Eusebius of Caesarea · a new plain-English translation from the Greek
?| From Genesis. Lasan (Gen 10:19): a boundary of the Canaanites, near the Sodomitis. Louza (Gen 28:19): Jacob renamed this Bethel. It is still inhabited today, a village on the left of the road that leads from Neapolis to Aelia. It fell to the tribe of Benjamin. Another Louza (Judg 1:26), which fell to the sons of Joseph, lying near Sychem, nine miles from Neapolis. Lotan (Gen 36:20): a city of the chiefs of Edom.
?| From Numbers and Deuteronomy. <Lebona (Num 33:20): a station of the sons of Israel in the desert. Lobon (Deut 1:1): a place in the desert beyond the Jordan, where Moses reads Deuteronomy.
?| From Joshua.> Lacheis (Josh 10:3): Joshua took this too, after killing its king. Isaiah also mentions it. It <is> still there, six miles south of Eleutheropolis on the way to the Daroma. It occurs also in Jeremiah. Of the tribe of Judah. Lebna (Josh 10:29): Joshua took this too, after killing its king. It fell to the tribe of Judah; a priestly city. There is now a village in the territory of Eleutheropolis called Lobana. It occurs also in Isaiah. Laseron (Josh 12:18): Joshua took this too, after killing its king. Lithos Boen (Josh 15:6): among the sons of Reuben, a boundary of the tribe of Judah. Laboth (Josh 15:32): of the tribe of Judah. Lamas (Josh 15:40): of the tribe of Judah. Laboth (Josh 19:6): of the lot of Simeon. Labanath (Josh 19:26): of the lot of Asher. Lakoum (Josh 19:33): a boundary of Naphtali.
?| From Judges. Laboemath (Judg 3:3): Aquila: of the entrance of Emath. Lesem (Josh 19:47): the sons of Dan besieged this and [….] Dan. Louza (Judg 1:26): this is another, beside Bethel, lying in the land of the Chettieim; the man who escaped from Bethel founded it, as is told in Judges. Lechei (Judg 15:19): in Lechei; Aquila and Symmachus: in the jawbone. Laisa (Judg 18:27ff.): the sons of Dan took this and settled it, since it lay far from Sidon, and they called it Dan. It became the northern boundary of <Judaea>, from Dan [….] and Isaiah [….]. It is listed above as well, near Paneas, from which the Jordan also issues.
?| From Kingdoms. Lemattara (1 Sam 20:20): where Jonathan [shot]; Aquila: at a mark; Symmachus: at the appointed target. Ladabar (2 Sam 9:4): where Memphibosthe was. Lodabar (2 Sam 17:27): the home of [….]. Lebanon (1 Kings 4:29): a mountain. Loueith (Isa 15:5): Isaiah mentions this. There is a village between Areopolis and Zoora, now called Loueitha.
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