Dictionary entry

Tel-Melah

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned inEzr 2:59;Ne 7:61with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth."

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