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2024-02-04 16:23:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 40FA8668471338250A1AB216F51FD98CB106EC8852CB9437BF71C2DA7451F782
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Ako, Lod, Yaffo, Jerusalem, Ashkelon & Beersheba are each mentioned in the Bible in Hebrew. Zakaria is named after the Judean prophet. The OPs versions is the post 638 Arabized derivatives of the names. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre,_Israel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lod https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zekharia Palestine’s the Roman name for the region replacing Judea. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(region)
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