The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. 1 Chronicles 2:22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. Heb. He returns to Ai and separates from lot. (2.) It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. This seems to have led to a reconquest of the land by heathenism, and return to Gilead was promised to Israel (Zechariah 10:10).At a later time the Jewish residents in Gilead were exposed to danger from their heathen neighbors. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. We saw nothing to compare with it in all Israel." 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. Bethel, the place, is expressly distinguished from Luz, the old Canaanite city. 1Ch 23:9 3. Eupolemos (in Eusebius, Praep. "Between Ur and Harran there must, consequently, have been a close connection in early times, the record of which has not yet been recovered. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. 3o2b-n`MRjfDt'"*_TFuG5. Picture Study Bible - StudyBible with Pictures and Maps. 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. 0 Deuteronomy 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. 14; Num. And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? Train, fly to Sanliurfa, taxi. 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. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) 2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 2. When Jacob, with his wives, overtook the cattle, they would, probably, not travel more than ten or twelve miles a day; but three days passed before Laban learned what had taken place, and a couple of days at least must have been spent in returning to Haran and preparing for the pursuit. That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. 03) In a straight line from Shechem, to Bethel, to Egypt it is about 254 miles (409 Km). Here too, after a while, he dug a well, which bears his name to this day (John 4:5, 39-42). 3. 20. To Shechem Joshua gathered all Israel "before God," and delivered to them his second parting address (Josh. 200 mile road trip from Mount Gilead. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). 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. The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th. Patriarchal Period: Abram came and dwelt by the oaks of MAMRE (which see), "which are in Hebron" Gen (13:18); from here he went to the rescue of Lot and brought him back after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (14:13 f); here his name was changed to Abraham (17:5); to this place came the three angels with the promise of a son (18:1 f); Sarah died here (23:2), and for her sepulcher Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah (23:17); here Isaac and Jacob spent much of their lives (35:27; 37:14); from here Jacob sent Joseph to seek his brethren (37:14), and hence, Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (46:1). Under Jehu, who restored the calf worship, and Jeroboam II his great grandson, Bethel comes again into prominence (2 Kings 10:29). He "made a covenant with the people that day" at the very place where, on first entering the land, they had responded to the law from Ebal and Gerizim (Josh. 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). It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). 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). She received her name Sarah from God. 2Ki 2:2,3 But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. On the E. of Gerizim and Ebal the flue plain of Mukhna stretches from N. to S. Here first in Canaan God appeared to Abraham (Genesis 12:6), and here he pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak or terebinth (not "plain") of Moreh; here too Jacob re-entered the promised land (Genesis 33:18- 19), and "bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent," from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, and bequeathed it subsequently to Joseph (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5); a dwelling place, whereas Abraham's only purchase was a burial place. During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech. Roman Empire Map - 6 major city distances are calculated in Israel country. If this thesis is correct, (and I have for the sake of brevity kept the account to the bare minimum,) then all the maps in Bible atlases, showing this part of the Levant, will have to be changed. Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. 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. 3. 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). Egyptians distinguished between Hapi-res, the "southern Nile" of Upper Egypt, and Hapi-meheet, the "northern Nile" of Lower Egypt. The worship of Jehovah and of the calves had been all along strangely blended. And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. See Ge 12:6 At the time of Jacob's arrival here, after his sojourn in Mesopotamia, Ge 33:18; 34 Shechem was a Hivite city, of which Hamor, the father of Shechem, was the headman. Map. Jacob had fled to Haran because of his brother Esau's threat to kill him for stealing the blessing from their father Isaac (Gen. 27:35-45). The Days of the Monarchy: David, when a fugitive, received kindness from the people of this city (1 Sam 30:31); here Abner was treacherously slain by Joab at the gate (2 Sam 3:27), and the sons of Rimmon, after their hands and feet had been cut off, were hanged "beside the pool" (2 Sam 4:12). Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25). Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. 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. A place in Central Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th.The ancient city is represented by the modern Charran to the Southeast of Edessa, on the river Belias, an affluent of the Euphrates. Isaiah 37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? It was destroyed at the time of the Conquest, and its place was taken by Shechem. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. The narrative must be historical; no writer of late date, even if he were a Babylonian, could have invented a story so exactly in accordance with what we now know to have been the truth. 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. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. It was here the Sumerians established their sophisticated and advanced civilization around 3000 B.C. beersheba to haran map. A small remnant of the ancient Samaritans dwell here still, despised and persecuted by their Mahommedan masters. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. After the occupation of the land by the Israelites, Hebron became one of the cities of refuge. Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. Travellers vie with each other in the language which they employ to describe the scene that here bursts so suddenly upon them on arriving in spring or early summer at this paradise of the holy land. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." 3. Ge 11:29 and Iscah. Gilead." "The rivers of Ethiopia" (Isaiah 18:1-2), Cush, are the Atbara, the Astapus or Blue river, between which two rivers Meroe (the Ethiopia meant in Isaiah 18) lies, and the Astaboras or White Nile; these rivers conjoin in the one Nile, and wash down the soil along their banks from Upper Egypt, and deposit it on Lower Egypt; compare "whose land (Upper Egypt) the rivers have spoiled" or "cut up" or "divided." He did not dare to touch Jacob, but there was a war of words. First Century Israel Map - Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees when his father, Terah, was 130 years old. 5:5); and here he was anointed as king over all Israel (2 Sam. %%EOF There were formerly 7 mouths scattered along a coast-line of 140 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Haran and Egypt may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road . The bottom of the valley is about 1800 feet above the level of the sea, and the top of Gerizim 800 feet higher still. Comp. Haran seems to have shared in the rebellion of Assur (763 B.C., the year of the solar eclipse, June 15). 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. 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. Moab is 2,665.16 mi (4,289.16 km) north of the equator, so it is located in the northern hemisphere. See RIVER OF EGYPT. 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. 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