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19. Alon Atath, today
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Alon Atad [the threshing floor of Atad] (Gen 50:10), "beyond the Jordan", where they mourned Jacob, is a place at the third milestone from Jericho, two miles from the Jordan, which today is called Bethagla, meaning "the place of the circle", for there they walked in a circle, as mourners do, at Jacob's funeral. (Eusebius, Onomasticon 8:17-20; Jerome 9:17-20) |
Photo: The Greek-Orthodox monastery of St. Gerasimus (Qasr Hajlah). |
