The Location of Cemeteries 3. 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. The location of Beer-lahai-roi, Isaac's main camp is unknown at least thus far. 2 Samuel 2:9 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 1926.) The tributaries are further up than Egypt (Psalm 78:44; Exodus 7:18-20; Isaiah 7:18; Isaiah 19:6; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 30:12). (1.) 6:18; 1 Chr. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). Gaza, near Shechem, only mentioned 1 Chr. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 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. The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. 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. 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). Thus the plateau becomes desert, while the hill slopes abound in streams and springs; and for this reason Western Gilead is a fertile country, and Eastern Gilead is a wilderness (Conder, DB, under the word).4. In the Torah, Abraham's birthplace is called Ever-haNahar ("Beyond the River"). It was here the Sumerians established their sophisticated and advanced civilization around 3000 B.C. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. How far is it from Moab to the South Pole? a. 2. Ly&& Uixne(1I p{n:o%+-`-jkNw=]XU%;oq+ 1Ki 16:34 3. Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. On his return Abraham passed through Salem (Jerusalem) and was met by a man named Melchizedek whose name means "king of righteousness". 16:1; 1 Sam. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. So that the Nile increasesNile River in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE nil (Neilos, meaning not certainly known; perhaps refers to the color of the water, as black or blue. 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. It reads: "Ur-Ba'u, king of Ur, who built the temple of the moon-god." Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. (See EGYPT T0001137. 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. It was a prominent place in the days of the Patriarchs, and is frequently mentioned in the Book of Genesis. 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). 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 . 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? The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. While not so rich as the volcanic loam in the North and in and the South, the soil of Gilead amply repays the labor of the husbandman. 19. ViaMichelin shows the exact distance between anlurfa and Harran, based on the route selected. 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? The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged. 22:9, 15; II Sam. Lot chose the warm climate and lush plains of the Jordan Valley and pitched his tent toward Sodom, and Abraham left the desirable Sodom and Gomorrah and sojourned at Hebron in Mamre where he heard again from the Lord and built an altar (Gen. 13:10-18). Since Terah died in Haran at the age of 205 (Gen 11:32), Abraham was supposed to be 135 years old at that time (205 70 = 135). within 150 miles of Mount Gilead. If we are to accept the precise definition of Ge 12:8 the name of Bethel would appear to have existed at this spot even before the arrival of Abram in Canaan. At the oak of Moreh in the vicinity he reared his first altar to the Lord in Israel (Gen 12:6 f). The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. the cheapest) may suggest quieter roads or avoiding tolls . 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). Abraham and 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. Ur in Naves Topical Bible 1. (See MEONENIM T0002483.) 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. 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. Gen. 28:18; 31:44-48; Ex. Pharaoh expels Abram. Hebron. That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). 36 0 obj <> endobj and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). In the first great revoltBethel. The journey from Haran (in the southern portion of modern Turkey) to Canaan (in what today is Israel) is about 400 miles. The Nile is also the principal river included in the phrase nahare kush, "rivers of Ethiopia" (Isa 18:1). Here was the ark of the covenant. 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. But as the distance from Haran to the most northerly part of this country (afterwards assigned to the half-tribe of Manasseh) was fully three hundred miles, it would require hard riding on the part of Laban and his brethren to enable them to overtake Jacob, even on the borders of this region. Lot and all the people with them were rescued including their belongings (Gen. 14:15, 16).11. Jerusalem and Gilead are 8 hours 45 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop . How striking and sudden a change! Ev. Therefore they worshipped it, and the plague on its waters, was a judgment on that idolatry (Exodus 7:21; Psalm 105:29). To the north of Gilead was Bashan, and to the south were Moab and Ammon. One of Samson's exploits was the carrying of the gate of Gaza "to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron" (Jdg 16:3). From Harran to Gilead is a distance of 84 miles. 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. The existence of "bears," two, near the town, implies that Bethel was then less frequented (2 Kings 2:23- 25). 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. 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.". 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). 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. This was the first mention of the word "priest" in the Bible and he gave to Abraham bread and wine. Bethel. From Hebron, where Abraham now was, to Haran, is reckoned a journey of seventeen days; the distance between them, according to Ptolemy, as Drusius observes, were eight degrees, which make one hundred and twenty German miles; the journey Abraham's servant took is computed to be four hundred and sixty eight miles F17. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. hb```a``f`f`PSfe@ ^FS^nc`+`Hs1X C}NV'!'; _ iF ` ' Moab is 2,665.16 mi (4,289.16 km) north of the equator, so it is located in the northern hemisphere. 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. There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. Judges 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. The two last are known to be in the Negev. Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. 22-24. it was told Laban on the third dayNo sooner did the news reach Laban than he set out in pursuit, and he being not encumbered, advanced rapidly; whereas Jacob, with a young family and numerous flocks, had to march slowly, so that he overtook the fugitives after seven days' journey as they lay encamped on the brow of mount Gilead, an extensive range of hills forming the eastern boundary of Canaan. ", 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. Harran, also spelled Haran, Roman Carrhae, ancient city of strategic importance, now a village, in southeastern Turkey. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. And he took his brethren, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. (2.) Again, along with Bashan, it indicates the land East of Jordan, as distinguished from the Moab plateau (Deuteronomy 3:10 Joshua 13:11 2 Kings 10:33).2.Bashan:In the North Gilead bordered upon Geshur and Maacah (Joshua 13:11, 13); and here the natural boundary would be formed by the deep gorge of the Yarmuk and Wady esh-Shellaleh. Deuteronomy 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. On their behalf Judas Maccabeus invaded the country and met with striking success (1 Maccabees 5:9). 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.). Though not explicitly stated, it seems likely that Abraham passed this way along the Jabbok River as he traveled from Haran to Shechem (later Jacob would travel on this route). As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 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. Josephus (B. J. 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. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." The town has no walls; but the main streets opening on the principal roads have gates. If he said, "No;". Hobah. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. The appointed S.W. 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. What is the distance between Haran and Canaan? Jacob's Journey (28:10-11) I've already mentioned the distance of Jacob's journey & that in this passage he is near the beginning of this journey. Answer Gilead was a fertile, mountainous area east of the Jordan River. &!5"M&5zZ0HP\ Km1C'!trc jL 2ihw> b<14}6 Fx7A '?M b]eS\:9ooS7!1UQ4]U"0k{\ 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). Genesis 11:32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Probably they varied at different times (compare Joshua 13:24; 1 Chronicles 5:8, 9, 11, 16). Calculate Distance Between Cities From To Ff4Wn\ *(pX6%*f2 It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. 2. The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. 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