LYCAONIA, a province of Asia Minor, west of Cappadocia ; having Galatia on the north, Cilicia and Pisidia on the_south, and Phrygia west. St. Paul preached in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe, cities of this province; (Acts xiv. 1-6.) and the churches established here by him and Barnabas, were supported till the subjugation of the country by the Saracens.

LYCIA, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, on the coast of the Mediterranean. Its capital was Myra, where Paul entered a ship to go to Rome, in order to appear before Nero. (Acts xxvii. 5.) The Lycians were formerly celebrated for their justice and equity; but before the Christian era, many of them on the sea-coast were addicted to piracy.

LYDDA, called in Hebrew Lod, (1 Chron. viii. 12.) and sometimes by the Greeks Diospolis; a town in the way from Jerusalem to Cæsarea, about 15 miles east of Joppa, and 33 from Jerusalem. Here Peter healed a man who had kept his bed with the palsy eight years. (Acts ix. 32.) It is now a ruined village, called by the Arabs Lydd, having a market once in a week, where traders resort to sell cottons and other commodities.

LYDIA, a province of Asia Minor, probably peopled by Lud, the son of Shem. (See Part I. p. 25.) It lies on the east of the Egean Sea; having Mysia on the north, Phrygia on the east, and Caria on the south. In the times of the last Lydian kings, Croesus and Alyattes, the country was much more extensive, comprehending the whole territory from the Egean Sea to the river Halys. This country was conquered by Cyrus, and has since been the prey successively of the Greeks, Romans, Saracens, and Turks.

The gospel was early introduced into Lydia, and churches established in its chief cities, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, &c.; it is even said that some vestiges of Christianity remain here to the present day.

LYSTRA, a city of Lycaonia, the native place of Timothy. Acts xvi. 1.

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MAACHATH, a place belonging to the Amorites, situated in the north of the district allotted to Manasseh, east of Jordan. Josh. xii. 5. xiii. 13.

MAACHA, or Beth-maacah. See Abel-beth-maacah.

MAARATH, a city of Judah. Josh. xv. 59.

MACEDONIA, a large province north of Greece; bounded north by the mountains of Hæmus; east by Thracia and the Egean Sea; south by Thessaly and Epirus, in Greece; and west by the Ionian and Adriatic seas.

This country was anciently called Emathia, and has been supposed by some to have been peopled by the descendants of Madai, the son of Japheth.

Caranus, the first king of Macedonia, began his reign 814 years before the Christian era. In the reign of Amyntas I. about 547 years before Christ, the Macedonians, upon being threatened with an invasion, became tributary to the Persians. Having, however, shaken off the Persian yoke, Macedonia continued to increase in power; and at length, during the reign of Philip, 337 years before Christ, all Greece was brought under the dominion of this nation. Alexander the Great, son and successor of Philip, raised Macedonia to its height of

No. 1. A representation of an ancient bronze figure of a goat with one horn, which was dug up in Asia Minor. It is supposed to have been affixed to the top of a military standard, in the same manner as the Roman eagle; and it is related in history, that Caranus, the first king of the Macedonians, ordered goats to be carried before the standards of his army.

salonica, Amphipolis, Berea, Philippi, &c. are mentioned in the New Testament, in which Christianity was founded at an early period.

This country was doubtless comprehended under the term Chittim, by the prophet Daniel, by which term he describes Greece in general; and the symbol by which this nation is designated, that of the goat with one horn, (Dan. viii. 5.) has been proved, by reference to medals, coins, and inscriptions of great antiquity, to have been the ancient symbol proper to Macedonia, as that of Persia was the ram.

No. 3. It has been supposed that the Macedonians derived their origin from Media, and probably thence brought this symbol of their country, which may once have been also proper to Media. This plate represents another sculpture at Persepolis; in which are seen two singlehorned goats, walking together, but each directed by its proper superintendent; signifying the two provinces of Upper and Lower Media, subject to Persia, and under Persian governors.

Other ancient medals represent the head of a ram joined with the head of a single-horned goat, implying either the united empire of Persia and Media, or the conquest of Persia by the Macedonians under Alexander.

The fact that both Media and Macedonia were represented by the goat with one horn, explains the reason of Daniel's perplexity on seeing the vision, as he could not tell which of the two countries was intended as the conqueror of Persia, until he was informed. Dan, viii. 15.

MACHPELAH, the cave in which Abraham and the other patriarchs, with their wives, were buried. It was situated near Hebron, and was in the piece of ground which Abraham bought of Ephron, the Hittite, (Gen. xxiii.) which is the first

piece of land mentioned in history as sold or bought. A church built over this cave is now converted into a mosque, into which neither Jews nor Christians are allowed to enter; but they are permitted to look through holes made in the walls. MADAI, a son of Japheth. See Part I. p. 17. MADMANNAH, a city of Judah. Josh. xv. 31.

MADON, (Josh. xii. 19.) probably the same as Maron, in Syria, north of Mount Libanus.

MAGDALA, a place visited by our Saviour, (Matt. xv. 39.) otherwise called Dalmanutha. (Mark viii. 10.) It is supposed to have been situated somewhere on the eastern coast of the sea of Galilee; and was probably the native place of Mary Magdalene, from which she took her surname. The situation of this place is, however, uncertain; and writers differ in their opinions respecting it, some placing it on the east, and others on the west of the sea of Galilee, while others suppose it to have been near the head of the Jordan.

MAGED, a city east of Jordan, taken by Judas Maccabeus. 1 Macc. v. 36.

MAGOG, a son of Japheth. See Gog, also Part I. p. 17. MAHANAIM, a city east of Jordan in the tribe of Gad, given to the Levites. Josh. xxi. 38. See Part I. p. 37.

MAHANEH-DAN, a place near Kirjath-jearim, where the Danites encamped on their way to Laish. (Judg. xviii. 12.) The name means the camp of Dan.

MAKEZ, a place supposed to belong to the tribe of Dan. 1 Kings iv. 9.

MAKELOTH, an encampment of the Israelites in the wilderness. Numb. xxxiii. 25.

MAKKEDAH, a city of Judah. (Josh. xv. 41.) See Part 1.

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MALLOS, a city of Cilicia, whose inhabitants revolted from Antiochus. 2 Macc. iv. 30.

MAMRE, a fertile plain or valley, near Hebron, where Abraham dwelt, and where he built an altar to the Lord. (Gen. xiii. 18.) The city of Hebron was also sometimes called Mamre. Gen. xiii. 18.

MANASSEH, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, whose inheritance was partly on the east, and partly on the west of Jordan. See Part I. p. 65 and 67.

MAON, a city in the south of Judah, (Josh. xv. 55.) near which was a desert called the Wilderness of Maon. (1 Sam. xxiii. 24.) Also a country in Arabia. Judg. x. 12.

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