Orontes : a river formed in the valley of El Bika in Lebanon; it flows through Syria & Turkey into the Mediterranean.
... Solomon starting to build the Jerusalem Temple in the fourth year of his reign, which came 480 years after the Jews had left Egypt. Starting with an authentic date - that of the Battle of Qarkar on the Orontes in 853 B.C. (the 6th year of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser Ill's reign) in which Ahab fought - Sethna arrives at 964 B.C. for Solomon's accession, whereby the Exodus is fixed at 1441 B.C. ...
... reign in such a country. ANTIOCHUS ( returning from the house ) Let us ride Into our kingdom. TIMOCLES Antioch in sweet Syria, The realm for gods, and Daphne's golden groves, And swift Orontes hastening to the sea! Ride by me, Melitus, tell me everything. Page 206 Scene III Cleopatra's antechamber in the Palace. Cleopatra, seated; Rodogune. CLEOPATRA It is their ...
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