(Ἀμαθῖτις , Eng. Vers. "Amathis"), a district to the north of Palestine, in which Jonathan Maccabaeus met the forces of Demetrius (1 Maccabees 12:25); not around the city AMATHUS (See AMATHUS) (q.v.) beyond the Jordan (Josephus, Ant. 13, 13, 3; War, 1, 4, 3); but the neighborhood of the metropolis Amath or HAMATH (See HAMATH) (q.v.), on the Orontes (Drusius; Michaelis, in loc. Maccabees). So the Sept. Gives Ἀμαθί for הֲמָתַי in Genesis 10:17.