Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. Gen. 28:18; 31:44-48; Ex. 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). (See EGYPT; EXODUS.) Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. 19:28).Hebron in Fausset's Bible Dictionary 1. Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (1 Sam 7:16). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. In the cave of Machpelah all the patriarchs and their wives, except Rachel, were buried (49:30 f; 50:13). And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.Joshua 16:1 - And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,Genesis 28:19 - And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Amos 7:10 - Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.Amos 7:13 - But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.Joshua 8:9 - Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Amos 3:14 - That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.Jeremiah 48:13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.1 Samuel 7:16 - And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.2 Kings 23:19 - And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.Genesis 35:1 - And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.1 Kings 13:32 - For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.Judges 4:5 - And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.2 Kings 2:3 - And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? Click on image to see ultra high resolution image of map. The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. HARAN or CHARRAN, Ac 7:2,4 name of the place whither Abraham migrated with his family from Ur of the Chaldees, and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves. The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th. S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. 17:2). 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen. 41:1; Ex. This is done because the "father of the . To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. 16:1; 1 Sam. 1. Likewise nahar mitsrayim, "brook of Egypt," a border stream in no way connected with the Nile, has sometimes been mistaken for that river. or personal use. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. 3. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Source: The Bible Journey. With the disruption of the kingdom came Bethel's greatest 2 Kings 23:15 - Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.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:2 Kings 2:23 - And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.2 Chronicles 13:19 - And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.1 Samuel 10:3 - Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:1 Kings 12:33 - So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.Joshua 8:17 - And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.1 Samuel 13:2 - Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.2 Kings 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.Joshua 12:9 - The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;Joshua 12:16 - The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;Genesis 31:13 - I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.Joshua 18:13 - And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.1 Kings 13:4 - And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. For a story of the kind to have been the invention of Palestinian tradition is equally impossible. God promised Abraham that He would make him a father of many nations (Gen 17:5-8). Lot chose the warm climate and lush plains of the Jordan Valley and pitched his tent toward Sodom, and Abraham left the desirable Sodom and Gomorrah and sojourned at Hebron in Mamre where he heard again from the Lord and built an altar (Gen. 13:10-18). (2.) In the first great revoltBethel. (See EGYPT T0001137. - Ancient Geography. Ge 35:1-8 The original name was Luz. . The same witness is still more decisively borne by the worship paid in it to the Babylonian moon-god and by its ancient temple of Sin. Map of ALL the land promised to Abraham and his descendantsthe Promised Land. When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. Abraham means a father of a great multitude.*. Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). Josephus (B. J. Rivaling Damascus in antiquity. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. This spot became a center of great interest, lending growing importance to the town. Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. Here too, after a while, he dug a well, which bears his name to this day (John 4:5, 39-42). Tanis) in Egypt (Nu 13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities," perhaps because divided at one time into four quarters, but according to Jewish writers so called because four patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Adam were buried there. Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by implication, in Mesopotamia. This place bears the name of Huruk in the native inscriptions, and was in the countries known to the Jews as the land of the Chaldaeans. 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. (1.) 9:37). It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. (3.) I. It has been traced upward for about 2700 miles, measured by its course, not in a direct line, and its extent is probably over 1000 miles more. Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). Jud 20:26- 28; 21:4 Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. C+B-Exodus-Map.PNG 713 853; 242 KB. 1. "Between Ur and Harran there must, consequently, have been a close connection in early times, the record of which has not yet been recovered. I. The map Abraham In Canaan describes the Abrahams journey from Haran to the south of Israel. 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). Salem. Ur. The red arrowed lines show the route he took. An interesting note is that Hebron was one of the oldest cities in ancient Canaan and Numbers 13:22 says that "it was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt."9. Abraham. and in Acts 7:2. The place was originally called Shechem, and it was the first spot where Abraham pitched his tent after entering Canaan. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25). The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (Jdg 4:5). Born in Sariwon, Korea The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. 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. Genesis. Map of the Journeys of Abraham. Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -3. The Making of Egypt 4. A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. Biblical Archaeology - Significant Discoveries from Ancient Empires. Jotham's parable was spoken from the cliff of Gerizim overhanging the town (Jdg 9:7 ff). 37:12). 4:212) down to Nabonid (540 B.C.) Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. In the morning Jacob set up "for a pillar" the stone which had served as his pillow (Gen 28:18; see PILLAR, matstsebhah), poured oil upon it and called the name of the place Bethel, "house of God"; that is, of God whose epiphany was for him associated with the pillar. Its length measured by its course is probably 3,700 miles, the longest in the world. It was celebrated among the Romans, under the name of Charrae, as the scene of the defeat of Crassus.Haran in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Gen 11:31 f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Gen 12:1 ff). Green Line - The route Abraham's most trusted servant Eliezer takes to Haran in order to find a wife for Isaac. It was about 12 miles N. of Jerusalem. Abraham's Story. 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. it came upon us suddenly like a scene of fairy enchantment. ; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 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. 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. Jesus Keeps Feast of Tabernacles. Applied as a general name to the non-Israelite inhabitants of the land, as we have already seen was the case with "Canaan." Instances of this are, Ge 12:6; Nu 21:3 The Canaanites were descendants of Canaan. 1. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. 24:1-15). A map shows possible routes taken by Abraham from Mesopotamia to Canaan and by Moses and the Hebrews in their exodus from Egypt to Canaan. 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 suburbs in our Lord's days reached nearer the entrance of the valley between Gerizim and Ebal than now; for the narrative in John 4:30; John 4:35, implies that the people could be seen as they came from the town toward Jesus at the well, whereas Nablus now is more than a mile distant, and cannot be seen from that point. For two centuries it was the capital, and always was held sacred. Download) 1-Year License $ 20.00; Contacts. Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. Later Abraham journeyed further around the Fertile Crescent into the land of Canaan where he built an . 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. The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. frontJACOB on the massacre by Simeon and Levi, Genesis 34.) When Isaac was born Ishmael was expelled and his mother Hagar fled and was met by "the Angel of the Lord" which was the Lord Himself (Gen. 21:1-34).15. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. Map 38 Abram's Journey to Canaan . The Incredible Bible - First in the BKA Series. 3. In Jos 16:1 and 1Sam 13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.Bethel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): (1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem. Abraham and his army of servants smote the army of the 4 kings of Chedorlaomer and chased them to Hobah, which was located near Damascus. THE NILE IN RELIGION 1. Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. After a reign of three years Abimelech was rejected by the people. Judaism and Christianity teach that the story of Abraham is more than the story of one man. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). 1 Chr. It was a prominent place in the days of the Patriarchs, and is frequently mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. Jews, Christians and Muslims all agree that Abraham is the Patriarch of their religions and founder of Monotheism. Nahor, Abraham's brother, had probably settled in Haran before they departed.3. The name employed in the Old Testament to designate the Nile is in the Hebrew ye'or, Egyptian aur, earlier, atur, usually translated "river," also occasionally "canals" (Ps 78:44; Ezek 29:3 ff). 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. Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence trade was carried on with the dwellers on the gulf, and with the distant countries of India, Ethiopia, and Egypt. V. toushpa89 Lies and fairly tales. Also called SICHEM and SYCHEM, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan Abraham lives in Ge 12:6 The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in Ge 37:12-14 Joseph buried in Jos 24:32 Jacob buried in Ac 7:16; with Ge 50:13 -2. 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. Jesus' Baptism and Temptation. Smith's Bible Dictionary suggests that nachal) is related to the Nile and is that river; but the distinctness with which nachal) is mentioned, and not as elsewhere Sihor, or "river," Ye'or, forbids the identification. It was formerly a maritime city, as the waters of the Persian Gulf reached thus far inland. 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. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. It is called "Charran" in the LXX. Wikipedia is not always Biblically sound, so Berean-like ( Acts 17:11) discretion is necessary in order to separate the "wheat from the chaff" so to speak. First Century Israel Map - The Location of Temples 2. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." 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. Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah as the family sepulcher and buried his wife Sarah there (Gen. 23: 1-20). Probably on rising ground East of Bethel Abraham and Lot stood to view the uninviting highlands and the rich lands of the Jordan valley (Gen 13:9 ff). This map shows the 42 camp sites during the Wilderness Journey when the people of God left Egypt--in what is called the Exodus--and traveled for 40 years around the wilderness before settling into Canaan, the Promised Land. In the Hebrew the country Haran begins with 'ch', the man Haran with 'h', as also the Haran the Gershonite Levite under David of Shimei's family (1 Chronicles 23:9). Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. The photo of Joseph's family journey into Egypt shows the fertile Nile delta as the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea. (3.) 24:25), the terms of which were recorded "in the book of the law of God", i.e., in the roll of the law of Moses; and in memory of this solemn transaction a great stone was set up "under an oak" (comp. Probably too "the strange gods" or "the gods of the stranger" were those carried away by Jacob's sons from Shechem among the spoils (Genesis 35:2; Genesis 34:26-29). Each of these places are important in the history of Israel and there is evidence of their existence in ancient times through archaeology.1. Four kings of the east came to Canaan who were united under Chedorlaomer of Elam (the territory of ancient Ur) and made war against the five kings of Canaan. Called Hur by the natives, and on monuments Ur. 1025-1018 BC. (Josh. Hebrew). Ge 11:26 (B.C. - Ancient Geography, Hebron in Easton's Bible Dictionary a community; alliance. Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 23:17- 20), which he bought from Ephron the Hittite. 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). It is named as on the northern border of Benjamin (the southern of Ephraim, Josh 16:2), at the top of the ascent from the Jordan valley by way of Ai (Josh 18:13). Ur was a booming community on the Euphrates 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. He lived some twenty-eight hundred years B.C., and took part in building the famous temple of the moon-god Sin in Ur itself. According to Josh 15:13 it was so called after Arba, the father of Anak. 9:17) refers to Ur as "the moon worshipping (kamarine; kamar being Arabic for moon) city." Bethel. (2.) 1Ch 2:46 4. Abraham in the Bible. They moved southward and passed by the city of Damascus along the way and it might have been at this time that Abraham secured his servant Eliezer (Gen. 15:2).4. Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Gen 33:20). ver. Comp. The plural "rivers" is used for the different mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile. 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. 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. The First Miracle at Cana. to Cairo. From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:10 ff). A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts 7:16). 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. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. Map of Abraham's Journey . the last. THE NILE IN HISTORY 1. Ur of the Chaldees was the original home of Abraham. 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). We saw nothing to compare with it in all Israel." The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). (Gen. 11:31; Acts 7:2-4). The site of Shechem is said to be of unrivalled beauty. Josephus mistakenly places here the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Ki 3:4). (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. 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. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). The Damming of the Nile 4. Well known at Abram's entrance into Canaan, 3,780 years ago (Genesis 42:18). View full hd Africa Map - Map Of Africa Equatorial Guinea transparent PNG Image. Abram pitched his tent on a mountain E. of Bethel, abounding in pasture (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3). 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? It retained this name till it came into the possession of Caleb, when the Israelites restored the original name Hebron" (Keil, Com.). Jacob's well and the tomb of Joseph are also close by in the valley. 1926.) Ge 37:14 comp. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. The city is some 20 miles South of Jerusalem, situated in an open valley, 3,040 ft. above sea-level. There is much history in this place (Joshua 24:1, Judges 9:6, 1 Kings 12:1).5. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). (Gen. 13:1-9).8. A descendant of Manasseh (Num. Gaza, near Shechem, only mentioned 1 Chr. 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. Bethel still abounds in stones such as Jacob used for his pillow and afterward for a sanctuary. See RIVER OF EGYPT. 2Ki 10:29 After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. A city of the tribe of Judah, south of Jerusalem When built Nu 13:22 Fortified 2Ch 11:10 Called KIRJATH-ARBA Ge 23:2 ARBA Ge 35:27; Jos 15:13 Abraham lived there and Sarah died at Ge 23:2 Hoham, king of, confederated with other kings of the Canaanites against Joshua Jos 10:3-39 Descendants of the Anakim live at Nu 13:22; Jos 11:21 Conquest of, by Caleb Jos 14:6-15; Jud 1:10,20 A city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:11,13 David crowned king of Judah at 2Sa 2:1-11; 3 David crowned king of Israel at 2Sa 5:1-5 The burial place of Sarah Ge 23:2 The burial place of Abner 2Sa 3:32 The burial place of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:12 The conspirators against Ish-bosheth hanged at 2Sa 4:12 Absalom made king at 2Sa 15:9,10 Jews of the Babylonian captivity lived at Ne 11:25 Pool of 2Sa 4:12 -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.
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