Divisions.—a. Of Phœnicia (Tyre and Sidon). b. Africa (Carthaginian), c. Spain.
Language.—Closely akin to both the Syriac and the Hebrew. Known only from inscriptions, and two scenes in the Pœnulus of Plautus.
BENI TERAH (SONS OF TERAH).
I can think of no better collective name for that portion of the Semitic nations which comprises not only the Jews, but those other tribes which, allied in blood, though separated by belief, are necessary to be noticed in order to give the more important Hebrew nation its due position, than the one at the head of this section; Terah, the father of Abraham, being the eponymus.
AMMONITES (BENI AMMON).
Habits.—Agricultural.
Locality.—East of the Israelites, on the north. Conterminous with, and closely allied to—
THE MOABITES (BENI MOAB).
Habits.—-Pastoral.