a general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Palestine from the north ( Isaiah 41:25 ; Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah 1:15 ; Jeremiah 50:3 Jeremiah 50:9 Jeremiah 50:41 ; 51:48 ; Ezekiel 26:7 ).

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.