Advice, advise, advisement (Hastings' Dictionary)

'To take advice' in mod. Eng. is to consult with another and receive his opinion. But in Jg 19^ and 2 Ch 25" ' to take a. ' means to consult with oneself and give an opinion ; Jg 19 ' consider of it, take a. (RV ' take counsel ^ and speak.' So Shaka. 2 Menrt/ VI. II. ii. 67— And thAt's not suddenly to b« perfonn'd ; But Willi advice, and silent secrecy.' AdvlBe in the sense, not of giving advice to another, bat of deliberating with oneself, is found twice, 2 S 24" 'now a.

(RV 'advise thee') and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me,' and 1 Ch 2I'» (RV 'consider'). 'Well sdvised' in Pr 13'°, 'but with the well advised is wisdom,' means not those who have accepted good advice, but those who are cautious or deliberate. Cf. Bacon, Essays, ' Let him be . . advised in his answers.' Advisement, now obs., occurs 1 Ch 12"' ' the lords of the Philistines, uiion a. {i.e. after deliberation) sent him away ' ; 2 Mac 14^ 'When they had taken long a.

thereupon' (RV ' when these proposals had been long considered '). J. Hastings. ADVOCATE (xo^Xir^oi), only 1 Jn 2'. See Spirit, Holy. AEDIAS (B 'AriSttat, A -«(-), 1 Es 9". — One of those who agreed to put away their ' strange ' wives. The corresponding name in Ezr 10" is Elijah (n;^!*, 'HXia). The form in 1 Es is a corrup- tion of the Gr. (HAI& read as (MIAI&), and has no Heb. equivalent. H. St. J. Thackeray.

£NEAS {AMat) is the name of a paralytic at Lydda who was cured by I'eter (Ac 9"- *). We find the name used of a Jew in Jos. Ant. XTV. X. 22. A. C. Headlam. ^NON {Alyiiv, 'springs') is mentioned only in Jn 3^' as near to Saleiu (which see). A» the name 'springs' is common, its locality must be fixed by that of Salem. Ensebius and .Jerome place Anon 8 miles south of Scvthopolis, now Iiei.

tan ; and the name Stllim is 8ai(i to attacli to a mound some 6 or 7 miles south of Beisan, while three-n uarters of a mile south of it are seven springs. ' Rivulets also wind about in all directions. . I have found few places in I'alestine of which one could so truly say, " Here is much water"' (Van de Velde, ii. p. MCy, etc.) The chief difliculty in the acceptance of this identification is the naming of Salem (Jn 3") as a well-known town, suggesting the well-known Salim, east of Shechem.

fonder has pointed out 'Ainfln, bearing the name, situateil in the Wfldy F.lr'ah. ' Here was once a large village, now completely overtlirown. A great number of rock-cut cisterns are observed on the site ' (Survct/ Memoirs, ii. p. 234). A little to the south of 'Ainfin is a succession of springs with flat meadows on either side, where great crowds might g.ather by the bank of the copious perennial stream shaded by oleanders. Here were ' many waters ' (Jn 3'^ ftVm).

It is accessible by roads from all quarters, and is situated by one of the main roads from Jerus. to GalUee, the road pas.siiig Jacob's Well (Jn 4') which our Lord may have taken to meet the Baptist in view of threatened misunderstandings and jealousies of 'his disciples. For a full description, see Conder's Tent Work, ii. pp. 57, 58.

The distance is about 7 miles from Salim, which has been made an objection to this identification ; but there is no nearer town of importance by which to describe its situation. A. Henderson. ESORA (Alawpd), Jth 4* (AV Esora). — A Samaritan town noticed with Bethhoron, Jericho, and Salem (SAlim). Possibly 'Asireh, N.E. of Shechem (SWP voL ii. sh. xi.) Ci R. Conder.