Rameses. A city in the land of Goshen. "The land of Rameses" is the country about this city.
Embalming was a custom in Egypt. These people thought that their life in the next world depended on keeping the body from decay; so they filled the body with certain chemicals which kept it from the natural decay. The preserved body is called a mummy.
JOSHUA.
Shittim. A place on the east of the Jordan. The site is not known.
Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon are all in the southern part of Palestine, in what was later the kingdom of Judah.
Book of Jashar. A collection of poems of ancient heroes, from which also the beautiful lament of David over Saul is taken. [Hero Tales, 426]
THE JUDGES.
Hill country of Ephraim. The mountain ridge in the central part of Palestine, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.
Summer room. A room built on the flat top of a house, to get the cool breezes in the hot summer days.
Philistines. A people who, like the Hebrews, migrated into the land of the Canaanites. They occupied the land along the coast of the Mediterranean. For a long time they were stronger in war than the Hebrews, and ruled over them. This name "Palestine" comes from "Philistine."