20:18, 31; 21:2). 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. (See ABRAHAM The oldest king of Ur known to us is Ur-Ba'u (servant of the goddess Ba'u), as Hommel reads the name, or Ur-Gur, as others read it. One district was "Ibra," perhaps related to "Hebrew," Abraham's designation. Comp. 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. bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). 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. It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssinian Mountains. "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. 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. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). Lot and all the people with them were rescued including their belongings (Gen. 14:15, 16).11. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. 65 Maps to explore - News Blog . - Ancient Geography. and in Acts 7:2. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." The Hebrews . Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." Hebrews 7:3 gives an interesting description of Melchizedek and therefore his identity remains a mystery. In a general way it means all the water of Egypt. It was David's first capital. Abraham in Canaan Keywords: Abraham, Canaan Source: NASA: Wanderings of Jacob Keywords: Canaan, Jacob Source: NASA: Joseph's Journey to Egypt. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. Apparently there were Israelites in it after the captivity, some of whom on their way to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem met a tragic fate at the hands of Ishmael ben Nethaniah (Jer 41:5 ff). Salem. When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. Download) 1-Year License $ 20.00; Contacts. 1926.) It is named as on the northern border of Benjamin (the southern of Ephraim, Josh 16:2), at the top of the ascent from the Jordan valley by way of Ai (Josh 18:13). Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. 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. More altars, besides the original one were erected. 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. The Last Week of Jesus' Life. 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). Abraham's Three Visitors - Bible Illustration (Hi-Res. Josephus (B. J. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 20:7), and here the bones of Joseph were buried (24:32). The Nile Delta was a triangular area of marshland about 150 miles from north to south, from Memphis to the Mediterranean, and about 150 - 200 miles wide. (3.) It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh. Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25). Anonymous.png 462 397; 151 KB. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." Near the city the Law was promulgated (Dt 27:11; Josh 8:33). And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? Bowyer Bible Volume 2 Print 340. One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. . The great peculiarity of the river is its annual overflow, caused by the periodical tropical rains. Over the cave is now the mosque El Haran, from which all but Muslims are excluded jealously (though the Prince of Wales was admitted), and in which probably lie the remains of Abraham and Isaac, and possibly Jacob's embalmed body, brought up in state from Egypt (Genesis 50:13). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the tribe of Ephraim. 1Ch 2:46 4. (2.) (See BETHAVEN.) Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. 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). --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. A descendant of Manasseh (Num. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12). It is called "Charran" in the LXX. Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. The Nile god is painted red to represent the inundation, but blue at other times. 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). Abraham and his family journeyed southward through the land of Canaan and a major famine hit they migrated to Egypt. Last Journeys before Crucifixion. Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. 2. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him. Games, Crafts, Activities, songs, lesson, worksheets and more. During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech. One is a high-crested crag, the natural fortifications of the crested citadel.The other is an abundant spring, issuing in a pool of transparent clearness, and embosomed in a mass of luxuriant verdure, which, amidst the dull brown desert all around, makes and must always have made, this spot an oasis, a paradise, in the Chaldaean wilderness. (4.) Shechem in Easton's Bible Dictionary shoulder. Poetically the Nile is called yam, "sea" (Job 41:31; Nah 3:8; probably Isa 18:2), but this is not a name of the river. It was also visited by the Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869. Smith's Bible Dictionary suggests that nachal) is related to the Nile and is that river; but the distinctness with which nachal) is mentioned, and not as elsewhere Sihor, or "river," Ye'or, forbids the identification. This map is available as a high resolution digital download with detailed instructions. This name does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament or in the English translation): I. 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 course of the river has been traced for 3300 miles. Bible Translations NT Geographical Journey. it came upon us suddenly like a scene of fairy enchantment. 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. After the death of Saul, David was here anointed king (2 Sam 5:3) and reigned here 7 1/2 years, until he captured Jerusalem and made that his capital (2 Sam 5:5); while here, six sons were born to him (2 Sam 3:2). In this video you can learn to draw a map of Abraham's journey to the Promised Land. It retained this name till it came into the possession of Caleb, when the Israelites restored the original name Hebron" (Keil, Com.). Famine and plenty are truly represented as coming up out of the river in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41). 500, but long continued, like Erech, to be a great sacred cemetery city, as is evident from the number of tombs found there. The Damming of the Nile 4. Abraham means a father of a great multitude.*. 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. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. 4. Heb. "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. Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). 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. Free Digital Maps Set: 41 Bible Maps (the complete set) Ararat The Tower of Babel The capital of the Northern Kingdom was moved, however, first to Tirzah and then to Samaria, and Shechem declined in political importance. Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Gen 27:43). The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, etc.). In Judges 20:26 translate for "the house of God" Bethel. Josephus mistakenly places here the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Ki 3:4). 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. 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. 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. The name is Babylonian, and bears witness to its having been founded by a Babylonian king. (See EGYPT T0001137. 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. An impersonation of Noah (Osburn). (Porter and Rawlinson favor this last place. Hebron is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing; and in this respect it is the rival of Damascus. 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. Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs. Ge 11:27,31 and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. Paul's Journey to Rome . Abram's Migration "Thus says the YHWH, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, and they served other gods. Under Abraham's oak at Shechem Jacob buried the family idols and amulets (Genesis 35:1-4). Abraham returned to Beersheba and dwelt there for some time.17. The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah. About the Author: Rev. Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. Jos 11:3. Download) 1-Year License $ 20.00; . Four kings of the east came to Canaan who were united under Chedorlaomer of Elam (the territory of ancient Ur) and made war against the five kings of Canaan. I. 26:31; Josh. The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. David Fulfills Abraham's Land Promise. Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). THE NILE IN HISTORY 1. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed). 2. It was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name Carrhae. For the first 1800 miles (McClintock and Strong say 2300) from its mouth it receives no tributary; but at Kartoom, the capital of Nubia, is the junction of the two great branches, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, so called from the color of the clay which tinges their waters. The name appears in Assyro-Babalonian as Charran, which means "road"; possibly because here the trade route from Damascus joined that from Nineveh to Carchemish. "Between Ur and Harran there must, consequently, have been a close connection in early times, the record of which has not yet been recovered. (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 . A Harmony of the Life of Jesus - Four gospel accounts in harmony. (3.) Jewish tradition makes Haran to have been cast into Nimrod's furnace for wavering during Abram's fiery trial.Haran in Hitchcock's Bible Names mountainous countryHaran in Naves Topical Bible 1. It was formerly a maritime city, as the waters of the Persian Gulf reached thus far inland. It is called the "city of Nahor" (Gen. 24:10), and Jacob resided here with Laban (30:43). 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). It has been identified by the most ancient traditions with the city of Orfah in the highlands of Mesopotamia, which unite the table-land of Armenia to the valley of the Euphrates. 3. In Ge 10:18-20 the seats of the Canaanite tribe are given as on the seashore and in the Jordan valley; comp. There are four springs which yield supplies of good water. It lies about a mile and a half up the valley on its southern slope, and on the north of Gerizim, which rises about 1,100 feet above it, and is about 34 miles north of Jerusalem. Melchizedek was a mysterious man regarded in the Bible as the priest and king of Salem. 1025-1018 BC. On his debut album, Sea/Sons, Abraham Alexander reflects on his upbringing as the son of Nigerian immigrants in Greece and the family's eventual journey to settle in the U.S. From Nineveh, Abraham's little band at last took a westward turn, for a trek of 200 miles. On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. It reads: "Ur-Ba'u, king of Ur, who built the temple of the moon-god." Son of Kohath Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12,19Hebron in Smiths Bible Dictionary (alliance). (See MEONENIM T0002483.) A second tradition, which appears in the Talmud, finds Ur in Warka, 120 miles southeast from Babylon and four east of the Euphrates. Ge 37:14 comp. On coins still extant it is called Flavia Neapolis. A small remnant of the ancient Samaritans dwell here still, despised and persecuted by their Mahommedan masters. Father of Lot and brother of Abraham Ge 11:26-31 -2. It was the first capital of the kingdom of Israel. It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. Picture Study Bible - StudyBible with Pictures and Maps. The feet of these mountains, where they rise from the town, are not more than five hundred yards apart. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. 4. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. 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. In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. Ge 11:29 Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. Vespasian named it Neapolis; coins are extant with its name "Flavia Neapolis"; now Nablus by corruption. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). 3. You can use print, photocopy, E-mail, distribute or make overhead transparencies of these maps for public presentations in church and Bible studies etc. Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (Gen 12:8). 2:42, 43. Download and share this free 1223x1355 png & cliparts image directly! 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. 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). Likewise nahar mitsrayim, "brook of Egypt," a border stream in no way connected with the Nile, has sometimes been mistaken for that river. Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. This map reveals the places mentioned in the Bible about the journey of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees to the Promised Land which was over 1000 miles. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). Jos 21:20,21 It acquired new importance as the scene of the renewed promulgation of the law, when its blessings were heard from Gerizim and its curses from Ebal, and the people bowed their heads and acknowledged Jehovah as their king and ruler. or personal use. It was expressly so named by Jacob, when he had the vision of the heavenly ladder, on his way from his father at Beersheba to Harsh (Genesis 28:19; Genesis 31:13). (1.) Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence trade was carried on with the dwellers on the gulf, and with the distant countries of India, Ethiopia, and Egypt. (See EGYPT; EXODUS.) Also Hashabiah and 1,700 Hebronites were officers "in all the Lord's business and the king's service" on the W. of Jordan. It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). Abram pitched his tent on a mountain E. of Bethel, abounding in pasture (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3).