the Revised Version, margin reads "return and go round about from Mt. The total straight line distance between Haran and Jerusalem is 665 KM (kilometers) and 900 meters. The Nile has two names: the sacred name Hapi, or Hapi-mu, "the abyss of waters," Hp-ro-mu, "the waters whose source is hidden"; and the common name Yeor Aor, Aur (Atur): both Egyptian names. It was already centuries old when the Hittites fought Ramesses II of Egypt at the Battle of Kadesh in 939 BC. 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. 13:2). ", 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? There is much history in this place (Joshua 24:1, Judges 9:6, 1 Kings 12:1).5. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran. Joshua 13:11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah; Joshua 13:25 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah; Joshua 13:31 Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. 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). &!5"M&5zZ0HP\ Km1C'!trc jL 2ihw> b<14}6 Fx7A '?M b]eS\:9ooS7!1UQ4]U"0k{\ Ly&& Uixne(1I p{n:o%+-`-jkNw=]XU%;oq+ 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). Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged. How far is it from Moab to the South Pole? There are four springs which yield supplies of good water. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. The monotony of the stony plateau is broken by clumps of the hardy white broom. One of the towns in the territory of Asher, Jos 19:28 probably Ebdon or Abdom.Hebron in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE he'-brun (chebhron, "league" or "confederacy"; Chebron): One of the most ancient and important cities in Southern Israel, now known to the Moslems as el Khalil (i.e. Hobah. During the civil war with Benjamin the tribes took the ark thither to consult God (compare 1 Samuel 10:3). H|Un0+R]1m?lDI/-JR It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. It is found about forty times in the Old. Ezekiel speaks of the merchants of Haran as trading with Tyre (27:23). Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -3. 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. 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. (See BETHAVEN.) ver. "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." Jotham's parable as to the trees, the vine, the fig, and the bramble, were most appropriateShechem in Hitchcock's Bible Names part; portion; back early in the morningShechem in Naves Topical Bible 1. It was abandoned about B.C. Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32; Joh 4:5 The field lay undoubtedly on the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was the greater on account of the well which Jacob had dug there, so as not to be dependent on his neighbors for a supply of water. 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. Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. The Infiltration II. Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25). On his return Abraham passed through Salem (Jerusalem) and was met by a man named Melchizedek whose name means "king of righteousness". %PDF-1.6 % It was destroyed at the time of the Conquest, and its place was taken by Shechem. hbbd``b` 9`d * i b P0&F 0 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. A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31, 32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. 1. 3. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. In the first great revoltBethel. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran ( Genesis 11:26-32 ESV ). It shared this honour, however, with another city, and this city was Haran, or Harran. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. It was like passing from one court of a temple into another. It corresponds today to the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Jordan . In the modern name, `Ain Jalud, there may be an echo of the ancient Gilead. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12). Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. 2. 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). "The whole valley," says Dr. Robinson, "was filled with gardens of vegetables and orchards of all kinds of fruits, watered by fountains which burst forth in various parts and flow westward in refreshing streams. The distance to be traveled from Hebron to Haran was probably over 400 miles, perhaps as many as 450. 1. To each of Judges 5:17 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Later God changed his name to Abraham which means "father of a many nations" and he obeyed God and journeyed to the land of Canaan. Pharaoh expels Abram. Under Jehu, who restored the calf worship, and Jeroboam II his great grandson, Bethel comes again into prominence (2 Kings 10:29). Is Harran real? On coins still extant it is called Flavia Neapolis. Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered up all before us: Deuteronomy 3:10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 2 Samuel 17:26 Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. 2Ki 2:2,3 But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. 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). To the north of Gilead was Bashan, and to the south were Moab and Ammon. Genesis 31:25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock; Numbers 32:3 "Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Numbers 32:5 They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the Jordan.". In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. Abraham and his family journeyed southward through the land of Canaan and a major famine hit they migrated to Egypt. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. The surveys directed by the Palestine Exploration Fund, in so far as they have been carried out, are invaluable. 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). The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. Abraham and his nephew Lot returned to their former home at Bethel, but on account of strife between their herdsmen they parted each others company as friends. A town in the south part of Judah, named in Jos 12:16 and 1Sam 30:27 In Jos 15:30; 19:4; 1Ch 4:29,30 the place appears under the name of CHESIL, BETHUL and BETHUEL. Now Mugheir (a ruined temple of large bitumen bricks, which also "mugheir" means, namely, Um Mugheir "mother of bitumen"), on the right bank of the Euphrates, near its junction with the Shat el Hie from the Tigris; in Chaldaea proper. 33:5 ). 19:28).Hebron in Fausset's Bible Dictionary 1. There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. Hapi-ur, "the high Nile," fertilizes the land; the Nile low brought famine. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). Hosea 12:11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. A town in the north border of Asher (Josh. The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. At the western end is another, 85 ft. long by 55 broad. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. Numbers 32:11 'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: Numbers 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.". 0 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). Gen 37:28 Joseph is ultimately sold on to some Midianite merchants and taken to Egypt (along The Way of the Sea) (see 5 on Map 42). 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. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). It was a prominent place in the days of the Patriarchs, and is frequently mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Geology:The geological formation is the same as that of Western Palestine, but the underlying sandstone, which does not appear West of the Jordan, forms the base slopes of the chain of Moab and Gilead, and is traceable as far as the Jabbok. When Abraham was born, Shem was 390 years Old, and his father Noah was 892 years old. Shechem was assigned to the Levites, and made a city of refuge. Egyptian Famines III. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. Six feet higher than this is devastation; six feet lower is destitution." Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. Later biblical passages list Haran among some cities and lands subjugated by Assyrian rulers and among Tyre's trading partners. Attempts were made to recover it for Christianity by Baldwin I (1118 A.D.) and Baldwin II (1121 A.D.); and the Crusaders left their mark in such strong-holds as Kal`at er-Rabad and the castle at es-Salt. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. Abraham returned to Beersheba and dwelt there for some time.17. A descendant of Manasseh (Num. 24:4; Josh. Its bed is cut through layers of nummulitic limestone (of which the pyramids of Ghizeh are built, full of nummulites, which the Arabs call "Pharaoh's beans"), sandstone under that, breccia verde under that, azoic rocks still lower, with red granite and syenite rising through all the upper strataNile River in Naves Topical Bible Called THE RIVER Isa 11:15; 19:5-10; Eze 29:4; Am 8:8 -Called SIHOR Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18Nile River in Smiths Bible Dictionary (blue, dark), the great river of Egypt. It greatly increases the difficulty that so many of the cities named are still unidentified. It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). An impersonation of Noah (Osburn). Jeremiah 50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. 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. It was the favorite home of Abraham. 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. It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). The Blue Nile rises in the highlands of Abyssinia, latitude 12 degree 30' North, long. is there no physician there? "Between Ur and Harran there must, consequently, have been a close connection in early times, the record of which has not yet been recovered. 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