Hebron. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. The existence of "bears," two, near the town, implies that Bethel was then less frequented (2 Kings 2:23- 25). The headwaters of the Jabbok begin in Amman (ancient Rabbath-ammon) and the river flows to the north before heading west to the Jordan River. It stood near the mouth of the Euphrates, on its western bank, and is represented by the mounds (of bricks cemented by bitumen) of el-Mugheir, i.e., "the bitumined," or "the town of bitumen," now 150 miles from the sea and some 6 miles from the Euphrates, a little above the point where it receives the Shat el-Hie, an affluent from the Tigris. Abraham sent his servant to his home country to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:1-10). Haran seems to have shared in the rebellion of Assur (763 B.C., the year of the solar eclipse, June 15). 2Ki 2:2,3 But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. UR OF CHALDEES TO HARAN n About 600 miles distance n Genesis 11:27-32 n Ur 50 miles south of Babylon n Death of Abraham's father Nahor (age 148) n God calls for Abraham to leave Genesis 12:1-3 Acts 7:2-4 HARAN TO SHECHEM n About 400 miles distance n Crossing Jordan at Succoth Genesis 12:1-7 Se hizo un vestido de seda.She made herself a silk dress. In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. On their behalf Judas Maccabeus invaded the country and met with striking success (1 Maccabees 5:9). Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees when his father, Terah, was 130 years old. Israel Distance Calculator and Driving Distance Between Cities Enter the "Distance From" city, village, town, airport or place name from Israel in the first text box. At the disruption Jeroboam fortified the city and made it his residence (2 Ch 10:25; Ant, VIII, viii, 4). The name Jebel Jil`ad is still, indeed, applied to a mountain South of Nahr ez-Zerqa and North of es-Salt; but this does not meet the necessities of the passage as it stands. "Ur was consecrated to the worship of Sin, the Babylonian moon-god. In contrast, in J, it is only Rebecca. Ezekiel speaks of the merchants of Haran as trading with Tyre (27:23). Its chief cult in Assyrian times was that of the moon god. 2. Before Ramoth-gilead, which he sought to win back from the Syrians who had captured it, Ahab received his death wound (1 Kings 22:1). 2 Kings 15:25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place. The derivation from Ur, "fire," led to the Koran and Talmud legends that Abraham miraculously escaped out of the flames into which Nimrod or other idolatrous persecutors threw him. When Abraham was born, Shem was 390 years Old, and his father Noah was 892 years old. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. Acts 7:2 He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. A city north of Jerusalem The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz Jos 18:13; Jud 1:23-26 Abraham estblishes an altar at Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder Ge 28:10-22; 31:13; Ho 12:4 And builds an altar at Ge 35:1-15 Deborah dies at Ge 35:8 Conquered by Joshua Jos 8:17; with 12:16 Conquered by the household of Joseph Jud 1:22-26 Allotted to Benjamin Jos 18:13,22 Court of justice held at By Deborah Jud 4:5 By Samuel 1Sa 7:16 Tabernacle at, and called HOUSE OF GOD Jud 20:18,31; 21:2 Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at 1Ki 12:25-33; 2Ki 10:29 Idolatry at Jer 48:13; Am 4:4 Shalmanezer sends a priest to 2Ki 17:27,28 Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at 1Ki 13:1-6,32; 2Ki 23:4,15-20; Am 3:14 The school of prophets at 2Ki 2:3 The young men of, mock Elisha 2Ki 2:23,24 People of, return from Babylon Ezr 2:28; Ne 7:32 Prophecies against Am 5:5 -2. 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.). 1. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. Helpful Inaccurate. The two last are known to be in the Negev. Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32; Joh 4:5 The field lay undoubtedly on the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was the greater on account of the well which Jacob had dug there, so as not to be dependent on his neighbors for a supply of water. Abram leaves Haran in 2091 BC. It is famous for its raisins. Hapi-ur, "the high Nile," fertilizes the land; the Nile low brought famine. It lies about a mile and a half up the valley on its southern slope, and on the north of Gerizim, which rises about 1,100 feet above it, and is about 34 miles north of Jerusalem. Its bricks bear the name of the earliest monumental kings, "Urukh king of Ur"; his kingdom extended as far N. as Niffer. The ruins of the city of Harran, called Haran (Hebrew: , rn) in the Hebrew Bible, might lie within present-day Turkey.Haran first appears in the Book of Genesis as the home of Terah and his descendants, and as Abraham's temporary home. Abraham, now 75 years old, leaves Haran and takes the family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise . An important city in central Israel, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. The feet of these mountains, where they rise from the town, are not more than five hundred yards apart. that Jacob was fled. The monotony of the stony plateau is broken by clumps of the hardy white broom. It is the modern Nablus, a contraction for Neapolis, the name given to it by Vespasian. Obadiah 1:19 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Genesis 26:33 He called it Shibah. Jeremiah 50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). 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. Streams and Products:The Yarmuk and the Zerqa (see JABBOK) are the main streams, but almost every valley has its perennial brook. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. Why have you come to me now when you are in distress? 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. The loT, translated "myrrh" in the above passage, was probably the gum produced by the Cistus ladaniferus, a flower which still abounds in Gilead.6. hb```a``f`f`PSfe@ ^FS^nc`+`Hs1X C}NV'!'; _ iF ` ' It was like passing from one court of a temple into another. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. hill of testimony, ( Genesis 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan.From its mountainous character it is called "the mount of Gilead" ( Genesis 31:25).It is called also "the land of Gilead" ( Numbers 32:1), and sometimes simply "Gilead" ( Psalms 60:7; Genesis 37:25).It comprised the possessions of the tribes of Gad and Reuben and the south part of Manasseh ( Deuteronomy 3:13 . Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered up all before us: Deuteronomy 3:10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. In the troubled times when there was no king in Israel, it was to Bethel that the people went up in their distress to ask counsel of God. In the first great revoltBethel. Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). The servant providentially met Rebekah in Paddan-aram (Genesis 24:10-57). Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. 20:18, 31; 21:2). Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you. The total straight line distance between Haran and Jerusalem is 665 KM (kilometers) and 900 meters. 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. Jud 20:26- 28; 21:4 Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. From Moab to the South Pole, it is 8,883.34 mi (14,296.35 km) in the north. 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). The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. There might be slight difference . The Damming of the Nile 4. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. Ur was also a cemetery and city of tombs, doubtless because of its sacred character, from whence the dead were brought to it from vast distances for 1,800 years. Ezekiel 27:23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers. It was destroyed at the time of the Conquest, and its place was taken by Shechem. Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; Joshua 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. of Bethel. (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 23:3). Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (Gen 12:8). seven days' journey] The distance from Haran to the land of Gilead for a company with flocks and herds would require a longer time. 13:20-22 ). Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Bethel still abounds in stones such as Jacob used for his pillow and afterward for a sanctuary. Hobah. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. 2:42, 43. Then were built such cities as Gadara and Gerasa, which are still imposing, even in ruins. "The stream (nachal) of Egypt" seems distinct (Isaiah 27:12), now "wady el Arish" (where was the frontier city Rhino-corura) on the confines of Israel and Egypt (Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47, where for "river" should stand "stream," nachal)). It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. Ac 7:2,4 These are all the indications which Scripture furnishes as to its locality. 1. Genesis 11:32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. It is computed to be over 300 miles in a straight line. Numbers 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; Numbers 32:29 Moses said to them, "If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: Numbers 32:30 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.". The temple, which had been destroyed, was rebuilt by Ashurbanipal, who was here crowned with the crown of Sin. 9:37). 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 city of Nabulus, one of the most ancient in Israel, is also one of the most interesting. 14:15; 15:3). Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. Ur in Smiths Bible Dictionary was the land of Haran's nativity, Ge 11:28 the place from which Terah and Abraham started "to go into the land of Canaan." It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. (See ABRAHAM The oldest king of Ur known to us is Ur-Ba'u (servant of the goddess Ba'u), as Hommel reads the name, or Ur-Gur, as others read it. 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). haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." History:After the conquest, as we have seen, Gilead passed mainly into the hands of Gad. 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. It was also visited by the Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869. Some routes (e.g. Of flowers the most plentiful are the phlox, the cistus and the narcissus. endstream endobj 40 0 obj <>stream For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! Joshua 20:8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. Gideon, ordered to reduce the number of men who were with him, commanded all who were "fearful and trembling" to "return and depart from Mt. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. It has been suggested (Studer, Comm., at the place) that, as the Midianites lay between the men of the northern tribes and their homes, they were told to cross the Jordan, make a detour through Gilead, and thus avoid the enemy. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). Map Store - Download High-Res Maps and Images, 2023, Bible History | All rights reserved, Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes, Nile River in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE. Chaldeans, but on one occasion they departed from Ur to Haran. It was in the territory of Ephraim; it was made a city of refuge, and assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Josh 20:7; 21:21). Terah, at the age of 200, decides to move his entire family, which includes his grandson Lot, to Haran (Genesis 11:31). From old time Gilead was famed for its BALM (which see). The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. It was the Orchoe of the Greeks, and probably the Ereck of Holy Scripture. The halfway point is Glencoe, OK. It was used more generally for the entire region east of the Jordan River. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. 23:3; Jer. Above this again is the white chalk of the desert plateau, the same as that found in Samaria and Lower Galilee, with bands of flint or chert in contorted layers, or strewn in pebbles on the surface. why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered? On coins still extant it is called Flavia Neapolis. The valley runs from north to south; and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the venerable Haram, lies partly on the eastern slope. Jos 15:13,14; 21:13 Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb Ge 23:2-20 The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). Ge 37:14 comp. Deuteronomy 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. It also dips toward the Jordan valley, and the water from the surface of the plateau, sinking down to the surface of their formation, bursts out of the hill slopes on the West in perennial brooks. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran ( Genesis 11:26-32 ESV ). Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. A place in Central Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. The Location of Cemeteries 3. Famine and plenty are truly represented as coming up out of the river in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41). The Infiltration II. Camels average 3 miles per hour for about 8 hours a day. 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. A Levite 1Ch 23:9 -4. 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. Abraham left Hebron and for a time sojourned among the Philistines in Gerar which was in southern Canaan west of Beersheba. At the western end is another, 85 ft. long by 55 broad. Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. At the oak of Moreh in the vicinity he reared his first altar to the Lord in Israel (Gen 12:6 f). There the prophet from Judah foretold the overthrow of the calf altar by Josiah. beersheba to haran map. Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. (2.) The temple, which had been destroyed, was rebuilt by Ashurbanipal, who was here crowned with the crown of Sin. The Lord also spoke a promise that anyone who blessed Abraham and his descendants would be blessed and anyone who cursed Abraham and his descendants would be cursed. But in opposition to the most ancient traditions, many modern writers have fixed the site of Ur at a very different position, viz. 9. The word Nile nowhere occurs in the Authorized Version but it is spoken of under the names of Sihor [SIHOR] and the "river of Egypt." HAVVOTH-JAIR (which see), "the villages of Jair," lay in Gilead (Judges 10:4). Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. THE NILE IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. The distance between the above mentioned places is 600 miles approximately. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. The distance between the above mentioned places is 500 miles approximately. This is the east side. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. Moriah. Moab is 2,665.16 mi (4,289.16 km) north of the equator, so it is located in the northern hemisphere. Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. Near Haran the Parthians defeated and slew Crassus (53 BC), and here Caracalla was assassinated (217 AD). It corresponds today to the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Jordan . The miles based distance from Ur to Canaan is 3461.2 miles. 7. Bethel belonged by lot to Benjamin, but was falcon by Ephraim (Bethel being on his southern border) through the treachery of an inhabitant (Judges 1:22-26). (3) See preceding article. The houses are stone, solidly built, flat-roofed, and have each one or two little cupolas, such as are seen in several parts of Israel. Ge 25:20 the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Hebron. When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Gen. 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). Probably they varied at different times (compare Joshua 13:24; 1 Chronicles 5:8, 9, 11, 16). Remains of the old cathedral are also conspicuous. In the 40th year of David's reign 2,700 of them, at Jazer in Gilead, "mighty men of valor," superintended for the king the two and a half tribes "in matters pertaining to God and the king" (1 Chronicles 26:30- 32); Jerijah was their chief. And the men went up and viewed Ai.1 Kings 13:1 - And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. Distance from Israel to major cities are listed below, or choose from the list to calculate distance. It was in Beersheba that Abraham received the command from the Lord to take his only son Isaac to Mount Moriah, a mountain of Salem, to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22:1-18).16. The White Nile is the larger branch. 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.). Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). 33 degree East (more exactly the Nile may be said to rise at the headwaters of the Ragera River, a small stream on the other side of the lake, 3 degree South of the equator), and flows North in a tortuous channel, 1,400 miles to its junction with the Blue Nile. 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. Jotham's parable was spoken from the cliff of Gerizim overhanging the town (Jdg 9:7 ff). It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley running from N. to S. (probably that of Eshcol, whence the spies got the great cluster of grapes, Numbers 13:23), surrounded by rocky hills, still famed for fine grapes. Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living. The Nile in Physical Geography. d. 29 travel days between Goshen and Sinai. The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. For two centuries it was the capital, and always was held sacred. Damascus was a great city in the ancient world and it was located in ancient Aram (Syria). 1 Chr. 1. While not so rich as the volcanic loam in the North and in and the South, the soil of Gilead amply repays the labor of the husbandman. On the return from Babylon some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba (Nehemiah 11:25). Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by implication, in Mesopotamia. Abraham and the Land of Canaan. E. of this mount stands the ruin Tel er Rijmah, "the mound of the heap," answering to Ai or Hai. The trip from Beersheba to Damascus is about 282 road miles. Beersheba. Under Abraham's oak at Shechem Jacob buried the family idols and amulets (Genesis 35:1-4). He did not dare to touch Jacob, but there was a war of words. Es Salt is the only village of any importance in the South. ;Ho|d3baVt u3QKY`on]k@bDAB8~4egS54 It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. 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. 36 0 obj <> endobj 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. ", Judges 11:8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. It was formerly a maritime city, as the waters of the Persian Gulf reached thus far inland. The Republic of Gilead, colloquially referred to as simply Gilead or the "Divine Republic", is the totalitarian, theonomic, and neo-Puritanical regime that takes over most of the continental United States of America in The Handmaid's Tale. To each of Also Hashabiah and 1,700 Hebronites were officers "in all the Lord's business and the king's service" on the W. of Jordan. Nile River in Easton's Bible Dictionary dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" (Isa. Salem. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. Its confluent is still called the Blue river; so Nilah means "darkblue," or "black." A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. The hieroglyphic name of Egypt is Kam, "black." It was from the ruggedness of this hard limestone that Gilead obtained its name. The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (Jdg 4:5). Geological Origin 3. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. Bethel in Joshua 19:4 answers to Chesil in Joshua 15:30. If we are to accept the precise definition of Ge 12:8 the name of Bethel would appear to have existed at this spot even before the arrival of Abram in Canaan. Pi-hahiroth Israel passed through the Red Sea ( Ex. 4. Here he met his bride (Genesis 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. Fly from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Sanliurfa (GNY) Take a taxi from Sanliurfa to Harran. 1 Chronicles 27:21 of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Judges 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead. 1Ch 23:9 3. 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. Gideon and his army lay to the South of the plain of Jezreel on the lower slopes of Gilboa. In Judges 20:26 translate for "the house of God" Bethel. Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. Apparently there were Israelites in it after the captivity, some of whom on their way to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem met a tragic fate at the hands of Ishmael ben Nethaniah (Jer 41:5 ff). Ur of the Chaldees was the original home of Abraham. It was expressly so named by Jacob, when he had the vision of the heavenly ladder, on his way from his father at Beersheba to Harsh (Genesis 28:19; Genesis 31:13). Take the train from Be'er Sheva North to Tel Aviv Haganah. (1.) For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. In the distribution of the land after its conquest by the Hebrews, Shechem fell to the lot of Ephraim, Jos 20:7 but was assigned to the Levites, and became a city of refuge. Return from Babylon some of the merchants of Haran as trading with Tyre ( )! Canaan west of Beersheba thus far inland such as Jacob used for his pillow and afterward for a sojourned. 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