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IBZAN (IN, illustrious; Sept. 'Aßaiooár), the tenth judge of Israel.' He was of Bethlehem, probably the Bethlehem of Zebulun and not of Judah. He governed seven years. The prosperity of Ibzan is marked by the great number of his children (thirty sons and thirty daughters), and his wealth, by their marriages-for they were all married. Some have held, with little proba bility, that Ibzan was the same with Boaz: B.C. 1182 (Judg. xii. 8).

I-CHABOD (Tİ?', where is the glory; Sept. 'Axirwß), son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli. He is only known from the unhappy circumstances of his birth, which occasioned this name to be given to him. The pains of labour came upon nis mother when she heard that the ark of God was taken, that her husband was slain in battle, and that these tidings had proved fatal to his father Eli. They were death-pains to her; and when those around sought to cheer her, saying, 'Fear not, for thou hast borne a son,' she only auswered by giving him the name of I-chabod, adding, The glory is departed from Israel (1 Sam. iv. 19-22): B.c. 1141. The name again occurs in 1 Sam. xiv. 3 [Em],

ICONIUM (IKÓviov), a town, formerly the capital of Lycaonia, as it is now, by the name of Konieh, of Karamania, in Asia Minor. It is situated in N. lat. 37° 51′, E. long. 32° 40', about one hundred and twenty miles inland from the Mediterranean It was visited by St. Paul in A.D. 45, when many Gentiles were converted; but some unbelieving Jews excited against him and Barnabas a persecution, which they escaped with difficulty (Acts xiii. 51; xiv. 1, &c.). He undertook a second journey to Iconium in A.D. 51. The church planted at this place by the apostle continued to flourish, until, by the persecutions of the Saracens, and afterwards of the Seljukians, who made it one of their sultanies, it was nearly extinguished. But some Christians of the Greek and Armenian churches, with a Greek metro politan bishop, are still found in the suburbs of the city, not being permitted to reside within the walls.

Konie is situated at the foot of Mount Taurus, upon the border of the lake Trogitis, in a fertile plain, rich in valuable productions, particularly apricots, wine, cotton, flax, and grain. The circumference of the town is between 2

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two and three miles, beyond which are suburba not much less populous than the town itself. The walls, strong and lofty, and flanked with square towers, which, at the gates, are placed close to gether [see cut, No.. 317], were built by the Seljukian Sultans of Iconium, who seem to have taken considerable pains to exhibit the Greek inscriptions, and the remains of architecture aud sculpture, belonging to the ancient Iconium, which they made use of in building the walls, The town, suburbs, and gardens, are plentifully supplied with water from streams which flow from some hills to the westward, and which, to the north-east, join the lake, which varies in size with the season of the year. In the town carpets are manufactured, and blue and yellow leathers are tanned and dried. Cotton, wool, hides, and a few of the other raw productions which enrich the superior industry and skill of the manufacturers of Europe, are sent to Smyrna by caravans.

The most remarkable building in Konieh is the tomb of a priest highly revered throughout Tukey, called Hazreet Mevlana, the founder of the Mevlevi Dervishes. The city, like all those renowned for superior sanctity, abounds with dervishes, who meet the passenger at every turuing of the streets and demand paras with the greatest clamour and insolence. and houses have little to recommend them to notice (Kinneir's Travels in Asia Minor; Leake's Geography of Asia Minor; Arundell's Tour in Asia Minor).

The bazaars

1. IDDO (TY, seasonable; Sept.'Addú), a prophet of Judah, who wrote the history of Reho boam aud Abijah; or rather perhaps, who, in conjunction with Seraiah, kept the public rolls during their reigns. It seems from 2 Chron, xiii. 22 that be named his book D, Midrash, or Exposition. Josephus (Antiq. viii. 9. 1) states that this Iddo was the prophet who was sent to Jeroboam at Bethel, and consequently the same that was slain by a lion for disobedience to his ita structions (1 Kings xiii.); and many commentators have followed this statement.

2. IDDO, grandfather of the prophet Zecha riah (Zech. i. 1; Ezr. v. 1; vi. 14).

3. IDDO (7), chief of the Jews of the captivity established at, Casiphia, a place f which it is difficult to determine the position. It was