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ARAQ EL-EMIR

A site (221147) located on the Wadi eṣ-Òîr. It was occupied, with some gaps, from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine period, and is probably biblical Ramath-mizpeh (Josh. 13:26). Remains exist of Qaṣr el-{Abd, “Fortress of the Servant,” identified as Tyros and built by the Tobiad Hyrcanus (2nd century b.c.), a descendant of Tobiah (Neh. 2:10; cf. Ezra 2:60; Josephus Ant. 12.4.1[229-35]). Two 5th-4th century Aramaic inscriptions of a Tobiah were found nearby. Gk. týros (from Heb. ṣôr, “rock”) is preserved in the name of the wadi.

Bibliography. P. W. Lapp–N. L. Lapp, “ʿIraq el-Emir,” NEAEHL 2:646-49.

Paul J. Ray, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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