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Ches'alon (Heb. Keukn', V*^^??* P^'^^ ^' ^^'^fi' dence; Sept. XacroAiuv v. r. XacrXctfv), a place named as one of the landmarks on the west part of the north boundary of Jadah, beyond Mt. Seir, and apparently situated on the shoulder (A. V. "side") of ML Jearim (Josh, xv, 10). This last, the ** Mount of Forests," has not necessarily any connection with Kiijath-Jea- rim, though the two were evidently, from their prox- imity in ^is statement of the boundary, not far apart. See Jeabim. Chesalon was the next landmark to Bethshemesh, and it is quite in accordance with this that Dr. Robinson has observed a modem village named Ke$la, about six miles to the N.E. of Ain- shems, on the western mountains of Judah (^Raearches, ii, 864, note; Later Res, p. 154). Eusebius and Je- rome, in the OnonuuHoon (s. v. XoXacrcov, Chculon)., mention a place of a similar name, but they differ as to its situation, the former placing it in Benjamin, the lat- ter in Judah : both agree that it was a very large vil- lage in the neighborhood of Jerusalem. The position of the border-lhie at this point determines that it lay within Judah. See Tribe.
Che'^Bed (Heb. Keted, ^b^, of uncertain signif. ; Sept. Xa^^d^y Vulg. Cated, Josephus Xdl^aioQ, AfU, i, 6, 5), the fourth of the eight sons of Nahor by Milcah (Gen. xxii, 22). B.C. dr. 2088. The name is the same as would be the sing, form of the Heb. for Chal- daant; but it is doubtM whether there is any connec- tion. See CHALDiEA.
Che'sU (Heb. Kesil\ b*^t5^, a /oof, I. e. profane, as in Psa. xlix, 11, and elsewhere ; Sept. XecrtX y. r. Xaaiip and Bai^X ; Vulg. Cf«t/)i a town in the ex- treme south of Palestine, named between Eltolad and Hormah (Josh, xv, 80). In the list of towns given out of Judah to Simeon, the name Bbthul (q. v.) oc- curs in place of it (xix, 4), as if the one were identical with, or a corruption of, the other. This is confirmed by the reading of 1 Chron. iv, 80, Bbthuel ; by that of the Sept. as given above, and by the mention in 1 Sam. XXX, 27, of a Bethel among the cities of the extreme south. It is merely mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome in the Onomasticon (s. v. XocX^, Chitil), See also Urion.
Chesntit. See Chestnxtt.
Chest is the rendering in' certain passages in the Auth. Vers, of tiro distinct Hebrew terms : 1. ')i'^K or ■,Si<, aran^ (from JTJ&J, to gather f Sept. ci/3an-dc, Yulg. gazophyladum), invariably used for the Ark (q. V.) of the Covenant, and, with two exceptions, for that only. (It is instructive to be reminded that there is no connection whatever between this word and that for the *'ark" of Noah, and for the *'ark" in which Moses was hid among the flags [both HStjl, fe&oA]). The two exceptions alluded to are (a) the " coflin" or mummy-case in which the bones of Joseph were car- ried from Egypt (Gen. i, 26 ; rendered in the Targum of P8.-Jon. by yXwcrcroico/iov — compare John xii, 6 — in Hebrew letters : the reading of the whole passage is very singular); and (6) the ** chest" in which Jehoia- da the priest collected the alms for the repairs of the Temple (2 Kings xii, 9, 10 ; 2 Chron. xxiv, 8-11). See Coffin. 2. 0*^73^, genazim' (only in the plur. ; from T3 J, to hoard, " chests," Ezek. xxvii, 24 ; " imw- ures,'' Esth. iii, 9 ; Iv, 7).
Many boxes of various forms have been discovered umong the Egyptian monuments. Some of these had lids resembling the curved summit of a royal canopy, and were ornamented with the usual cornice ; others had a simple flat cover, and some few a pointed sum- mit, resembling the shelving roof of a house. The sides were secured with wooden nails and glue, and
dovetailed together. This last kind of lid was dfridod into two parts, one of which alone opened, turning oo two small pins at the base, on the principle of the doors of their houses and temples ; and, when neeea- sary, the two knobs at the top could be tied together and sealed. These boxes were fluently of coatly materials, veneered with rare woods, or made of ebo- ny inlaid with ivory, painted with varioos devices, or stained to imitate materials of a valuable nature ; and the mode of fastening the lid, and the carious substi- tute for a hinge given to some of them, show that the former was entirely removed, and that the box remain- ed open while used. When not veneered, or inlaid with rare wood, the sides and lid were painted, and those intended for the tombs, to be deposited there in honor of the deceased, had usually funereal inscripilions or religious subjects painted upon them, among wfaidi were offerings presented by members of their Camily. (See Wilkinson, Anc, Eg. i, 168; ii, 116, abridgmenl.) See Box.
Chester, an ancient city of England, on the river Dee, founded by the Romans. In the 13th centnn- it had several monasteries, a college, and the hospitals of St. Anne and of St. John Baptist, the latter of which re- mains to this day. Under Henry VIII the Church of the monastery of St. Wesburgh became the Cathedral for the new see of Chester, which took in Cheshire (from the diocese of Litchfield) and Lancashire (from the diocese of York). The revenues of the dissolved monasteries were made a provision for the bishop, dean, and chapter. The present (1867) bishop is William Jacobson, DD., consecrated in 1865.