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ASIONGABER

Volume 2 · 43 words · 1797 Edition

ASIONGEBER, or EZIONGEBER, a town of Arabia Petraea, on the bay of Elath, a part of the Arabian Gulf; the dock or station for the ships of Solomon and Jehoshaphat; an ancient town mentioned also by Moses. It was afterwards called Berenice, (Josephus).