The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. The capital of the Northern Kingdom was moved, however, first to Tirzah and then to Samaria, and Shechem declined in political importance. There the prophet from Judah foretold the overthrow of the calf altar by Josiah. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. Bethel belonged by lot to Benjamin, but was falcon by Ephraim (Bethel being on his southern border) through the treachery of an inhabitant (Judges 1:22-26). In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. Patriarchal Period: Abram came and dwelt by the oaks of MAMRE (which see), "which are in Hebron" Gen (13:18); from here he went to the rescue of Lot and brought him back after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (14:13 f); here his name was changed to Abraham (17:5); to this place came the three angels with the promise of a son (18:1 f); Sarah died here (23:2), and for her sepulcher Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah (23:17); here Isaac and Jacob spent much of their lives (35:27; 37:14); from here Jacob sent Joseph to seek his brethren (37:14), and hence, Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (46:1). It was evidently the center, especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed (1 Ki 12:1; 2 Ch 10:1). 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. 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. 500, but long continued, like Erech, to be a great sacred cemetery city, as is evident from the number of tombs found there. 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. 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). This place bears the name of Huruk in the native inscriptions, and was in the countries known to the Jews as the land of the Chaldaeans. 7:28, has entirely disappeared. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. and in Acts 7:2. . The Nile in Physical Geography. It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. Gaza, near Shechem, only mentioned 1 Chr. The great peculiarity of the river is its annual overflow, caused by the periodical tropical rains. 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. 2Ki 17:27,28 In later times Bethel is named only once under the scarcely-altered name of Beitin. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah. 32 followers Comments. Comp. as Shiloh was its religious capital (Judges 9:2; Judges 21:19; Joshua 24:1-25-26; 1 Kings 12:1). New Testament Bible Maps include He died before his father (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees. The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. Visiting Home for the Last Time. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. (See SYCHAR T0003542. Bethel in Joshua 19:4 answers to Chesil in Joshua 15:30. 1Ch 23:9 3. Abram Travels to Canaan | ESV.org Josephus (B. J. Ancient Jerusalem - Interactive Study of Jerusalem with Map. Ur developed during the reign of the Sumerian kings (c.3000 - 2300BC) and had been a major city for hundreds of years when Abram was born. The narrative must be historical; no writer of late date, even if he were a Babylonian, could have invented a story so exactly in accordance with what we now know to have been the truth. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, 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). In Jerusalem for Hanukkah. On his return Abraham passed through Salem (Jerusalem) and was met by a man named Melchizedek whose name means "king of righteousness". 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? Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. (3.) Also called CHARRAN A place in Mesopotamia to which Terah and Abraham migrated Ge 11:31; 12:4,5; Ac 7:4 Death of Terah at Ge 11:32 Abraham leaves, by divine command Ge 12:1-5 Jacob flees to Ge 27:43; 28:7; 29 Returns from, with Rachel and Leah Ge 31:17-21 Conquest of, king of Assyria 2Ki 19:12 Merchants of Eze 27:23 Idolatry in Jos 24:2,14; Isa 37:12Haran in Smiths Bible Dictionary (a mountaineer). (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) 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. haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." The Inundation 5. 14:15; 15:3). Egyptians distinguished between Hapi-res, the "southern Nile" of Upper Egypt, and Hapi-meheet, the "northern Nile" of Lower Egypt. Bethel, the place, is expressly distinguished from Luz, the old Canaanite city. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. Salem. Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (1 Sam 7:16). THE NILE IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. These unite at the town of Khartoum, whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is divided a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the Damietta branch. In the first great revoltBethel. Abraham In Canaan|iBible Maps Dan. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. Pin on Light - Pinterest More like this . Egyptian Famines III. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed). "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. To the East of the city Jacob pitched his tent in a "parcel of ground" which he had bought from Hamor, Shechem's father (Gen 33:19). On the E. of Gerizim and Ebal the flue plain of Mukhna stretches from N. to S. Here first in Canaan God appeared to Abraham (Genesis 12:6), and here he pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak or terebinth (not "plain") of Moreh; here too Jacob re-entered the promised land (Genesis 33:18- 19), and "bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent," from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, and bequeathed it subsequently to Joseph (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5); a dwelling place, whereas Abraham's only purchase was a burial place. Bethel is the name given by anticipation to the place; appropriately so, as Abram virtually made it the "house of God." 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. David Fulfills Abraham's Land Promise. the last. 4. 13:2). 16:1; 1 Sam. I. It is the second map video in Lesson #2 of the Old Testament Overview App. An important city in central Israel, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. Late travellers have found its source in Lake Victoria Nyanza, three degrees south of the equator. This map shows the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses. 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. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. It was made a Levite city of refuge (Joshua 21:11-13). 2Ki 2:2,3 But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. 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. You must bring the file to an Office Depot or similar store for easy color print and lamination. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. It is called "Charran" in the LXX. Bible Translations NT Geographical Journey. 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. Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. The valley runs from north to south; and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the venerable Haram, lies partly on the eastern slope. (Gen. 11:31; Acts 7:2-4). Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). It may be that Harran owed its foundation to a king of Ur; at any rate the two cities were bound together by the worship of the same deity, the closest and most enduring bond of union that existed in the ancient world. (2.) Under Ahab the Baal worship at Samaria and Jezreel drew off attention from the calf worship at Bethel. The suburbs in our Lord's days reached nearer the entrance of the valley between Gerizim and Ebal than now; for the narrative in John 4:30; John 4:35, implies that the people could be seen as they came from the town toward Jesus at the well, whereas Nablus now is more than a mile distant, and cannot be seen from that point. Harran was in Mesopotamia, and took its name from the highroad which led through it from the east to the west. The derivation from Ur, "fire," led to the Koran and Talmud legends that Abraham miraculously escaped out of the flames into which Nimrod or other idolatrous persecutors threw him. A Levite 1Ch 23:9 -4. It was in Beersheba that Abraham received the command from the Lord to take his only son Isaac to Mount Moriah, a mountain of Salem, to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22:1-18).16. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Beersheba. 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. 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. 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. Bible Book Code: 0101103101a. A city in the south of territory of the tribe of Judah 1Sa 30:27 -3. 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). Map of the Journeys of Abraham - Bible History 26:31; Josh. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). THE NILE IN RELIGION 1. Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. Near Haran the Parthians defeated and slew Crassus (53 BC), and here Caracalla was assassinated (217 AD). Description 2. Ur lies six miles distant from the present coarse of the Euphrates, and 125 from the sea; though it is thought it was anciently a maritime town, and that its present inland site is due to the accumulation of alluvium (?). --Bartlett. Also called SICHEM and SYCHEM, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan Abraham lives in Ge 12:6 The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in Ge 37:12-14 Joseph buried in Jos 24:32 Jacob buried in Ac 7:16; with Ge 50:13 -2. Ge 11:28 2. Roman Empire Map - It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. Abraham and his nephew Lot had departed Haran and followed the leading of the Lord. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). Last Journeys before Crucifixion. Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (Gen 12:8). It is found about forty times in the Old. After the occupation of the land by the Israelites, Hebron became one of the cities of refuge. Red Dashed - Abraham's journey from an area between Bethel and Ai to Egypt. Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. 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. God promised Abraham that if he would leave his home and journey to a land that he had never seen before, he would be blessed and his descendants would become a great nation and they would outnumber the stars in the sky. (See MEONENIM T0002483.) 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. It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. Jos 11:3. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. (Josh. 13:22). Map of Canaan - 12 Tribe Portions - Bible History Hebrews 7:3 gives an interesting description of Melchizedek and therefore his identity remains a mystery. Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El- beth-el" (q.v.). 7:32). Abraham returned to Beersheba and dwelt there for some time.17. Paul's Journey to Rome . FOOTSTEPS OF ABRAHAM; BY MALACHI MARTIN - The New York Times The word Nile nowhere occurs in the Authorized Version but it is spoken of under the names of Sihor [SIHOR] and the "river of Egypt." 2. Here was the ark of the covenant. Bible Teaching Aids - Bible Maps and Images The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). Download and share this free 1223x1355 png & cliparts image directly! Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. 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). 1. Hebrew). Hebron was called for a time also Mamre, from Abram's ally (Genesis 23:19; Genesis 35:27). 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. (2.) Shechem or Sichem was the first place where Abraham came to in Canaan. Description: The Nile is formed by the junction of the White Nile and the Blue Nile in latitude 15 degree 45' North and longitude 32 degree 45' East. Ge 37:14 comp. The Days of the Monarchy: David, when a fugitive, received kindness from the people of this city (1 Sam 30:31); here Abner was treacherously slain by Joab at the gate (2 Sam 3:27), and the sons of Rimmon, after their hands and feet had been cut off, were hanged "beside the pool" (2 Sam 4:12). Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (Jdg 4:5). It was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name Carrhae. Therefore they worshipped it, and the plague on its waters, was a judgment on that idolatry (Exodus 7:21; Psalm 105:29). It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). 17:2). 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. It became, four centuries later, the first great gathering place of the Israelites after their occupation of the Promised Land. 37:12). The houses are stone, solidly built, flat-roofed, and have each one or two little cupolas, such as are seen in several parts of Israel. 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. The Damming of the Nile 4. Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 12 Roman miles from Jerusalem, on the road to Neapolis. 2. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. 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. 1. 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. Abraham left Hebron and for a time sojourned among the Philistines in Gerar which was in southern Canaan west of Beersheba. Isaac was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah; he was the husband of Rebekah and the father of the twin brothers Jacob and Esau. Bethel in Easton's Bible Dictionary house of God. The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. (3.) In this city Absalom found a center for his disaffection, and repairing there under pretense of performing a vow to Yahweh, he raised the standard of revolt (2 Sam 15:7 f). He set up a pillar, and anointed it with oil, to mark the place where God spoke with him. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi.