Ribla
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frugtbar, en gammel by på den nordlige grænse af Palæstina, 35 miles nordøst for Baalbec, og 10 eller 12 syd for Homs-søen, på den østlige bred af Orontes, i en bred og frugtbar slette. Her havde Nebukadnezar sit hovedkvarter i sin kampagne mod Jerusalem, og her slog også Necho lejr, efter at han havde besejret Josias' hær ved Megiddo [2Kong 23:29 -35; 2Kong 25:6 , 20, 21; Jer 39:5 ; Jer 52:10 ]. Det lå på den store karavanevej fra Palæstina til Karkemish ved Eufrat. Det beskrives [Nm 34:11] som "på den østlige side af Ain." Et sted, der stadig kaldes el Ain, dvs. "kilden", findes i en sådan position omkring 10 miles væk. (Se JERUSALEM.)
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Riblah
fruitful, an ancient town on the northern frontier of Palestine, 35 miles north-east of Baalbec, and 10 or 12 south of Lake Homs, on the eastern bank of the Orontes, in a wide and fertile plain. Here Nebuchadnezzar had his head-quarters in his campaign against Jerusalem, and here also Necho fixed his camp after he had routed Josiah's army at Megiddo (2Kings 23:29-35; 25:6; 25:20; 25:21; Jer 39:5 ; 52:10). It was on the great caravan road from Palestine to Carchemish, on the Euphrates. It is described (Num 34:11) as "on the eastern side of Ain." A place still called el Ain, i.e., "the fountain", is found in such a position about 10 miles distant. (See JERUSALEM)
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