toparchies

V, xiv) rank it amongst the "toparchies" of the country.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Hyrcanus and Alexander Jannaeus, were restored to independence, and placed under special Roman protection, and the Jewish territory itself was shortly thereafter split by the Roman governor Gabinius into five toparchies, or provinces, each with a separate administration.

Josephus Norman Bentwich 1927

Moreover, the Hellenistic cities along the coast of Palestine and on the other side of Jordan, which had been subjugated by John Hyrcanus and Alexander Jannaeus, were restored to independence, and placed under special Roman protection, and the Jewish territory itself was shortly thereafter split by the Roman governor Gabinius into five toparchies, or provinces, each with a separate administration.

Josephus Bentwich, Norman 1914

Aphaerema (I Mach., xi, 34; not in the Vulg.), one of the toparchies of Juda: see Ephraim.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Aristobulus, Herod's son, [17] and he added to Agrippa's kingdom four cities, with the toparchies to them belonging; I mean Abila, and that

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

Accordingly, this his greediness of gain was the occasion that entire toparchies were brought to desolation, and a great many of the people left their own country, and fled into foreign provinces.

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

I give them leave also to use the laws of their forefathers, and to observe them; and I will that they have power over the three toparchies that are added to Judea; and it shall be in the power of the high priest to take care that no one Jew shall have any other temple for worship but only that at Jerusalem.

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

But John, the son of Matthias, was made governor of the toparchies of

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

So he went up to the mountainous country, and took those two toparchies that were called the Gophnitick and Acrabattene toparchies.

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

Saviour, only the eleven toparchies of Judea were de jure subject to the Great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem; however, de facto the Jews all the world over acknowledged its authority (as an instance of this, see

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913