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 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). At the same "memorial terebinth" at Shechem the Shechemites made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). 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. E. of this mount stands the ruin Tel er Rijmah, "the mound of the heap," answering to Ai or Hai. There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). Abraham in the Bible. 1. "Ur Scripture - Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.https://bible-history.com/ 2 Kings 25:13 - And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.2 Kings 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.2 Chronicles 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand.Genesis 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.2 Kings 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.Genesis 15:7 - And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.2 Kings 25:5 - And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.2 Kings 25:25 - But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.2 Kings 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.2 Kings 25:26 - And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.Nehemiah 9:7 - Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;Isaiah 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.2 Kings 25:10 - And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.Genesis 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. Beersheba. )Shechem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("shoulder", or "upper part of the back just below the neck"); explained as if the town were on the shoulder of the heights dividing the waters that flow toward the Mediterranean on the W. and to the Jordan on the E.; or on a shoulder or ridge connected with Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Also Hashabiah and 1,700 Hebronites were officers "in all the Lord's business and the king's service" on the W. of Jordan. 4. God promised Abraham that He would make him a father of many nations (Gen 17:5-8). In Ge 10:18-20 the seats of the Canaanite tribe are given as on the seashore and in the Jordan valley; comp. "The Canaanite was then in the land;" and it is evident that the region, if not the city, was already in possession of the aboriginal race. Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. Nahor, Abraham's brother, had probably settled in Haran before they departed.3. According to Josh 15:13 it was so called after Arba, the father of Anak. 8:30-35.) 2. The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th. "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. ver. It contains about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom about 160 are Samaritans and 100 Jews, the rest being Christians and Mohammedans. 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. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 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. Upper Egypt was a bit further south from Lower Egypt, starting at Memphis (bottom of . In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). 1 Kings 8:65 "stream" (nachal, not "river".) The plural "rivers" is used for the different mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile. Later Abraham journeyed further around the Fertile Crescent into the land of Canaan where he built an . Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (Gen 12:8). The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. 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. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah. 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). Roman Empire Map - The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). 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. Ge 11:28 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). It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." 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). Abraham lived in a place called Ur of the Chaldees in the Persian Gulf when God appeared to him. "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." 2. Along this stretch, the vegetation was thinner, the water scarcer, the road bleaker and rougher and less . C+B-Exodus-Map.PNG 713 853; 242 KB. Its present name, Nablus, is a corruption of Neapolis, which succeeded the more ancient Shechem, and received its new name from Vespasian. 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. In this video you can learn to draw a map of Abraham's journey to the Promised Land. 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). Hapi-ur, "the high Nile," fertilizes the land; the Nile low brought famine. A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Gen 27:43). 1. But "Hebron would appear to have been the original name of the city, and it was not till after Abraham's stay there that it received the name Kirjath-arba, who [i.e., Arba] was not the founder but the conqueror of the city, having led thither the tribe of the Anakim, to which he belonged. 7:28, has entirely disappeared. bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). Jesus Keeps Feast of Tabernacles. Abraham Park May 17, 1928 - December 17, 2014. Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." Ge 37:14 comp. A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. After the overthrow of Israel, the king of Assyria sent one of the Israelite priests to settle at Bethel, and teach the new settlers from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, "the manner of the god of the land," and "how they should fear Jehovah" (2 Kings 17:27- 28). A place in Central Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. 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). 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. "Arba was a great man among the Anakims, father of Anak." 7:32). Jotham's parable was spoken from the cliff of Gerizim overhanging the town (Jdg 9:7 ff). of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. 1Ch 15:9; 23:19 2. --Bartlett. From the First Cataract, at Syene, the river flows smoothly at the rate of two or three miles an hour with a width of half a mile. 37:12). A Harmony of the Life of Jesus - Four gospel accounts in harmony. Ge 25:20 the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. HOHAM (which see), king of Hebron, was one of the five kings defeated by Joshua at Beth-horon and slain at Makkedah (Josh 10:3 f). the bible shifts its focus in genesis 12 from the history of the entire human race to a man named abram, the first hebrew, and he lived in ur of the chaldees. Genesis - Nimrod's Empire Genesis - Palestine Genesis - Early Canaan Genesis - Aram-Naharaim- Homeland of Terah Genesis - Early Mesopotamian Kingdoms Genesis 12:1 (Acts 7:2) Ge 11:31 - Abraham's Journey to Canaan Genesis 12:6, 7 (Acts 7:4) - Abraham Enters Canaan Genesis 12:8 - Abraham and Lot Between Bethel and Ai Genesis 12:9, 10 - Abraham in the Negev Twenty Roman miles S. of Jerusalem, and twenty N. of Beersheba. 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). Its length measured by its course is probably 3,700 miles, the longest in the world. (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. 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). A city north of Jerusalem The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz Jos 18:13; Jud 1:23-26 Abraham estblishes an altar at Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder Ge 28:10-22; 31:13; Ho 12:4 And builds an altar at Ge 35:1-15 Deborah dies at Ge 35:8 Conquered by Joshua Jos 8:17; with 12:16 Conquered by the household of Joseph Jud 1:22-26 Allotted to Benjamin Jos 18:13,22 Court of justice held at By Deborah Jud 4:5 By Samuel 1Sa 7:16 Tabernacle at, and called HOUSE OF GOD Jud 20:18,31; 21:2 Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at 1Ki 12:25-33; 2Ki 10:29 Idolatry at Jer 48:13; Am 4:4 Shalmanezer sends a priest to 2Ki 17:27,28 Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at 1Ki 13:1-6,32; 2Ki 23:4,15-20; Am 3:14 The school of prophets at 2Ki 2:3 The young men of, mock Elisha 2Ki 2:23,24 People of, return from Babylon Ezr 2:28; Ne 7:32 Prophecies against Am 5:5 -2. 1 Chr. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). Keywords: Egypt . Ur was a booming community on the Euphrates River. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. After a reign of three years Abimelech was rejected by the people. Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. 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. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. Son of Kohath Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12,19Hebron in Smiths Bible Dictionary (alliance). Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (1 Sam 7:16). Map of Abraham's Journey . "With wonderful clock-like regularity the river begins to swell about the end of June, rises 24 feet at Cairo between the 20th and 30th of September and falls as much by the middle of May. It lies in a sheltered valley, protected by Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north. Abraham and his family journeyed southward through the land of Canaan and a major famine hit they migrated to Egypt. 3. The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. Jos 11:3. Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. Heb. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen. 41:1; Ex. It was about 12 miles N. of Jerusalem. 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.
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