Five Years in Damascus volume 2
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XV.
extend Bashan south of the Yarmuk, we leave no room for it. But, besides, Gerasa was a city of Gilead, ^ and Arbela was likewise a city of Gilead ;"* and as these are both far to the eastward of Gadara, and the latter only a very few miles south of the Yarmuk, ^ Gilead must have here also extended as far north as that river.
There is one statement of Reland's which would seem to militate against this view. In noticing the city of Abila he calls it " Abila Batancea ;" ^ and it is now general...ly believed that the modern Abil, a few miles south of the Yarmuk, marks the site of this place. If Reland's opinion is correct that Abila was in Batansea, then Bashan must have extended at least a few miles south of the Yarmuk. But I cannot see that he has any good ground on which to rest his statement. Under the word Astaroth Carnaim Eusebius says — " There are at present two villages in Batansea of this name, nine miles distant from each other, between the cities of Adara and Abila ;" '^ and in another place he says that there is a city called " Abila the Wine- bearing" twelve miles east of Gadara.^ Reland assumes that these two are identical, and is probably correct in this: but when he states farther that this Abila is in Batansea, he has no ground to rest upon ; and the several passages which he adduces from ancient authors seem to convey the idea that it was in the same province as Pella and Gadara.^ The city might easily be situated within the borders of Gilead, and yet, on account of its import- ^ Compare Eel.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
XV.
extend Bashan south of the Yarmuk, we leave no room for it. But, besides, Gerasa was a city of Gilead, ^ and Arbela was likewise a city of Gilead ;"* and as these are both far to the eastward of Gadara, and the latter only a very few miles south of the Yarmuk, ^ Gilead must have here also extended as far north as that river.
There is one statement of Reland's which would seem to militate against this view. In noticing the city of Abila he calls it " Abila Batancea ;" ^ and it is now general...ly believed that the modern Abil, a few miles south of the Yarmuk, marks the site of this place. If Reland's opinion is correct that Abila was in Batansea, then Bashan must have extended at least a few miles south of the Yarmuk. But I cannot see that he has any good ground on which to rest his statement. Under the word Astaroth Carnaim Eusebius says — " There are at present two villages in Batansea of this name, nine miles distant from each other, between the cities of Adara and Abila ;" '^ and in another place he says that there is a city called " Abila the Wine- bearing" twelve miles east of Gadara.^ Reland assumes that these two are identical, and is probably correct in this: but when he states farther that this Abila is in Batansea, he has no ground to rest upon ; and the several passages which he adduces from ancient authors seem to convey the idea that it was in the same province as Pella and Gadara.^ The city might easily be situated within the borders of Gilead, and yet, on account of its import- ^ Compare Eel.
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