Topic
Tel-melah
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Ezra 2:59ISBE · Nave A place in Babylonia
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:61ISBE · Nave A place in Babylonia
And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
- 1 Esdras 5:36ISBE
These came up from Thermeleth and Thelersas, Charaathalar leading them, and Aalar;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 0 references
Hill of salt, a place in Babylon from which the Jews returned (id.).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned in Ezr 2:59; Ne 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."
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.