos 15:22): of the tribe of Judah. Dalaan (Jos 15:38): of the tribe of Judah. Denna (Jos 15:49): of the tribe of Judah; it is the same as the city of letters. Dauid (Jos 15:49): of the tribe of Judah. Douma (Jos 15:52): of the tribe of Judah; now a very large village in the Daroma, in the territory of Eleutheropolis, seventeen miles away. Damna (Jos 19:13): of the tribe of Zebulun, a city set apart for the Levites. Dabasthe (Jos 19:11): of the tribe of Zebulun. Dabrath (Jos 19:22): of the tribe of Issachar, a city set apart for the Levites.
?| From Judges. Oak (Judg 6:11), the one "in Ephratha": in the lot of Manasseh, where Gideon lived.
?| From Kingdoms. Deibōn (Isa 15:2): Isaiah mentions it in the vision "against Moabitis." Deseth (Isa 16:7): Aquila: "for a wall"; Symmachus: "for a city wall." Dōdaneim (Isa 21:13): Isaiah, in the vision of Arabia. It is near Areopolis. Darōm (Ezek 20:46): Symmachus: "the south-west." In Ezekiel. Diospolis (Ezek 30:14): a city of Egypt, in Ezekiel. Dadan (Jer 25:23): in the land of Kēdar, as Jeremiah says. Deblathaeim (Jer 48:22): in the land of Moab, as Jeremiah says. Daidan (Jer 49:8): in Idumaea, as Jeremiah says. It lies about four miles north of Phainōn. Decapolis (Matt 4:25): in the Gospels. This is the region lying in Peraea around Hippos and Pella and Gadara.
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