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ABILA, (I)

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ABILA, (I) a See also:city of See also:ancient See also:Syria, the See also:capital of the tetrarchy of Abilene, a territory whose extent it is impossible to define. It is generally called -Abila of See also:Lysanias, to distinguish it from (2) below.. Abilawas an important See also:town on the imperial high-way from See also:Damascus to See also:Heliopolis (See also:Baalbek). The site is indicated by ruins of a See also:temple, aqueducts, &c., and See also:inscriptions on the See also:banks of the See also:river Barada at Suk See also:Wadi Barada, a See also:village called by See also:early Arab geographers Abil-es-Suk, between Baalbek and Damascus. Though the names All and Abila differ in derivation and in meaning, their similarity has given rise to the tradition that this was the See also:place of See also:Abel's See also:burial. According to See also:Josephus, Abilene was a See also:separate Iturean See also:kingdom till A.D. 37, when it was granted by Caligula to See also:Agrippa I.; in 52 See also:Claudius granted it to Agrippa IT. (See also LYSANIAS.) (2) A city in Perea, now Abil-ez-Zeit.

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