* Arnon.
Arnon is a stream which takes its rise in the mountains of
Moab, and, by a north-west course, during which it receives
the waters of several streams, runs into the Dead sea. It is
now called Wady Modjeb, and divides the province of Pelka from
that of Kerek, as it formerly divided the kingdoms of the
Moabites and Amorites. Its principal source is at a short
distance to the north-east of Katrane, a station of the Syrian
Hadj, where it is called Seyl Sayde; and lower down it
receives the name of Esseim el Kereim, or Szefye.
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