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Tel-Melah

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tel - mē´la ( תּל־מלח , tēl - melaḥ , "hill of salt"): A B abylonian town mentioned in Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61 with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA ). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Tel-Melah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​t/tel-melah.html. 1915.