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Abilene

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Abilene (ăb'i-lç'ne), from Abila, a small district of Palestine on the eastern slopes of Anti-Libanus, of which Abila on the river Barada was the capital. It was governed by Lysanias in the time of John the Baptist. Luke 3:1.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Abilene'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/abilene.html. 1893.
 
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