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Barnes' Notes on Ezra 2:59

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, were probably cities, or villages, of Babylonia, at which the Jews here spoken of had been settled. The first and third have been reasonably identified with the Thelme and Chiripha of Ptolemy. Of the rest, nothing is known at present. return to 'Top of Page'
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