Abilene
Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet
(land of meadows), (Luke 3:1) a city situated on the eastern slope of Antilibanus, in a district fertilized by the river Barada (Abana). The city was 18 miles from Damascus, and stood in a remarkable gorge called Suk Wady Barada .
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