It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:10 ff). There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. 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. 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.). A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. 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 land of Canaan witnessed another famine, besides the first famine . 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? Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. 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. Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. 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. A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. Hebron. From the First Cataract, at Syene, the river flows smoothly at the rate of two or three miles an hour with a width of half a mile. The maps and photos are updated every week, and sometimes every day. Geological Origin: The Nile originated Hosea 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles. Conception and Birth of Jesus. Abram Travels to Canaan c. 2091 b.c.. Abram was born in Ur, a powerful city in southern Babylonia. The place was originally called Shechem, and it was the first spot where Abraham pitched his tent after entering Canaan. 1. At the same "memorial terebinth" at Shechem the Shechemites made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). 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. Twenty Roman miles S. of Jerusalem, and twenty N. of Beersheba. (Gen. 13:1-9).8. 1Sa 7:16 Here Jeroboab placed one of the two calves of gold. Jud 20:26- 28; 21:4 Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12 He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, Nu 3:27; 26:58; 1Ch 26:23,30,31, or Bene-Hebron. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. 3. Here was the ark of the covenant. Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Gen 27:43). "Such a remarkable coincidence between the Biblical narrative and the evidence of archaeological research cannot be the result of chance. Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. Ur. One of Samson's exploits was the carrying of the gate of Gaza "to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron" (Jdg 16:3). To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). New Testament Bible Maps include Abrahams Journey; Bible Maps: Abraham s Journey: 2000 BC; Palestine: Hills and Valleys; Ancient Trade Routes - Jewish Virtual Library Exodus from Egypt - Settling in Canaan. "Ur was consecrated to the worship of Sin, the Babylonian moon-god. Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. 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. (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. Ge 35:1-8 The original name was Luz. . 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. it was at this time that the patriarch purchased from that chieftain "the parcel of the field" which he subsequently bequeathed, as a special patrimony, to his son Joseph. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. 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). 13:22). Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. It was a prominent place in the days of the Patriarchs, and is frequently mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho under the curse (1 Kings 16:34).Bethel in Hitchcock's Bible Names the house of GodBethel in Naves Topical Bible 1. The town has no walls; but the main streets opening on the principal roads have gates. Jeffrey Smith. Beersheba. 1Ki 16:34 3. God promised Abraham that if he would leave his home and journey to a land that he had never seen before, he would be blessed and his descendants would become a great nation and they would outnumber the stars in the sky. The Bible also mentions that Abraham paid him 1/10th of all his spoils from the war as a "tithe". The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. A 'ziggurat' (a stepped temple . When Abraham finally returned to Hebron God reminded him of his covenant with him and changed his name from Abram to Abraham (Gen. 15:1-21; 17:1-27). 1:22, etc.) The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (Jdg 4:5). Late travellers have found its source in Lake Victoria Nyanza, three degrees south of the equator. Visiting Home for the Last Time. In this video you can learn to draw a map of Abraham's journey to the Promised Land. It was afterwards known as Mamre. The bottom of the valley is about 1800 feet above the level of the sea, and the top of Gerizim 800 feet higher still. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) Bethel. "Ur Scripture - Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.https://bible-history.com/ 2 Kings 25:13 - And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.2 Kings 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.2 Chronicles 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand.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.2 Kings 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.Genesis 15:7 - And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.2 Kings 25:5 - And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.2 Kings 25:25 - But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.2 Kings 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.2 Kings 25:26 - And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.Nehemiah 9:7 - Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;Isaiah 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.2 Kings 25:10 - And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.Genesis 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 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. 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). Under Jehu, who restored the calf worship, and Jeroboam II his great grandson, Bethel comes again into prominence (2 Kings 10:29). It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. This city is mentioned in connection with our Lord's conversation with the woman of Samaria (John 4:5); and thus, remaining as it does to the present day, it is one of the oldest cities of the world. Abram's father, Terah, eventually led the family toward the land of Canaan but decided to settle in Haran (see Gen. 11:27-31).After Terah's death, the Lord called Abram to go "to the land that I will show you" (Canaan), which he promises to give to Abram's descendants. 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. According to Josh 15:13 it was so called after Arba, the father of Anak. (1.) It was the first capital of the kingdom of Israel. The Incredible Bible - First in the BKA Series. 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. History: Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh 12:16). On the round mount S.E. 8:30-35.) The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. In the first great revoltBethel. 2. (Genesis 11:27-32) Then God called Abram (as he was then called), and told him to travel to Canaan. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). The war of conquest being done, Joseph's bones were buried in the parcel of ground which Jacob had bought, and which fell to the lot of Joseph's descendants (24:33). It was David's first capital. (4.) 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 later ages it was called Edessa, and was celebrated as the capital of Abgarus or Acbarus who was said to have received the letter and portrait of our Saviour. 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. Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. 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. Ge 37:14 comp. 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. 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. 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. Ge 11:29 Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. GENESIS. In Jdg 1:22 ff it is represented as held by Canaanites, from whom the house of Joseph took it by treachery (compare 1 Ch 7:28). Jud 20:18,26,31; 21:2 Authorized Version, "house of God." Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. Jos 11:3. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -3. Paul's Journey to Rome . The hieroglyphic name of Egypt is Kam, "black." 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. Abraham in Canaan Keywords: Abraham, Canaan Source: NASA: Wanderings of Jacob Keywords: Canaan, Jacob Source: NASA: Joseph's Journey to Egypt. High Resolution Map. The ruins, covering three or four acres, still bear a like name, Beitin, on a low bill, between two wadies, which unite in the main valley of es-Suweinit, toward the S.E. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. E. of this mount stands the ruin Tel er Rijmah, "the mound of the heap," answering to Ai or Hai. See RIVER OF EGYPT. 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. The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. It is the second map video in Lesson #2 of the Old Testament Overview App. . Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. The First Miracle at Cana. There were formerly 7 mouths scattered along a coast-line of 140 miles. Map of the Journeys of Abraham. 2. It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh. (Josh. Moriah. There the prophet from Judah foretold the overthrow of the calf altar by Josiah. 8:17; 12:16).Bethel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("house of God".) In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). 1 Kings 8:65 "stream" (nachal, not "river".) After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. 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. frontJACOB on the massacre by Simeon and Levi, Genesis 34.) The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. 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. 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. . 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. No inscriptions have yet been found here, but a fragment of an Assyrian lion has been uncovered. Jacob revisited the place on his return from Paddan-aram; here Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under "the oak" (Gen 35:6 f). It retained this name till it came into the possession of Caleb, when the Israelites restored the original name Hebron" (Keil, Com.). 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. 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. Ge 24:10 with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Ge 24:10 or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. 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. It is mentioned as lying to the West of Michmethath (el-Makhneh) on the boundary of Manasseh (Josh 17:7). One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. I. 1926.) Learn about Godly choices. The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. Jews, Christians and Muslims all agree that Abraham is the Patriarch of their religions and founder of Monotheism. 2. Melchizedek was a mysterious man regarded in the Bible as the priest and king of Salem. Abram's Migration "Thus says the YHWH, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, and they served other gods. 1. (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 23:3). Abraham and his family departed up the Euphrates River to Haran. (See BETHAVEN.) 20:7), and here the bones of Joseph were buried (24:32). Jewish tradition makes Haran to have been cast into Nimrod's furnace for wavering during Abram's fiery trial.Haran in Hitchcock's Bible Names mountainous countryHaran in Naves Topical Bible 1. and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). 13:2). Shechem was assigned to the Levites, and made a city of refuge. 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. 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. Near Haran the Parthians defeated and slew Crassus (53 BC), and here Caracalla was assassinated (217 AD). Here also Jacob "bought a parcel of a field at the hands of the children of Hamor" after his return from Mesopotamia, and settled with his household, which he purged from idolatry by burying the teraphim of his followers under an oak tree, which was afterwards called "the oak of the sorcerer" (Gen. 33:19; 35:4; Judg.
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