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Benguela (beng-gā'lä). A district of the Portuguese province of Angola, West Africa, between the districts of Loanda and Mo a me des, in cluding 6 concelhos (counties) and the posts of Bailundo and Bihe. Benguela, or São Filipe de Benguela (sän fë-lē pā dā beng-gāʻlä). A seaport, the capital of the district of Benguela, in lat. 12° 34′ S. It was formerly an important station of the slave trade. Population, about 3,000. Ben-hadad (ben-ha'dad), or Ben-Haddad. The name of three kings of Syria: ( a ) A contemporary of Asa, king of Judah (929-873 B. C.). 1 Ki. xv. 18 ff. (b) Son of the preceding, antagonist and ally in turn of Ahab, king of Israel (1 Ki. xx. 22, 34). Shalmaneser II., king of As syria 860-824, relates in his annals that in the 6th year of his reign (854) he defeated at Karkar (near the river Orontes) 12 allied kings of Hatti and the sea-coast, among them the king Dadda-idri of Damascus, and Ahab of Israel. Two other victories over Dadda-idri are recorded in the annals of 849 and 846. Dadda-idri is, no doubt, the same as Ben-hadad, for in both the inscriptions and the Old Testament (1 Ki. xx. 34 ff.) he figures as an ally of Ahab and as the father and predece or of Hazael (A yrian Haza-ilu). His full name was probably Bin - addu - idri , the son of the storm-god Ben-hadad (called in A yrian Ramman ), and was shortened by the Hebrews as well as by the A yrians. (c) Son of Hazael, and a contemporary of Jehoahaz, king of Israel (856-839). 2 Ki. xiii. 3. Ben-Hur (ben'her'). A novel by Lew (Lewis) Wallace, published in 1880, named from the principal character, a young Jew. The scene is laid in the time of Christ. Bení (Bā-nē'). A department in northeastern Bolivia. Area, 100,551 square miles (claimed, 295,020). Population, 22,000, besides wild In dians. Bení (Bā-nē'), or Vení (vā-nē'). A river in Bolivia which rises near La Paz, and unites with the Mamoré, in lat. 10°22′30′′ S., long. 65° 22′ W., to form the Madeira. Length, about 900 miles. Beni Amer or Amir (be-në ä'mer). A pastoral nomadic Mohammedan tribe in eastern Africa, dwelling in Barka, north of Aby in i a, and to the northeast of Barka near the Red Sea coast. It numbers about 200,000. Benicarló (bā-nē-kär-lō'). A seaport in the province of Cas tell on, eastern Spain, situated on the Mediterranean 80 miles northeast of Valencia. It produces wines. Population (1887), 7,916. Benicia (be-nish'i-ä). A seaport in Solano County, California, situated on the Strait of Carquinez 25 miles northeast of San Francisco. It contains a United States arsenal, and was formerly the capital of the State. Population (1900), 2.751. Benicia Boy. A nickname of John C. Heenan, an American pugilist, from his residence in California. Beni-Ha an (ba'në-hä än). A village in Middle Egypt, situated on the east bank of the Nile, opposite the ancient Hermopolis, in lat. 27° 54′ N. It is famous for its rock-tombs, and for its grottoes (the σπέος ̓Αρτέμιδος, cave of Artemis). The chief groups of rock-cut sepulchers occupy a terrace in the limestone cliff bordering at a little distance the east bank of the Nile. The tombs date from the beginning of the 12th dynasty (3000-2500 B.c.), and consist of a rock-cut vestibule preceding a chamber in which is sunk a shaft at the bottom of which lies the tomb itself. The walls of the chambers are covered with very remarkable paintings of scenes of ancient life, but the tombs are especially notable for the celebrated so-called proto-Doric columns of many of their vestibules. These are set, usually two in antis , in the rectangular rock-openings, and support an architrave on their thin square abaci: there is no echinus. Some of the rock-cut shafts are shaped in prismatic forms; others have shallow channels with sharp arrises. Beni-Israel (bā'nē-iz'rā-el). ['Sons of Israel.'] Colonies of Jewish descent found in western