s
to shew that Damasec was an abbreviation of Adamasec, and Damakir of
Adama-kir.

Also [Greek: Kureskarta] the city of Kuros, the Sun. Stephanus Byzant.
Manakarta, [Greek: Dadokarta, Zadrakarta]. See Bochart. notae in Steph.
Byzantinum. p. 823.

Vologesakerta. Plin. l. 6. p. 332.

There was No-Amon in Egypt, and Amon-No. Guebr-abad. Hyde. p. 363.
Ghavrabad. p. 364. Atesh-chana, domus ignis. p. 359. An-Ath, whose temple
in Canaan was styled Beth-Anath, is found often reversed, and styled
Ath-An; whence came Athana, and [Greek: Athena] of the Greeks. Anath
signified the fountain of light, and was abbreviated Nath and Neith by the
Egyptians. They worshipped under this title a divine emanation, supposed to
be the Goddess of Wisdom. The Athenians, who came from Sais in Egypt, were
denominated from this Deity, whom they expressed Ath-An, or [Greek:
Athene], after the Ionian manner. [Greek: Tes poleos (Saiton) Theos
archegos estin, Aiguptisti men t' ounoma Neith, Hellenisti de, hos ho
ekeinon logos, Athena]. Plato in Timaeo. p. 21.

[212] Stephanus Byzantinus.

[213] Isaiah. c. 30. v. 4.

Of Hanes I shall hereafter treat more fully.

[214] Genesis. c. 34. v. 4. John. c. 4. v. 5. It is called [Greek: Segor]
by Syncellus. p. 100.

[215] The same term is not always uniformly expressed even by the sacred
writers. They vary at different times both in respect to names of places
and of men. What is in Numbers, c. 13. 8, [Hebrew: HWSH`], Hoshea, is in
Joshua. c. 1. v. 1. [Hebrew: YHWSH`] Jehoshua: and in the Acts, c. 7. v.
45. Jesus, [Greek: Iesous]. Balaam the son of Beor, Numbers, c. 22. v. 5.
is called the son of Bosor, 2 Peter. c. 2. v. 15.

Thus Quirinus or Quirinius is styled Curenius, Luke. c. 2. v. 2. and
Lazarus put for Eleasar, Luke. c. 16. v. 20. and John. c. 11. v. 2.

Baal-Zebub, [Greek: Beelzeboul], Matthew. c. 12. v. 24. So Bethbara in
Judges, c. 7. v. 24. is Bethabara of John. c. 1. v. 28.

Almug, a species of Cedar mentioned 1 Kings, c. 10. v. 11. is styled Algum
in 2 Chron. c. 2. v. 8. The city Chala of Moses, Gen. c. 10. v. 12. is
Calne of Isaiah. _Is not Chalno as Carchemish?_ c. 10. v. 9. Jerubbaal of
Judges is Jerubbeseth, 2 Samuel c. 11. v. 21. Ram, 1 Chron. c. 2. v. 10. is
Aram in Matth. c. 1. v. 3. Ruth. c. 4. v. 19. Hesron begat Ram.

Percussit Dominus Philistim a Gebah ad Gazar. 2 Sam. c. 5. v. 25.

Percussit Deus Philistim a Gibeon ad Gazarah. 1 Chron. c. 14. v. 16.

[216] Iamblichus says