1 Chronicles 2:49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. How striking and sudden a change! In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. If this is correct, the ancient city may be represented by the modern Jil`ad, a ruin about 5 miles North of es-Salt. Abimelech, whose mother was a native of the city, persuaded the men of Shechem to make him king (Jdg 9:1-6), evidently seeking a certain consecration from association with "the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem." The site of Shechem is said to be of unrivalled beauty. 2:9; II Kings 10:33; Ezek. Gilead." 1Ki 16:34 3. The Torah describes three main sites where Isaac spends his days prior to the account of the blessing of his sons: Beer-lahai-roi (Gen. 25:11b), Gerar (Gen. 26:1b) [2] and Beer-sheba (Gen. 26:23). 24:4; Josh. A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31, 32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. Haran in Mesopotamia was the first stopping place recorded inn the Bible. Bethel still abounds in stones such as Jacob used for his pillow and afterward for a sanctuary. David fled to Mahanaim from Absalom, and that rebel prince perished in one of the forests of Gilead (2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 18:6). Hara begins with 'h'; Caleb's son by Ephah (1 Chronicles 2:46) begins with 'ch'. Bethel in Easton's Bible Dictionary house of God. This is made certain by the fact that Laban overtook Jacob in seven days. The halfway point is Glencoe, OK. That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. Genesis 31:25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Ur in Easton's Bible Dictionary light, or the moon city, a city "of the Chaldees," the birthplace of Haran (Gen. 11:28,31), the largest city of Shinar or northern Chaldea, and the principal commercial centre of the country as well as the centre of political power. There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. Abraham and his family journeyed southward through the land of Canaan and a major famine hit they migrated to Egypt. 9:37). These hills at the base are but 500 yards apart. Genesis 37:25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Deuteronomy 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. He Builds altar at Shechem . The regime can be seen as the overall main antagonist of the novel. So that the Nile increasesNile River in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE nil (Neilos, meaning not certainly known; perhaps refers to the color of the water, as black or blue. ). The servant providentially met Rebekah in Paddan-aram (Genesis 24:10-57). It was used more generally for the entire region east of the Jordan River. 12; Num. Therefore they worshipped it, and the plague on its waters, was a judgment on that idolatry (Exodus 7:21; Psalm 105:29). See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. Finally, when Laban goes to a distance, in another direction, for his sheep-shearing, Jacob sets his sons and his wives upon camels, and follows with the utmost speed. Ge 11:29 and Iscah. The Lord appeared to Abraham again and confirmed his promises, and It was here at Shechem that Abraham built the first altar to the Lord (Gen. 12:6, 7). of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). As we will see next week, the Lord in His grace reached into a family that did not know Him and called Abram out to create a people devoted to Himself. S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. pronominal verb. A city of Judah, Jos 15:54 situated among the mountains, Jos 20:7 20 Roman miles south of Jerusalem, and the same distance north of Beersheba. It is the modern Nablus, a contraction for Neapolis, the name given to it by Vespasian. (See EGYPT; EXODUS.) It retained this name till it came into the possession of Caleb, when the Israelites restored the original name Hebron" (Keil, Com.). The appointed S.W. A mountain 1Sa 13:2Bethel in Smiths Bible Dictionary (the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Israel, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). 33:5 ). Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. Ezekiel 27:23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob's daughter; killed by Jacob's sons Ge 33:19; 34; Jos 24:32; Jud 9:28 Called SYCHEM Ac 7:16 -4. It was evidently the center, especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed (1 Ki 12:1; 2 Ch 10:1). From this lake to the mouth of the Nile the distance is 2300 miles in a straight line --one eleventh the circumference of the globe. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. Best Answer. The Land of Gilead:Mount Gilead-literally, "Mount of the Gilead"-may refer to some particular height which we have now no means of identifying (Genesis 31:23). During his stay at this place Ishmael was born (Gen. 16: 1-16) and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed (Gen. 18:1 - 19:38)13. A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). From Hebron, where Abraham now was, to Haran, is reckoned a journey of seventeen days; the distance between them, according to Ptolemy, as Drusius observes, were eight degrees, which make one hundred and twenty German miles; the journey Abraham's servant took is computed to be four hundred and sixty eight miles F17. Total distance is 500 km in 24 total days but only 17 travel days = 29 km (17 miles) per travel day. Poetically the Nile is called yam, "sea" (Job 41:31; Nah 3:8; probably Isa 18:2), but this is not a name of the river. Abraham and his nephew Lot returned to their former home at Bethel, but on account of strife between their herdsmen they parted each others company as friends. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. 36 0 obj <> endobj It was made a Levite city of refuge (Joshua 21:11-13). (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 23:3). v5;Btzisul,3j 'TOev(XYj)-k{7Zo0Y2qc*Pw1U$8>to%-jE? It has been identified by the most ancient traditions with the city of Orfah in the highlands of Mesopotamia, which unite the table-land of Armenia to the valley of the Euphrates. In pre-Israelite times the Jabbok (Nahr ez-Zerqa), which cuts the country in two, divided the kingdom of Sihon from that of Og (Deuteronomy 3:16 Joshua 12:2). The White Nile is the larger branch. (2.) )Shechem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("shoulder", or "upper part of the back just below the neck"); explained as if the town were on the shoulder of the heights dividing the waters that flow toward the Mediterranean on the W. and to the Jordan on the E.; or on a shoulder or ridge connected with Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Well known at Abram's entrance into Canaan, 3,780 years ago (Genesis 42:18). Ritter makes Medinet Gai answer to Ai. It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. To the East of the city Jacob pitched his tent in a "parcel of ground" which he had bought from Hamor, Shechem's father (Gen 33:19). Each of these places are important in the history of Israel and there is evidence of their existence in ancient times through archaeology.1. These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.Genesis 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.Genesis 28:10 - And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.Genesis 29:4 - And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.Genesis 11:27 - Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.1 Chronicles 2:46 - And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.Genesis 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. The rise begins at the summer solstice; the flood is two months later, after the autumnal equinox, at its height pouring through cuttings in the banks which are higher than the rest of the soil and covering the valley, and lasting three months. The tributaries are further up than Egypt (Psalm 78:44; Exodus 7:18-20; Isaiah 7:18; Isaiah 19:6; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 30:12). Haran seems to have shared in the rebellion of Assur (763 BC, the year of the solar eclipse, June 15). The Location of Temples 2. Abraham, on his first migration to the land of promise, pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak (or terebinth) of Moreh at Shechem. ", Judges 11:10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.". 18. The Location of Cemeteries 3. The Bible shifts its focus in Genesis 12 from the history of the entire human race to a man named Abram, the first Hebrew, and he lived in Ur of the Chaldees. Shechem was for a time Ephraim's civil capital. 22-24. it was told Laban on the third dayNo sooner did the news reach Laban than he set out in pursuit, and he being not encumbered, advanced rapidly; whereas Jacob, with a young family and numerous flocks, had to march slowly, so that he overtook the fugitives after seven days' journey as they lay encamped on the brow of mount Gilead, an extensive range of hills forming the eastern boundary of Canaan. 2. HAVVOTH-JAIR (which see), "the villages of Jair," lay in Gilead (Judges 10:4). Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead. Again, along with Bashan, it indicates the land East of Jordan, as distinguished from the Moab plateau (Deuteronomy 3:10 Joshua 13:11 2 Kings 10:33).2.Bashan:In the North Gilead bordered upon Geshur and Maacah (Joshua 13:11, 13); and here the natural boundary would be formed by the deep gorge of the Yarmuk and Wady esh-Shellaleh. 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. 200 mile road trip from Mount Gilead. 20:7), and here the bones of Joseph were buried (24:32). Pi-hahiroth Israel passed through the Red Sea ( Ex. Numbers 32:9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. in the extreme south of Chaldaea, at Mugheir, not very far above-- and probably in the time of Abraham actually upon-- the head of the Persian Gulf. ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Genesis 11:31 f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Genesis 12:1). It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Isaac came from Beer-lahai-roi and met Rebekah (Genesis 24:58-67). It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssinian Mountains. He moves to Egypt because of famine. 2. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. The buildings are of the most archaic kind, consisting of low mounds enclosed within an enceinte, on most sides perfect, an oval space 1,000 yards long by 800 broad. Description: The Nile is formed by the junction of the White Nile and the Blue Nile in latitude 15 degree 45' North and longitude 32 degree 45' East. The Making of Egypt 4. The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the tribe of Ephraim. In P, while Rebecca works behind the scenes by complaining to Isaac, it is only Isaac who speaks with Jacob and tells him to go. The two last are known to be in the Negev. In contrast, in J, it is only Rebecca. Josiah, as foretold, defiled the altar with dead men's bones, but disturbed not the sepulchre of the prophet of Judab when he discerned its title. A place in Central Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.". Nahor, Abraham's brother, had probably settled in Haran before they departed.3. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). Indeed, the temple of the moon-god at Harran was perhaps even more famous in the Assyrian and Babylonian world than the temple of the moon-god at Ur. Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah as the family sepulcher and buried his wife Sarah there (Gen. 23: 1-20). 2 Samuel 24:6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon, 1 Kings 4:13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained. The name appears in Assyro-Babalonian as Charran, which means "road"; possibly because here the trade route from Damascus joined that from Nineveh to Carchemish. Genesis 12:5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. It was from the ruggedness of this hard limestone that Gilead obtained its name. The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. First Century Israel Map - Ge 11:26 (B.C. Under Abraham's oak at Shechem Jacob buried the family idols and amulets (Genesis 35:1-4). Se hizo un vestido de seda.She made herself a silk dress. Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). After the overthrow of Israel, the king of Assyria sent one of the Israelite priests to settle at Bethel, and teach the new settlers from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, "the manner of the god of the land," and "how they should fear Jehovah" (2 Kings 17:27- 28). In Acts 7:2,4, the King James Version gives the name as Charran.Genesis 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.Genesis 12:4 - So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.Genesis 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.Genesis 11:32 - And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.Ezekiel 27:23 - Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, [and] Chilmad, [were] thy merchants.2 Kings 19:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Thelasar?Isaiah 37:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar?Genesis 11:26 - And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.Genesis 27:43 - Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;1 Chronicles 23:9 - The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. The journey probably took months. Ewing. The location of Beer-lahai-roi, Isaac's main camp is unknown at least thus far. The capital of the Northern Kingdom was moved, however, first to Tirzah and then to Samaria, and Shechem declined in political importance. Hebrews 7:3 gives an interesting description of Melchizedek and therefore his identity remains a mystery. From this junction-point the Niles flows North through Nubia and Egypt 1,900 miles and empties into the Mediterranean Sea, in latitude 32 degree North, through 2 mouths, the Rosetta, East of Alexandria, and the Damietta, West of Port Said. Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs. Ge 11:27,31 and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). It became the central city of the Samaritans, whose shrine Joshua 17:2 - There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.1 Chronicles 7:28 - And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:Genesis 34:24 - And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.1 Chronicles 6:67 - And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,Judges 21:19 - Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.Genesis 34:20 - And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,Numbers 26:31 - And [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and [of] Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:Judges 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. Gilead at first favored the cause of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 2:9), but after the murder of that prince the Gileadites came with the rest of Israel to David (2 Samuel 5:1). The ruins lie on both sides of the stream, and include those of a very ancient castle, built of great basaltic blocks, with square columns, 8 ft. thick, which support an arched roof some 30 ft. in height. The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. Some routes (e.g. The name Gilead is sometimes used to denote the whole country East of the Jordan (Genesis 37:25 Joshua 22:9 2 Samuel 2:9, etc.). Beersheba. BIBLE LANDS NOTES: Distances from Jerusalem 1 Distances from Jerusalem Distances from Jerusalem IN ISRAEL: Bersheba - 54 miles south Bethany - 1 e miles east Bethe l - 10 j miles north Bethlehem - 6 miles southeast Bethpage - 1 mile Caesarea - 70 miles Caesarea Philippi - 105 miles Capernaum - 85 miles Dead Sea - 14 miles east Dothan - 54 miles north 6. Copy. Why did Dan remain in ships? One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. 26:31; Josh. ver. The Journey (Abraham Visits 17 Locations)The land of Canaan would be the inheritance of Abraham's descendants but Abraham would only be a pilgrim there. [Note: The distance between cities in Palestinian Territory distance chart below is straight line distance (may be called as flying or air distance) between the two locations in Palestinian Territory . A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. When his end was approaching Joshua gathered the tribes of Israel here and addressed to them his final words of counsel and exhortation (chapter 24). It may be that Harran owed its foundation to a king of Ur; at any rate the two cities were bound together by the worship of the same deity, the closest and most enduring bond of union that existed in the ancient world. Abraham continued his journey southward and came to a mountain near Bethel, where he built a second altar (Genesis 12:8).6. The great peculiarity of the river is its annual overflow, caused by the periodical tropical rains. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. The Nile as a God 2. Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. The greatest height is toward the South, where it culminates in Jebel Osh`a (3,597 ft.), to the North of es-Salt. Terah dies in Haran five years later. In the North we have Jebel Hakart (3,408 ft.) W, of Reimun. THE NILE IN HISTORY 1. No inscriptions have yet been found here, but a fragment of an Assyrian lion has been uncovered. Ur in Naves Topical Bible 1. The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). 8:17; 12:16).Bethel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("house of God".) - Ancient Geography, Hebron in Easton's Bible Dictionary a community; alliance. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). Why have you come to me now when you are in distress? See RIVER OF EGYPT. Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). (The same is called the land of Rephaim. Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim Jos 20:7; 21:21; Jud 21:19 Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the Lord Jos 24:1-28 Joshua buried at Jos 24:30-32 Abimelech made king at Jud 8:31; 9 Rehoboam crowned at 1Ki 12:1 Destroyed by Abimelech Jud 9:45 Rebuilt by Jeroboam 1Ki 12:25 Men of, killed by Ishmael Jer 41:5 Jesus visits; disciples made in Joh 4:1-42 -3. Terah, at the age of 200, decides to move his entire family, which includes his grandson Lot, to Haran (Genesis 11:31). 3. Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees when his father, Terah, was 130 years old. )Nile River in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Not so named in the Bible; related to Sanskrit Nilah, "blue." Jacob's Journey (28:10-11) I've already mentioned the distance of Jacob's journey & that in this passage he is near the beginning of this journey. 6 major city distances are calculated in Israel country. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El- beth-el" (q.v.). The shortest road distance between Haran to Hebron is 861 Km. Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. 0 Comp. beersheba to haran map. Amos 1:3 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron; Amos 1:13 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border. The great prophet Ezekiel is believed to have written many of his prophecies along the banks of the Kebar/Chebar river while in exile. This is probably true also in Songs 4:1. The name Gilead means "rocky region" or "hill country." Solomon refers to goats "descending from Gilead" in Song of Solomon 6:5. Numbers 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. It is mentioned as lying to the West of Michmethath (el-Makhneh) on the boundary of Manasseh (Josh 17:7). Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. his hands are tied by invisible power (Ps 76:10). 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). 4. Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. A little north of Cairo it divides into two branches, one flowing to Rosetta and the other to Damietta, from which place the mouths are named. It stood on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates, about 70 miles above where it joins that river in Upper Mesopotamia or Padan-aram, and about 600 miles northwest of Ur in a direct line. Rivaling Damascus in antiquity. d. 29 travel days between Goshen and Sinai. This name does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament or in the English translation): I. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. 2. "The whole valley," says Dr. Robinson, "was filled with gardens of vegetables and orchards of all kinds of fruits, watered by fountains which burst forth in various parts and flow westward in refreshing streams. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). Pharaoh takes Sarai as his wife and is stricken by God. And yet verse 7 has Jacob listening to them both. THE city of Nabulus, one of the most ancient in Israel, is also one of the most interesting. Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by implication, in Mesopotamia. Joshua 22:32 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. The place was originally called Shechem, and it was the first spot where Abraham pitched his tent after entering Canaan. The streams are fringed with oleander. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, etc.). Sarah was originally names Sarai. Geological Origin 3. 16:1; 1 Sam. 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen. 41:1; Ex. Gen 37:36 On reaching Egypt in c.1683BC, Joseph is sold by the Midianite traders . There is a real-world town called Harran in Turkey's anlurfa Province close to the border with Syria. A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts 7:16). It was the Orchoe of the Greeks, and probably the Ereck of Holy Scripture. Abraham was the tenth generation removed from Noah, being a direct descendant of Shem, ( Noah 's son), the father of all the "Semitic" peoples. 1 Chronicles 2:22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. "Such a remarkable coincidence between the Biblical narrative and the evidence of archaeological research cannot be the result of chance. Judges 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah. Here Absalom set up the standard of revolt. Here he met his bride (Genesis 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. 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