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RHESA
Tit. 5, 'Quare ferlinilnr in Italiun, cum Rsgium, dcin Puteolar
oneraria nmve appulirret, Roman inde conrendit ').
W. J. W.
RHESA ( P~~a. Ti.WH), a name in the genealogy
of Jerus ; Lk. 337. See GENEALOGIES ii., 5 3.
RHINOCEROT (15. 347. AVmZ.). See UNICORN.
RHODA ipoA~, Ti.WH), the name' of thr maid
(~~(AICKH) who answered thedoor when Peter knocked,
Acts 121~t. In one of the lists of 'the seventy' it is
stated that Mark had a sister called Rhoda (see Lipsius,
Ajohr. A].-GIIC~.. Ergiinmngrheft, 22).
RHODES (poAoc), a large and important island.
lying in the south-eastern Zgevn (the part called the
Carpathian Sea), about rz m, dirtallt from the coast of
Asia Minor; mentioned only incidently in the NT (Acts
21 r). After leaving Cos, the ship in which Paul
vovaeed to Palestine from Macedonia touched at
. .
fhr latter is meant in thir place. ' It stood at the
northern extremity of the island, where a long point
runs out towards Caria. The citv , oossessed . two chief
harbours, both on the eastern side of the promontory.
The foundation of.the city of Rhoder (408 B.c.) war
due to the ioint action of the ancient Rhodian towns of
Lindos, la&sos, and Camiior (Diod. Sic. 1371). 'The
forces which, outwardly at least, had hitherto been
divided, were now concentrated, and the good effects of
this concentration for the island, as well as for Greece
in general, weresoon to appear' (Holm, Gk. Hilt., ET.
The commercial relations of Rhodes were principally
with Egypt, but in fact the cenlral position of the
island in thr mid-stream of maritime traffic between the
E. and the W. acnllred her prosperity, and thir,
combined with good government at home and a wise
foreign policy, lifted her to a position analogour to that
of Venice in later times. The Rhodian harbours
seemed to have been designed by Nature to attract the
ships of Ionia. Caria, Egypt, Cyprus, and Phaenicia
(Aristeid. Rhod. 341); and the conristent policy of
neutrality, broken only by vigorous and decisive action
when the peace and freedom of theseas weieendangered,
altrncfed foreign mrrchantn, among whom, we may be
sure, those of Jewish nationality were conspicuous
(I Zlncc. 1513); youngmen wereregularly sentro Rhodes
to learn business (Plaut. .Ilerc., pro!. IT). Rhoder did
in the E. what Rome did in the W. in keeping the seas
clear of pirates (Stiabo, 652, r& hgorilpio noEriAr; cp
Pol. 419). Her maritime law was largely adopted by
the R~~~~~ (CP Pnnn X~V. z9) ; and the
of
'general average,' for example, is Rhodian in origin,
with probably much else in modern naval law that
cannot now be traced.
Rhode~ is connected with two passages in the life of
Herod the Great. When on his way to Italy he
~onfiibuted liberallv towards the rertoratinns rendered
necessary to repair the ravager of Caraius in 41 8.82.
(App. RC 472: Plut. Brul 30). It was at Rhoder
also that after the battle of Actium 121 ," ~c.l be had
the meting with Augustur upon which ro much
dependedfor him (Jos. Ant xu. 66). It was in Rhoder
RIBLAH
that Antiochw VII. Sidetes (king of Syriq 138-re8 8.c.).
son of Demetrius I.. heard of the imprisonmez~t of his
brother 1Demetriur 11. I. and 'sent letters from the ider
. , ..
aurhoriry, Strabo, p. 652j W. J. W.
RHODOCUS (poAo~oc [AV]), a Jew who betrayed
the plans of Judar the Maccabee to Antiochus Eupator
(2 Macc. 1321). On the discovery of his treachery he
war imprisoned.
UHODUS (r Macc. 151;), RV RHODES.
RIBAI ($3'1). the father of ITTM (g.~.)(z S. 2329.
pscBa [B]. eplBa [L] om. A: r Ch.Illr. ptBfe [HI.
paea~a~ [Kl. PHBIII~AI~ PIBAT [I.])- Comparing BL
in 2 S. we may wtth Marquart (Fund. zo) restore
.s,.; see JERIBAI.
UIBBAND [ S~B), used in Nu. 1538 AVof the .cord'
(so RV) of blxe worn upon the FmNcrs [ p.~.].
Forother urag-of the Heb.MfhU see Bnacr~~~s,
2, Cono,
niwr . .
UIBLAH (n>>l; oftenest AeBhaea [BKAFQTL].
and always 'Diblath' in Pesh. : on Nu. 34 11 see
below). A city in the territory of Hamath (2 K. 2333.
aphaa [B]. 8rphlro [A];' 256 ~rpdephaEav [B], rzr
6ephaOv. [AL]; v. 21 pcpAghaEa [B]; Jer. 395, p. [Theod. ;
63 0n1.1 and*. 66. [Thad.; B om.]; 529 6epaEo [K"];
5210 a g . . Ea [r]). It is hardly possible in our brief
connectz
soace to eive thereader a iust idea of the new ~roblemr
with the name of Riblah.
Wherher the foreign king who dethroned Jehoahv wa really
N~C~O, king d ~ ~ypt, h- kcome rather uns~rrnin (zee Zeoe-
KIAY). For 07%
..:. Minaim (