In Samuel they are styled Sarnaim. 1. c. 29. v. 7.
[280] Ostrum Sarranum.
[281] Jeremiah. c. 39. v. 3.
[282] Isaiah. c. 37. v. 4. Jeremiah. c. 39. v. 3.
[283] It is sometimes expressed Saronas.
Est et regio Saronas, sive δρυμος. Reland. Palæstina. p. 188. Any place sacred to the Deity Saron was liable to have this name: hence we find plains so called in the Onomasticon of Eusebius. Ὁ Σαρων—ἡ απο του ορους Θαβωρ επι την Τιβεριαδα λιμνην χωρα.
[284] Plin. l. 4. c. 8.
[285] Lilius Gyraldus. Syntag. 4. p. 170. from Pausanias, and Aristides in Themistoclem.
[286] Σαρωνια, Αρτεμις· Αχαιοι. Hesych. She was, by the Persians, named Sar-Ait. Σαρητις, Αρτεμις· ὁι Περσαι. ibidem.
[287] Pausanias. l. 2. p. 189.