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Bethdagon

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Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

Transcribed from a dated scan; artifacts may remain. Edition notes

Bethdagon, name of two cities in Palestine. (1) A city (Jos., xv, 41) of the tribe of Juda “in the plains”, that is, the territory below Joppa between the mountains and the Mediterranean. Its site is uncertain. (2) A city (Jos., xix, 27) of Aser near oes supposed to be Tell Da’ouk, south-east of a.

For references and conjectures see Hagen, Lex, Biblicum, 8. V.

John Corbett.

Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907. Public domain.

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