The Definition of the word Laodicea

Laodicea

The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines "of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Rev." "3:14), on the banks of the Lycus. It was originally called" "Diospolis and then Rhoas, but afterwards Laodicea, from Laodice," "the wife of Antiochus II., king of Syria, who rebuilt it. It was" one of the most important and flourishing cities of Asia Minor. At a very early period it became one of the chief seats of "Christianity (Col. 2:1; 4:15; Rev. 1:11, etc.). It is now a" "deserted place, called by the Turks Eski-hissar or "old castle."