a part of Asiatic Turkey, situated between thirty-six and thirty-eight degrees of east longitude, and between thirty-one and thirty-four degrees of north latitude: it is bounded by Mount Lebanon, which divides it from Syria, on the north; by Mount Hermon, which separates it from Arabia Deserta, on the east; by the mountains of Seir and the Deserts of Arabia Petraea, on the south; and by the Mediterranean sea, on the west.

It was called Palestine, from the Philistines who inhabited the sea-coasts. It was also called Judea, from Judah; and the Holy Land, from our Saviour's residence and sufferings in it; and it is called Canaan, and the Promised Land, in the scriptures.

It is 150 miles in length, and 80 in breadth; and in the time of Solomon it seems to have extended from the Mediterranean sea to the river Euphrates.