Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. 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. 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). Sarah was originally names Sarai. the cheapest) may suggest quieter roads or avoiding tolls . Caleb drove out from Hebron the "three sons of Anak" (Josh 14:12; 15:14); it became one of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:54), but was set apart for the Kohathite Levites (Josh 21:10 f), and became a city of refuge (Josh 20:7). Numbers 32:9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them. Joshua 22:15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying. 20:18, 31; 21:2). Ly&& Uixne(1I p{n:o%+-`-jkNw=]XU%;oq+ Bethel is the name given by anticipation to the place; appropriately so, as Abram virtually made it the "house of God." Some routes (e.g. There might be slight difference . This was the first mention of the word "priest" in the Bible and he gave to Abraham bread and wine. It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. At the same "memorial terebinth" at Shechem the Shechemites made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). 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. ViaMichelin will help you to determine the best route based on various options and, by default, offer two to three routes with varying costs, distances and journey times. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). 2. Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. 36 0 obj <> endobj The Damming of the Nile 4. One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah. The total straight line distance between Haran and Egypt is 5690 KM (kilometers) and 10.2 meters. The valley runs from north to south, and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the great mosque, lies partly on the eastern slope. Take the train from Be'er Sheva North to Tel Aviv Haganah. Shechem was for a time Ephraim's civil capital. 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. Abraham was the tenth generation removed from Noah, being a direct descendant of Shem, ( Noah 's son), the father of all the "Semitic" peoples. North of the Jabbok are many villages, and a fair amount of cultivation. A striking point (2,700 ft.) fully 2 miles Northwest of `Ajlun, is crowned by Qal`at er-Rabad, whence again a view of extraordinary extent is gained.5. Hobah. 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. The distance between the above mentioned places is 600 miles approximately. 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). the last. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12). 1 Kings 8:65 "stream" (nachal, not "river".) People [ edit] Gilead may also refer to: In pre-Israelite times the Jabbok (Nahr ez-Zerqa), which cuts the country in two, divided the kingdom of Sihon from that of Og (Deuteronomy 3:16 Joshua 12:2). Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). H|Un0+R]1m?lDI/-JR Hebrew). 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. 24:1-15). 1. A descendant of Manasseh (Num. The Nile is also the principal river included in the phrase nahare kush, "rivers of Ethiopia" (Isa 18:1). 2Ki 10:29 After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. 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. The Republic of Gilead, sometimes colloquially referred to simply as Gilead, is the authoritarian, theocratic regime that takes over the United States of America in the novel of The Handmaid's Tale. "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. (See OAK T0002758.) The distance to be traveled from Hebron to Haran was probably over 400 miles, perhaps as many as 450. 4. (3.) The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! 1:22, etc.) ", Judges 11:9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head? A town in southern Judah (Joshua 12:16; 1 Samuel 30:27). Abraham descended from Shem, Noah's son, and was Noah's great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandson.Before God changed Abraham's name to Abraham, which means "father of a multitude (later we will see why God changed Abraham's name) Abraham's name was Abram which meant "high father".. Abraham lived in a place called Haran. In the North we have Jebel Hakart (3,408 ft.) W, of Reimun. why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Hawthorn, mastic and arbutus abound, while many a glen and slope is shady with shaggy oak woods, and, in the higher reaches, with pines. It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. &!5"M&5zZ0HP\ Km1C'!trc jL 2ihw> b<14}6 Fx7A '?M b]eS\:9ooS7!1UQ4]U"0k{\ Israel's Exodus from Egypt and Entry into Canaan. 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. Ge 35:1-8 The original name was Luz. It was doubtless by this oak that Jacob, on his return from Paddan-aram, buried "the strange (the American Standard Revised Version "foreign") gods" (Gen 35:4). 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. Its length measured by its course is probably 3,700 miles, the longest in the world. The town was situated in a narrow valley - the "Valley of the Eschol; " whose sides are clothed with vineyards, groves of olives, and other fruit trees. It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). 13:2). 1 Kings 4:19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land. Gerar. Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Where this formation is deep the country is bare and arid, supplied by cisterns and deep wells. See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. The sit of the present city, which was also that of the Hebrew city, occurs exactly on the water-summit; and streams issuing from the numerous springs there flow down the opposite slopes of the valley, spreading verdure and fertility in every direction. 0i"f\qyn"RQ7rlt\}+/(IJgKF2+Sjh(RCu[wv?a!5Om"%3Mk;rJqqE8Ess]-s/RQwt5vt2 7l+qYVM{YW8e%X,Gkjf LG ^WE++#0H'n$po|(3D4*M1C?7Nz_us)VL:CF9Xt6=jzi4? Hebron was the original name, changed to Kirjath Arba during Israel's sojourn in Egypt, and restored by Caleb, to whom it was given at the conquest of Israel (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:13-15). Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Genesis 27:43). Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Gen 33:20). It was formerly a maritime city, as the waters of the Persian Gulf reached thus far inland. endstream endobj startxref Train, fly to Sanliurfa, taxi. The map of ancient Mesopotamia is dotted with cities along the southern parts. It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. Then follows the story of Dinah's defilement by Shechem, son of the city's chief; and of the treacherous and terrible vengeance exacted by Simeon and Levi (Genesis 34). The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. 1Ch 15:9; 23:19 2. 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. Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). The family of Hebronites sprang from him. 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 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. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. ), and here Caracalla was assassinated (217 A.D.). 6 major city distances are calculated in Israel country. Abram leaves Haran in 2091 BC. Enter the "Distance To" city, village, town, airport or place name from Israel in the second text box. 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. 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