The children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. 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. 3. It lies in a sheltered valley, protected by Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north. People [ edit] Gilead may also refer to: De 27:11; Jos 24:23-25 it was here Joshua assembled the people, shortly before his death, and deliveredShechem in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE she'-kem (shekhem, "shoulder"; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc. The charge to "be clean and change garments" may have respect to the recent slaughter of the Shechemites, which polluted those who took part in it (Blunt, Undesigned Coincidences). Gideon, ordered to reduce the number of men who were with him, commanded all who were "fearful and trembling" to "return and depart from Mt. 500, but long continued, like Erech, to be a great sacred cemetery city, as is evident from the number of tombs found there. 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 in the northern half of Gilead Deuteronomy 3:12-13, and is noticed in Judges 11:29. The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. 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. . Judges 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. - Ancient Geography. You can also enter airport name or code from Israel in above fields. The Infiltration II. The total straight line distance between Haran and Canaan is 12180 KM (kilometers) and 978.62 meters. 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. 19. It was from the ruggedness of this hard limestone that Gilead obtained its name. The same expression in Deuteronomy 3:12 obviously stands for the whole country. 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. It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). The Making of Egypt 4. It was like passing from one court of a temple into another. Train, fly to Sanliurfa, taxi. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. Large Map of Israel in the First Century - Click around on the Cities. 2. 6. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. 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). On his return Abraham passed through Salem (Jerusalem) and was met by a man named Melchizedek whose name means "king of righteousness". Near Haran the Parthians defeated and slew Crassus (53 B.C. 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). (See EGYPT T0001137. In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. his hands are tied by invisible power (Ps 76:10). 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 became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). "Between Ur and Harran there must, consequently, have been a close connection in early times, the record of which has not yet been recovered. Numbers 32:8 Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). The site of Shechem is said to be of unrivalled beauty. Son of Kohath Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12,19Hebron in Smiths Bible Dictionary (alliance). 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 reference of this name to the present occurrence is explained in these two verses. One of Jeroboam's two sanctuaries for the calf worship, selected doubtless because of its religious associations (1 Kings 12-13). It also dips toward the Jordan valley, and the water from the surface of the plateau, sinking down to the surface of their formation, bursts out of the hill slopes on the West in perennial brooks. It stood in the narrow sheltered valley between Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the south, these mountains at their base being only some 500 yards apart. 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 a seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, from very ancient times. At the oak of Moreh in the vicinity he reared his first altar to the Lord in Israel (Gen 12:6 f). In P, while Rebecca works behind the scenes by complaining to Isaac, it is only Isaac who speaks with Jacob and tells him to go. 1 Chronicles 2:49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 33 degree East (more exactly the Nile may be said to rise at the headwaters of the Ragera River, a small stream on the other side of the lake, 3 degree South of the equator), and flows North in a tortuous channel, 1,400 miles to its junction with the Blue Nile. 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.". 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. Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. Meny Lukk national monument bank uk; will arnett brothers and sisters 20:18, 31; 21:2). Hawthorn, mastic and arbutus abound, while many a glen and slope is shady with shaggy oak woods, and, in the higher reaches, with pines. 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. 1 Chronicles 5:16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. The White Nile, the principal branch of the North, rises in Victoria Nyanza, a great lake in Central Africa, a few miles North of the equator, long. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). 3. 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. Image. Shihor, "the black river," is its other Bible name, Greek Melas or Kmelas, Latin Melo, darkened by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its overflow (Jeremiah 2:18). How far is Haran to Hebron? Numbers 32:21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him. 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. 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). 2.167 - 6.823 . Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. It was already centuries old when the Hittites fought Ramesses II of Egypt at the Battle of Kadesh in 939 BC. 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. driving 300 miles from Mount Gilead. There might be slight difference . It lies along the Balkh River, 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Urfa. Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran. ; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. 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. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. Jos 15:13,14; 21:13 Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb Ge 23:2-20 The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city. 14; Num. The temple is thoroughly Chaldaean in type, in stages of which two remain, of brick partly sunburnt, partly baked, cemented with bitumen.Ur in Hitchcock's Bible Names fireUr in Naves Topical Bible 1. Ezekiel 27:23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers. Though not explicitly stated, it seems likely that Abraham passed this way along the Jabbok River as he traveled from Haran to Shechem (later Jacob would travel on this route). 6:18; 1 Chr. Hobah. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. Hosea 12:11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. 1 It may have taken six to twelve months. bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). It was in Gerar that Abraham deceived King Abimelech (Gen. 20:1-18).14. We saw nothing to compare with it in all Israel." Built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22). 4:15; 5:8; 10:5, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Gen. 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). #P3{g\ g`&fVg}R+H@O '`7C|>T)*KO%ru HPdR"Sb&AZ"TH+ @VH+IP zzy*$B&pU !1|=oZ.fL*Q{5V7{^JcaS}ayI Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." A small remnant of the ancient Samaritans dwell here still, despised and persecuted by their Mahommedan masters. A little north of Cairo it divides into two branches, one flowing to Rosetta and the other to Damietta, from which place the mouths are named. Camels average 3 miles per hour for about 8 hours a day. It was used more generally for the entire region east of the Jordan River. 7:32). 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. Likewise nahar mitsrayim, "brook of Egypt," a border stream in no way connected with the Nile, has sometimes been mistaken for that river. 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. And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. "The stream (nachal) of Egypt" seems distinct (Isaiah 27:12), now "wady el Arish" (where was the frontier city Rhino-corura) on the confines of Israel and Egypt (Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47, where for "river" should stand "stream," nachal)). When Isaac was born Ishmael was expelled and his mother Hagar fled and was met by "the Angel of the Lord" which was the Lord Himself (Gen. 21:1-34).15. The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. It shared this honour, however, with another city, and this city was Haran, or Harran. 4. 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). Ge 37:14 comp. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). 0HX(w\m@(mootwbC *9(3AXT,`65v0g3;Y_NaMJ-ovd;yl:{P)x! gd Abraham and his army of servants smote the army of the 4 kings of Chedorlaomer and chased them to Hobah, which was located near Damascus. Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). 3. It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:10 ff). But we do not need to be very exacting about geographical accuracy in old-world popular stories. But the nearest point to Mount Gilead where a crossing of the Euphrates could take place is 300 miles distant in a straight line, and from the nearest point to Haran, the distance between Gilead and the Euphrates is 380 miles. Abraham and his nephew Lot had departed Haran and followed the leading of the Lord. The Journey (Abraham Visits 17 Locations)The land of Canaan would be the inheritance of Abraham's descendants but Abraham would only be a pilgrim there. 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. Jacob's well and the tomb of Joseph are also close by in the valley. 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. The scenery is more beautiful and picturesque than that of any other district of Palestine. 40 mile drive from Mount Gilead. Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). 3o2b-n`MRjfDt'"*_TFuG5. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. Under the oak in the neighboring sanctuary he set up the stone of witness (24:26). (2) A mountain named in Judges 7:3. 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. There is a real-world town called Harran in Turkey's anlurfa Province close to the border with Syria. 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. Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you. Why did Dan remain in ships? Son of Shemidah 1Ch 7:19Shechem in Smiths Bible Dictionary (back or shoulder). Terah dies in Haran five years later. THE NILE IN HISTORY 1. 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. Ge 24:10 with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Ge 24:10 or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. How far is it from Moab to the South Pole? From this junction-point the Niles flows North through Nubia and Egypt 1,900 miles and empties into the Mediterranean Sea, in latitude 32 degree North, through 2 mouths, the Rosetta, East of Alexandria, and the Damietta, West of Port Said. 58 0 obj <>stream 2Ch 13:19 Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". Hebron. Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 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