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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

jam'-nits (Iamnitai): The inhabitants (2 Macc 12:9) of Jamnia, the ancient Jabneel, a town on the northern border of Judah near the sea. Its port and navy were burned by Judas Maccabeus (loc. cit.).