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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Adiabene
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
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Adiabe´ne, the principal of the six provinces into which Assyria was divided. Pliny and Ammianus comprehend the whole of Assyria under this name, which, however, properly denoted only the province which was watered by the rivers Diab and Adiab, or the Great and Little Zab (Dhab), which flow into the Tigris below Nineveh (Mosul), from the north-east. This region is not mentioned in Scripture; but in Josephus, its queen Helena and her son Izates, who became converts to Judaism, are very often named (Josephus, Antiq. xx. 2, 4; Bell. Jud. ii. 16, 4; ii. 19, 2; v. 4, 2; v. 11, 5).
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Adiabene'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/a/adiabene.html.
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Adiabene'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/a/adiabene.html.
