It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. It was the Orchoe of the Greeks, and probably the Ereck of Holy Scripture. Abram pitched his tent on a mountain E. of Bethel, abounding in pasture (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3). 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). Jud 1:22,23 After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. Abraham in the Bible. It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. 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). 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. 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. 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). Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. 1 Chr. It was the favorite home of Abraham. No inscriptions have yet been found here, but a fragment of an Assyrian lion has been uncovered. When his end was approaching Joshua gathered the tribes of Israel here and addressed to them his final words of counsel and exhortation (chapter 24). It lay South of Shiloh (Jdg 21:19). It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. During the famine, this became the home of the Israelites. The town has no walls; but the main streets opening on the principal roads have gates. 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. Shechem. Bible Maps - Bible maps posted on preceptaustin.org. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. THE NILE IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. 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. Heb. 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. Description 2. Abram Travels to Canaan c. 2091 b.c.. Abram was born in Ur, a powerful city in southern Babylonia. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran. (Genesis 12:1-5) Abram built altars to God at Shechem and Bethel (Genesis 12:6-9) During a famine, Abram journeyed to Egypt (Genesis 12:10) He returned from Egypt, and . Abraham. In Egypt Abraham deceived the King in order to save his own life and was expelled from the land of Egypt (Gen. 12:9-20). On coins still extant it is called Flavia Neapolis. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). I. Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." Abram arrived in the land, heard from the Lord at Shechem and worshipped at Bethel (Genesis 12:6-8). The worship of Jehovah and of the calves had been all along strangely blended. It was a seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, from very ancient times. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). The photo of Joseph's family journey into Egypt shows the fertile Nile delta as the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea. to Cairo. Abraham's Journey. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.Joshua 20:7 - And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.Joshua 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.Judges 9:31 - And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.Judges 9:49 - And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.Judges 9:7 - And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.Genesis 33:18 - And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.Joshua 21:21 - For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,Judges 9:1 - And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,1 Kings 12:25 - Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.Genesis 35:4 - And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.Judges 9:18 - And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother;)Jeremiah 41:5 - That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.Judges 9:24 - That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.Judges 9:3 - And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He [is] our brother.Genesis 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:Joshua 17:7 - And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that [lieth] before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.Genesis 34:8 - And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.Genesis 37:14 - And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. 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. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) . 2. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). 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. You must bring the file to an Office Depot or similar store for easy color print and lamination. 13:22). 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen. 41:1; Ex. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). Bethel. Life of Jesus Timelines. 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). Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. A town in southern Judah (Joshua 12:16; 1 Samuel 30:27). In Ge 10:18-20 the seats of the Canaanite tribe are given as on the seashore and in the Jordan valley; comp. Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). Visiting Home for the Last Time. Abraham and his nephew Lot had departed Haran and followed the leading of the Lord. 1. 6:2, 18). . One of Jeroboam's two sanctuaries for the calf worship, selected doubtless because of its religious associations (1 Kings 12-13). (Porter and Rawlinson favor this last place. 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. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). 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. haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." Bowyer Bible Volume 2 Print 340. The vicinity was long the favorite camping-ground of the patriarchs. Gen 11:28 Terah and his family (including his sons Abram and Nahor, and his grandson Lot) live at Ur in Mesopotamia (see Map 38). Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. It was David's first capital. Josephus mistakenly places here the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Ki 3:4). 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. The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. He set up a pillar, and anointed it with oil, to mark the place where God spoke with him. (The course of the river has been traced for 3300 miles.
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