The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. 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. Hawthorn, mastic and arbutus abound, while many a glen and slope is shady with shaggy oak woods, and, in the higher reaches, with pines. 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. At the oak of Moreh in the vicinity he reared his first altar to the Lord in Israel (Gen 12:6 f). Judges 10:18 The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, "What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? 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. --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. The average height of the range is about 4,000 ft. above the Jordan valley, or 3,000 ft. above the Mediterranean. When Abraham finally returned to Hebron God reminded him of his covenant with him and changed his name from Abram to Abraham (Gen. 15:1-21; 17:1-27). 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. The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. Its bed is cut through layers of nummulitic limestone (of which the pyramids of Ghizeh are built, full of nummulites, which the Arabs call "Pharaoh's beans"), sandstone under that, breccia verde under that, azoic rocks still lower, with red granite and syenite rising through all the upper strataNile River in Naves Topical Bible Called THE RIVER Isa 11:15; 19:5-10; Eze 29:4; Am 8:8 -Called SIHOR Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18Nile River in Smiths Bible Dictionary (blue, dark), the great river of Egypt. Its chief cult in Assyrian times was that of the moon god. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. Pi-hahiroth Israel passed through the Red Sea ( Ex. The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. 1Ch 23:9 3. It was in the northern half of Gilead Deuteronomy 3:12-13, and is noticed in Judges 11:29. It was the favorite home of Abraham. And they said, Of Haran [are] we.Genesis 11:27 - Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.1 Chronicles 2:46 - And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.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. Jud 1:22,23 After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. 2HC>2H e\K)t_ae\K6.mnvc]\as2~`. Hebrews 7:3 gives an interesting description of Melchizedek and therefore his identity remains a mystery. THE NILE IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. The allusions to Shechem in the Bible are numerous, and show how important the place was in Jewish history. 1. hb```a``f`f`PSfe@ ^FS^nc`+`Hs1X C}NV'!'; _ iF ` ' (to create for oneself) a. to make oneself. Abraham and the Land of Canaan. It was about 12 miles N. of Jerusalem. UR OF CHALDEES TO HARAN n About 600 miles distance n Genesis 11:27-32 n Ur 50 miles south of Babylon n Death of Abraham's father Nahor (age 148) n God calls for Abraham to leave Genesis 12:1-3 Acts 7:2-4 HARAN TO SHECHEM n About 400 miles distance n Crossing Jordan at Succoth Genesis 12:1-7 The city of Dan was located in the north between Hazor and Damascus.10. At the disruption Jeroboam fortified the city and made it his residence (2 Ch 10:25; Ant, VIII, viii, 4). 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. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. 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 servant providentially met Rebekah in Paddan-aram (Genesis 24:10-57). Es Salt is the only village of any importance in the South. Jud 20:18,26,31; 21:2 Authorized Version, "house of God." ViaMichelin shows the exact distance between anlurfa and Harran, based on the route selected. 2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. In the cave of Machpelah all the patriarchs and their wives, except Rachel, were buried (49:30 f; 50:13). Ge 24:10 with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Ge 24:10 or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. Jeremiah 50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. Large Map of Israel in the First Century - Click around on the Cities. Under Jehu, who restored the calf worship, and Jeroboam II his great grandson, Bethel comes again into prominence (2 Kings 10:29). The Land of Gilead:Mount Gilead-literally, "Mount of the Gilead"-may refer to some particular height which we have now no means of identifying (Genesis 31:23). A town in the south of Judah (Josh. Egyptian Famines III. It reads: "Ur-Ba'u, king of Ur, who built the temple of the moon-god." It is called the "city of Nahor" (Gen. 24:10), and Jacob resided here with Laban (30:43). )Zs^$_` H Ev. Terah died in Haran. Probably they varied at different times (compare Joshua 13:24; 1 Chronicles 5:8, 9, 11, 16). 3. The plural "rivers" is used for the different mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile. When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. 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. 1. (2.) Shechem or Sichem was the first place where Abraham came to in Canaan. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran. The distance between the above mentioned places is 600 miles approximately. To the East of it lies the hollow (an old lake bottom) of el-Buqei`a, fully 1,500 ft. lower. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed). The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. 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. He did not dare to touch Jacob, but there was a war of words. See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream. A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. a. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. Terah, at the age of 200, decides to move his entire family, which includes his grandson Lot, to Haran (Genesis 11:31). 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. Bethel. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. Genesis 31:23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. Egyptians distinguished between Hapi-res, the "southern Nile" of Upper Egypt, and Hapi-meheet, the "northern Nile" of Lower Egypt. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). Lot and all the people with them were rescued including their belongings (Gen. 14:15, 16).11. The streams are fringed with oleander. Judges 11:5 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob; Judges 11:7 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? ", Judges 11:8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; Joshua 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.Joshua 16:1 - And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,Genesis 28:19 - And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Amos 7:10 - Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.Amos 7:13 - But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.Joshua 8:9 - Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Amos 3:14 - That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.Jeremiah 48:13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.1 Samuel 7:16 - And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.2 Kings 23:19 - And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.Genesis 35:1 - And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.1 Kings 13:32 - For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.Judges 4:5 - And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.2 Kings 2:3 - And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Ur and Canaan may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road . Jacob had fled to Haran because of his brother Esau's threat to kill him for stealing the blessing from their father Isaac (Gen. 27:35-45). 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). It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). From this lake to the mouth of the Nile the distance is 2300 miles in a straight line --one eleventh the circumference of the globe. Hosea 12:11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. 7:28, has entirely disappeared. 2. 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. ;Ho|d3baVt u3QKY`on]k@bDAB8~4egS54 We saw nothing to compare with it in all Israel." Hither he had come after his meeting with Esau (Gen 33:18). A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. This mountain commands a most spacious view. The great prophet Ezekiel is believed to have written many of his prophecies along the banks of the Kebar/Chebar river while in exile. Hobah. 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." Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. endstream endobj 40 0 obj <>stream The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. Train, fly to Sanliurfa, taxi. Above this again is the white chalk of the desert plateau, the same as that found in Samaria and Lower Galilee, with bands of flint or chert in contorted layers, or strewn in pebbles on the surface. Above this lies the hard, impervious dolomite limestone which appears in 'the rugged hills round' the Jabbok and in Jebel `Ajlun, rising on an average 1,500 ft. above the sandstone and forming the bed of the copious springs. In the modern name, `Ain Jalud, there may be an echo of the ancient Gilead. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. 3. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). Thus Jacob had reached Canaanite grounda matter of very considerable importancebefore his father-in-law overtook him. Zechariah 10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won't be room enough for them. It is called "Charran" in the LXX. The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. 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? 2:42, 43. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged. The naming of Bethel Jacob repeated more publicly on his return home, 20 years later, with his family purified of idols, when God again appeared to him, and confirmed his change of name to Israel (Genesis 35:1-15; Genesis 32:28). Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). 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). The place was originally called Shechem, and it was the first spot where Abraham pitched his tent after entering Canaan. It is found about forty times in the Old. The monotony of the stony plateau is broken by clumps of the hardy white broom. The appearance of the Moslem armies was the signal for its decay. The miles based distance from Haran to Egypt is 3535.6 miles. The total straight line distance between Haran and Canaan is 12180 KM (kilometers) and 978.62 meters. 4. Being accompanied by a number of his people, he might have used violence had he not been divinely warned in a dream to give no interruption to his nephew's journey. From Harran to Gilead is a distance of 84 miles. 40 mile drive from Mount Gilead. The most ancient city of the older Chaldaea. #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 The total straight line distance between Haran and Egypt is 5690 KM (kilometers) and 10.2 meters. Judges 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. 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). The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. And the men went up and viewed Ai.1 Kings 13:1 - And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. 7:16). Genesis 11:32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. The total straight line distance between Ur and Canaan is 5570 KM (kilometers) and 217.72 meters. He builds an altar between Ai & Bethel at the spot later known as Ai of Joshua. )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. 17:2). Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. Ur 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." Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. 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. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) Near the city the Law was promulgated (Dt 27:11; Josh 8:33). This name does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament or in the English translation): I. --Bartlett. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho under the curse (1 Kings 16:34).Bethel in Hitchcock's Bible Names the house of GodBethel in Naves Topical Bible 1. Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -3. Abraham continued his journey southward and came to a mountain near Bethel, where he built a second altar (Genesis 12:8).6. It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:10 ff). Now Mugheir (a ruined temple of large bitumen bricks, which also "mugheir" means, namely, Um Mugheir "mother of bitumen"), on the right bank of the Euphrates, near its junction with the Shat el Hie from the Tigris; in Chaldaea proper. Genesis 26:33 He called it Shibah. Therefore they worshipped it, and the plague on its waters, was a judgment on that idolatry (Exodus 7:21; Psalm 105:29). Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood. Ur of the Chaldees was the original home of Abraham. Gilead." Gilead." Roman Empire Map - 1Ch 15:9; 23:19 2. In the first great revoltBethel. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. 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. She received her name Sarah from God. The site of Shechem is said to be of unrivalled beauty. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." Abraham returned to Beersheba and dwelt there for some time.17. 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. It is famous for its raisins. 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. Travellers vie with each other in the language which they employ to describe the scene that here bursts so suddenly upon them on arriving in spring or early summer at this paradise of the holy land. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). 20. ", Judges 12:5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. 0 HUn0+tLrIsX,zw E The appointed S.W. The Syrians asserted their supremacy in Gilead (2 Kings 10:32 f) where Moab and Israel had contended with varying fortune (M S). For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. 2:9; II Kings 10:33; Ezek. It was made a Levite city of refuge (Joshua 21:11-13). Abraham, now 75 years old, leaves Haran and takes the family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise . From Moab to the South Pole, it is 8,883.34 mi (14,296.35 km) in the north. Its confluent is still called the Blue river; so Nilah means "darkblue," or "black." THE city of Nabulus, one of the most ancient in Israel, is also one of the most interesting. The novel doesn't detail how Gilead's government functions; Gilead's official name . 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. 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