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Place whose young men were to fall by the sword and others be carried into captivity, mentioned in the judgement of God upon Egypt, Ezek. 30: 17. Judged to be the city Bubastis on the west bank of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. Its ruins at Tell Basta, , attest its ancient grandeur; pieces of the finest red granite are there, which apparently formed part of a temple.