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ADIABENE

a-di-a-be'-ne (Adiabene): A state lying on the east of the Tigris, on the greater and lesser rivers Zab, in the territory of ancient Assyria. For the half-century terminating with the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, Adiabene is especially interesting by reason of the careers of its king, Izates, and his mother Helena, who became Jews. They had their part in the Jewish-Roman wars, and in various ways were typical of the existing situation. (See Ant, XX, 2-5; BJ, II, xvi, 4; xix. 2; V, iv, 2; vi. 1; xi. 5; VI, vi, 4.) Somewhat later Adiabene was absorbed into the Roman Empire and became one of the six provinces which formed the larger province of Assyria, though Pliny and Ammianus sometimes call the large province by the name Adiabene.

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How Helena the Queen of Adiabene and Her Son Izates, Embraced the ...
... CHAPTER 2. How Helena The Queen Of Adiabene And Her Son Izates, Embraced The Jewish
Religion; And How Helena Supplied The Poor With Corn, When There Was A ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how helena the.htm

Helen, the Queen of the Osrhoenians.
... XX. 2. Helen was the wife of the king Monabazus of Adiabene, and the mother of Izates,
his successor. ... 6). Izates was king of Adiabene in the narrower sense. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xii helen the queen of.htm

How Izates was Betrayed by his Own Subjects, and Fought against by ...
... And when he had plundered it of all the prey that was in it, which was not small,
he returned to Adiabene; yet did not he take Abia alive, because, when he ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how izates was.htm

Book 20 Footnotes
... is very full and express in these three chapters, 3., 4., and 5., in observing how
carefully Divine Providence preserved this Izates, king of Adiabene, and his ...
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What Cestius did against the Jews; and How, Upon his Besieging ...
... were footmen, and the rest horsemen, while the Jews lost only twenty-two, of whom
the most valiant were the kinsmen of Monobazus, king of Adiabene, and their ...
/.../chapter 19 what cestius did.htm

The Description of Jerusalem.
... city, and the tower Psephinus, and then was so far extended till it came over against
the monuments of Helena, which Helena was queen of Adiabene, the daughter ...
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Tarbula, the Sister of Symeon, and Her Martyrdom.
... presbyters. They sought them especially in the country of Adiabene, a part of
the Persian dominions, because it was wholly Christianized. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xii tarbula the sister of.htm

Pusices, Superintendent of the Artisans of Sapor.
... Footnotes: [1161] Assemanus, Bibl. Orient. ti 189, speaks of Azades as the eunuch
of Artascirus, ruler of Adiabene, who was a cousin of Sapor. ...
/.../chapter xi pusices superintendent of the.htm

The Church History of Eusebius. Index of Subjects.
... Adam, [33]92; salvation of, denied by Tatian, [34]208. Adamantius, name given to
Origen, [35]261. Adiabene, [36]113. Adrianus, a martyr, [37]354. ...
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How the Jews were Crucified Before the Walls of the City ...
... Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus, one who was derived from
some of queen Mariamne's servants, and with them one from Adiabene, he was ...
/.../chapter 11 how the jews.htm

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Adiabene
...ADIABENE. a-di-a-be'-ne (Adiabene): A state lying on the east of the Tigris, on
the greater and lesser rivers Zab, in the territory of ancient Assyria. ...
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Adhering (7 Occurrences)

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Nabathaeans
... divorced his daughter to marry Herodias. Under King Abias an expedition against
Adiabene came to grief. Malchus II (48-71 AD) assisted ...
/n/nabathaeans.htm - 11k

Nabataeans
... divorced his daughter to marry Herodias. Under King Abias an expedition against
Adiabene came to grief. Malchus II (48-71 AD) assisted ...
/n/nabataeans.htm - 11k

Famine (99 Occurrences)
... Helena, queen of Adiabene, being at Jerusalem at that time, procured corn from
Alexandria and figs from Cyprus for its poor inhabitants. ...
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Tablet (7 Occurrences)
... properly described as a tablet, recalling the silver treaty between the Hittites
and Egyptians and the gold plate on which Queen Helena of Adiabene (Yoma' 37a ...
/t/tablet.htm - 15k

Adida

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Atargatis
... sometimes written `Ati. or `Atah or `Ati was also worshipped at Palmyra, and
(according to Melito) in Adiabene. The compound Atargatis ...
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Proselyte (2 Occurrences)
... followed. Josephus tells an interesting story (Ant., XX, ii, 1) of the
conversion of Queen Helena of Adiabene and her two sons. ...
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