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Eusebius of Caesarea, Onomasticon (1971) Translation. pp. 1-75.
Eusebius of Caesarea
SECTION X
Chalannē.942 City of King Nebrod (Nemrod) in Babylon. Noted in Isaia (saying) "Chalanne where the tower was built."
Chalak.943 City of Assyria which Assur built coming from the land of Sennaar.
Charran.944 There is even now in Mesopotamia (beyond Edessa) a city called Karra. [Where the Roman soldiers were defeated and Grassus, their leader, was captured.]
Chebrōn.945 Formerly called Arbok. (Arbe for which the Greek wrongly has Arbok.) Founded seven years before Tanis of Egypt. Noted above and described. Was the royal city of the Enakim. [Who we must believe were strong and gigantic.]
Chōba.946 "It is left (north) of Damascus." There is a village Choba now in that region where Hebrews believing on the Christ [and keeping all the commandments of the Torah] are called Ebionites. [Against such doctrines Paul the apostle wrote to the Galatians.]
Chabratha.947Aquila (interprets) "by the road" (i.e., near the road) going to Ephratha of Bethleem where Rachel died bearing Benjamin. [We have seen this word above and we spoke of it in the book Hebrew Questions.]
Chasbi.948 Where the wife of Juda bore a son. A deserted place (ruin) is now pointed out in the region of Eleutheropolis near Odollam. [This is fully discussed in the book Hebrew Questions.]
NUMBERS AND DEUTERONOMY
Chōrēb.949Mountain of God in the territory of Moab. Near Mt.Sinai beyond Arabia in the desert [Where the mountain and the desert or the Saracens called Faran meet. It seems to me that the two names are for the same mountain which is now called Sinai and now Choreb.]
Charada.950 Station of the children of Israel.
Chenereth.951 Sea. Border of Judaea. Lot of (tribe of) Nephthali. [But the town which later in honor of Tiberius Caesar, Herod the King of Judaea restored and called Tiberias first bore this name.]
Chepheira.952 City (village) of Gabaōn (of the city of Gabaon). (In) tribe of Benjamin.
Chasalōn.953 Tribe of Benjamin on the border of Jerusalem. A (very) large village.
Chsil.954 (In) tribe of Juda.
Chaphtheis.955 (In) tribe of Juda.
Chermel.956 Tribe of Juda. Large city Chermel in the Daroma (Latin omits these two phrases). Home of Nabal (the Canaanite). Near Chebrōn (of which we spoke above) to the south. A guard of soldiers is stationed there. (Latin omits the last two sentences.)
Chabōn.957 (In) tribe of Juda.
Cheilōn.958 (In) tribe of Juda.
Chephrei.959 (In) tribe of Benjamin.
Cheselath Thabor.960 Lot of (in tribe of) Zabulon.
KINGS
Chettieim.961 Land of the Chittites or (is said to be) Cyprus. Whence the city Louza was founded. (There is also now a city of Cyprus called Cititium.)
Charrei.962 (To this place) where Joab pursued Sabee (who was stirring up a revolution).
Chomarreim.963 Where Josias put to flames (burned) the idols (images).
Chalannē.964 "Where the tower was built" according to Isaia. Noted above (as we spoke above).
Charran.965 City of Assyria around Thaiman (region) according to Isaia.
Chaselath tou Thabōr.966 Border of Zabulon. Noted above Chessalous (we spoke of it above under the name Chsalus).
Chōbal.967 Border of Aser.
Chalab.968 "Aser did not drive out" the heathen (former inhabitants) from here.
Chorra.969 Wadi across the Jordan [in which Elias hid in the region of the same river].
Chōtha.970Territory of Assyria.
Chōbar.971River of Assyria as in Ezechiel.
Charchamus.972 City beside the river Euphrates.
Chamōam.973 Village near Bethlehem.
Chelōn (Elōn).974 City of Moab as in Jeremia.
Chamōs.975 Idol of Moab.
Chōrazein.976 Village (city) of Galilee over which the Christ suffered [wept and wailed at unbelief] according to the Gospel. Now deserted two miles from Capharnaoum.
Cheimarrous Kedrōn.977 (i.e., Wadi) before Jerusalem (of which we spoke above between the Mt. of Olives and Jerusalem) where the Christ (Lord and Savior) was handed over as the Gospel of John affirms.