1Ch 23:9 3. Abraham left Hebron and for a time sojourned among the Philistines in Gerar which was in southern Canaan west of Beersheba. (See OAK T0002758.) Twenty Roman miles S. of Jerusalem, and twenty N. of Beersheba. 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. 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.". Gerar. Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. 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. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him. 20:7), and here the bones of Joseph were buried (24:32). Ge 11:29 Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. 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 ancient city is represented by the modern Charran to the Southeast of Edessa, on the river Belias, an affluent of the Euphrates. Heb. Copy. (to feign) a. to pretend. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. (1.) The scenery is more beautiful and picturesque than that of any other district of Palestine. Abraham, on his first migration to the land of promise, pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak (or terebinth) of Moreh at Shechem. Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley running from N. to S. (probably that of Eshcol, whence the spies got the great cluster of grapes, Numbers 13:23), surrounded by rocky hills, still famed for fine grapes. In the cave of Machpelah all the patriarchs and their wives, except Rachel, were buried (49:30 f; 50:13). Built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22). The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Genesis 11:31 f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Genesis 12:1). It was on the caravan route between the east and west. shichor, not always written fully, has also been interpreted in a mistaken way of the Nile (see SHIHOR). (The course of the river has been traced for 3300 miles. )Nile River in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Not so named in the Bible; related to Sanskrit Nilah, "blue." granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). Almost as high (3,430 ft.) is Jebei Kafkafah, about 12 miles to the Northeast. 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. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran ( Genesis 11:26-32 ESV ). A second tradition, which appears in the Talmud, finds Ur in Warka, 120 miles southeast from Babylon and four east of the Euphrates. --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. What is the distance between Haran and Canaan? 24:1-15). He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. (3) See preceding article. H|Un0+R]1m?lDI/-JR Genesis 26:33 He called it Shibah. 3:7, section 32) says that more than 10,000 of the inhabitants were once destroyed by the Romans, implying a much larger town and population than at present. Terah, at the age of 200, decides to move his entire family, which includes his grandson Lot, to Haran (Genesis 11:31). The Nile in Physical Geography. The streams are fringed with oleander. 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). 47:18; Amos 1:3; etc. Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. Under Abraham's oak at Shechem Jacob buried the family idols and amulets (Genesis 35:1-4). In Jos 16:1 and 1Sam 13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.Bethel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): (1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem. 33:8 ). It contains about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom about 160 are Samaritans and 100 Jews, the rest being Christians and Mohammedans. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. Deuteronomy 3:16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border of it, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; Deuteronomy 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. 9:17) refers to Ur as "the moon worshipping (kamarine; kamar being Arabic for moon) city." Pharaoh expels Abram. (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 23:3). Josephus mistakenly places here the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Ki 3:4). 12; Num. This is probably true also in Songs 4:1. Es Salt is the only village of any importance in the South. 1. Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah as the family sepulcher and buried his wife Sarah there (Gen. 23: 1-20). The greatest height is toward the South, where it culminates in Jebel Osh`a (3,597 ft.), to the North of es-Salt. The monotony of the stony plateau is broken by clumps of the hardy white broom. 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. It was David's first capital. 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). Deuteronomy 3:12 This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites: Deuteronomy 3:13 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. ", 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? According to Genesis Abraham, his father, Sara and his orphaned nephew Lot moved from Ur to Harran, 600 miles away in present-day Turkey. The Bible also mentions that Abraham paid him 1/10th of all his spoils from the war as a "tithe". It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. haran; i.e., "mountaineer." 1 Kings 8:65 "stream" (nachal, not "river".) You can also enter airport name or code from Israel in above fields. (to create for oneself) a. to make oneself. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. 1 Chronicles 6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs. The Inundation 5. (Porter and Rawlinson favor this last place. 1Ki 16:34 3. Mountains:The uplands of Gilead may be described as the crumpling of the edge of the great eastern plateau ere it plunges into the Ghor. 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. Ff4Wn\ *(pX6%*f2 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. 6. It was the Orchoe of the Greeks, and probably the Ereck of Holy Scripture. Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. The name Gilead is sometimes used to denote the whole country East of the Jordan (Genesis 37:25 Joshua 22:9 2 Samuel 2:9, etc.). History:After the conquest, as we have seen, Gilead passed mainly into the hands of Gad. It was like passing from one court of a temple into another. (Josh. Indeed, the temple of the moon-god at Harran was perhaps even more famous in the Assyrian and Babylonian world than the temple of the moon-god at Ur. Geological Origin: The Nile originated Hosea 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles. 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. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. (See EGYPT T0001137. He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.". 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. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. Probably too "the strange gods" or "the gods of the stranger" were those carried away by Jacob's sons from Shechem among the spoils (Genesis 35:2; Genesis 34:26-29). She received her name Sarah from God. It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. Father of one of David's mighty men 1Ch 11:35Ur in Smiths Bible Dictionary was the land of Haran's nativity, Ge 11:28 the place from which Terah and Abraham started "to go into the land of Canaan." It was from the ruggedness of this hard limestone that Gilead obtained its name. It became the central city of the Samaritans, whose shrine Joshua 17:2 - There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.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:Genesis 34:24 - And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.1 Chronicles 6:67 - And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,Judges 21:19 - Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.Genesis 34:20 - And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,Numbers 26:31 - And [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and [of] Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:Judges 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? In the 40th year of David's reign 2,700 of them, at Jazer in Gilead, "mighty men of valor," superintended for the king the two and a half tribes "in matters pertaining to God and the king" (1 Chronicles 26:30- 32); Jerijah was their chief. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. He returns to Ai and separates from lot. Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. 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? Bethel still abounds in stones such as Jacob used for his pillow and afterward for a sanctuary. 2. 1 Chronicles 27:21 of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Total distance is 500 km in 24 total days but only 17 travel days = 29 km (17 miles) per travel day. 1Ch 15:9; 23:19 2. Here Absalom set up the standard of revolt. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) 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. and in Acts 7:2. Famine and plenty are truly represented as coming up out of the river in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41). This is the fastest route from Jerusalem, AR to Gilead, NE. 37:12). of Bethel. Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. He Builds altar at Shechem . 13:2). This spot became a center of great interest, lending growing importance to the town. 5:5); and here he was anointed as king over all Israel (2 Sam. 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. 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