cus. The form "Makdani" is explained by the
Megiddo of Zechariah (xii. II); and this final "n" is represented by
the guttural "'Ain" of the modern Arabic "Mujedd'a." There is no
reason at all for placing the site at Legio, west of the plain of
Esdraelon, a site which does not agree with any monumental notice,
or with the Biblical accounts (see "Memoirs of the Survey of Western
Palestine," vol. ii.).

301 There were several Hazors in the north of Palestine. Perhaps the
most likely site is the Hazor of the Egyptian traveller. It is
mentioned as on a mountain (Chabas, p. 313), between Aksap (Achzib,
north of Accho) and the Sea of Galilee. This might be the Hazor
which Joshua took (Josh. xi. 1) from Jabin, which was above the
Huleh. The name only remains, west of the probable site, in the
Arabic "Jebel Hadireh," a high mountain of Upper Galilee. The King
of Hazor's name is unfortunately not quite clear in the text, but
seems to be either Abdebaenu, or more probably Iebaenu (Jabin).
There was another Jabin of Hazor later on in history (Judges iv. 2).
It was no doubt a family name.

302 The nearest places to Hebron seem to have been Nezeb in the valley
of Elah, easily reached by a broad, flat road, and on the south
Kanana (Kana'an), a fortress taken by Seti I, which is only two
miles southwest of Hebron. This was (if the identification be
accepted) the limit of conquest (see Brugsch, "Hist.," vol. ii., p.
13), when Seti (about 1366 B.C.) conquered the Beersheba plains,
advancing by Rehoboth and Bethlebaoth. The land of Zahi was south of
Hebron, and famous for its wine and trees (Brugsch, vol. i., p.
330), Hebron still possessing fine vineyards. But the Amorites of
Hebron were never apparently disturbed by the chariots, and appear
in these letters as marauders of Egyptian stations. There is no
mention of any advance of the Egyptians into Moab, though Seir and
Edom are noticed very early, when the Sinaitic copper-mines were
being worked, and before chariots came into use. In the time of the
twelfth and thirteenth dynasties, however, the political conditions
in Syria were different. The Akkadian King Kudea--a Mongol--was ruling
in 2500 B.C. in North Syria, and sent for granite to Sinai. At this
time also, according to the Bible, t