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Ituraea
Morrish Bible Dictionary
A province on the east of the upper Jordan of which Herod Philip was made tetrarch. Luke 3:1 . Its boundaries cannot be well defined, but it reached toward Damascus and embraced the southern slopes of Anti-Lebanon. Its name is derived from JETUR, son of Ishmael. Genesis 25:15 .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Ituraea'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/i/ituraea.html. 1897.