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Chesil
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Hebrews Kesil´, כְּסַיל, a fool, i.e. profane, as in Psalms 49:11, and elsewhere; Sept. Χεσίλ v. r. Χασείρ and Βαιθήλ; Vulg. Cesil), a town in the extreme south of Palestine, named between Eltolad and Hormah (Joshua 15:30). In the list of towns given out of Judah to Simeon, the name BETHUL (See BETHUL) (q.v.) occurs in place of it (Joshua 19:4), as if the one were identical with, or a corruption of, the other. This is confirmed by the reading of 1 Chronicles 4:30, BETHUEL; by that of the Sept. as given above, and by the mention in 1 Samuel 30:27, of a BETHEL among the cities of the extreme south. It is merely mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome in the Onomasticon (s.v. Χοιλή, Chisil). (See URION).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Chesil'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/chesil.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Chesil'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/chesil.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
