Amathus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαθοῦς or τὰ Ἀμαθά;[1][2] in Eusebius, Ἀμμαθοὺς.[3] Hebrew: עמתו[4] was a fortified city east of the Jordan River, in modern-day Jordan.
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Williams, George (1854–1857). "A´MATHUS". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ See Ἀμαθοῦντα, in Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae 13.13.3.
- ^ Eusebius, of Caesarea (1904). Klostermann, Erich (ed.). Das Onomastikon der Biblischen Ortsnamen. Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte (in Greek and Latin). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. pp. 22–23. OCLC 490976390. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
- ^ Jerusalem Talmud (Shevi'it 9:2), where it says: "Zaphon (of Joshua 13:27) is Amathus".
