. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. n the neighbouring kingdom of Itursea Libani,which lay to the west; or he may have travelled northward to the dominions ofSampsigeramus, King of Emesa (now Hems), who was connected by marriage with theroyal family of Judaea ;^ or he may have journeyed to Auranitis (now Hauran), to thesouth-east, and commonly called Arabia.* The natives of this part are describedas of a peaceful character, and more settled habits; some tending their flocks on themountains, and others supporting themselves by the manufacture of tents from thegoats-hair of the country.^ Such a
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. n the neighbouring kingdom of Itursea Libani,which lay to the west; or he may have travelled northward to the dominions ofSampsigeramus, King of Emesa (now Hems), who was connected by marriage with theroyal family of Judaea ;^ or he may have journeyed to Auranitis (now Hauran), to thesouth-east, and commonly called Arabia.* The natives of this part are describedas of a peaceful character, and more settled habits; some tending their flocks on themountains, and others supporting themselves by the manufacture of tents from thegoats-hair of the country.^ Such a scene would be congenial to the tone of Saulsmind, and here, if necessary, he might maintain himself, by the labour of his hands, Arabians were found on the Antilibanus (to fih ovv opeiva i-)(Qvui iravra iTovpaioi re Koi Apa^er, Strabo, xvi. 2 (p. 364, Tauclmitz); Irovpaiaiv t5>v Apd/3wi, Dion, lix. 12 ; tVi ApaPlas areWfTm els Toi/ Ai/TiXi/3acoi Ka\ovpevov, Arrian, lib. ii. c. 20);and even as far north as ApaniEea, naaa t) npis. ^IH. 23.—View uj hod voTOV Tois Anafievcrtv avSpav ^Krjvirav to ttXeo!, &, xvi. 2 (p. 360, Tauchnitz). But they donot seem to have formed any considerable ele-ment in Ganlanitis, where Syriac was infra, p. 63. - This was reckoned part of Arabia, and 38, Soemus was appointed king of it byCaligula. Dion, lix. 12. Sec Fasti Sacri, p. 256,No. ^ Jos. Ant. xviii. 5,4; and sec xix. 8,1.—Strabo says, of the Arabians who bordered on the Syi-ians: Aei fi ot n^TjataLT€poL toIs 7];TepoL koXi]TTOv Apalies Kal ^KrjviTaij ijy€ e)(OVT€s avvre-raypivas pdWov, Kadanep 17 2a,U^tKfpa/ioi Ape-6uvaa, Kai tj Vapl^cipov, Kal i) OepeWa, Ktit aWai Totavrai. Strabo, xvi. 2 (vol. iii. p. 360, Tauch-nitz). See Fasti Sacri, p. 90, No. 727; p. 271,No. 1621. See ante, p. 55, note i. ■ Biirckhardts Notes on the , p. 33. Chap. V.] SALTS SOJOURN AFTER BIS CONVERSIOX. [ 37] 57 in the art of tentmaking. O
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