Haran. His mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.Amos 8:14 - They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.1 Chronicles 21:2 - And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].Genesis 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.2 Kings 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. On the slope of the mountain beyond is the village of `Askar; see SYCHAR. 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). Moreover, a Pharaoh of the Hyksos period bears a name that looks like ya`aqobh-'el (Spiegelberg, Orientalische Literaturzeitung, VII, 130). 9. Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. In verses 2-11, Joseph's youth and his dreams: At 17 years old, Joseph was a shepherd working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. However, the site thought to be the biblical Shechem, called Tel Balata by archaeologists, is near a well. History of the City. Watchman Nee said, "It is easy for us to lose the vision of God's calling. 8:30-35). And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:Genesis 35:14 - And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.Joshua 24:32 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.Genesis 30:41 - And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.Ezekiel 37:25 - And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.1 Samuel 12:8 - When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.Obediah 1:18 - And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].Deuteronomy 29:13 - That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Genesis 31:46 - And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.Isaiah 43:22 - But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.Lamentations 2:2 - The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.Psalms 22:23 - Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.Genesis 37:2 - These [are] the generations of Jacob. The Meaning of the Name: The most probable meaning of Beersheba is the "well of seven." A town in the north border of Asher (Josh. (See JEHOVAH JIREH; GERIZIM.) Picture Study Bible - StudyBible with Pictures and Maps. In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. It made a good choice for a capital. Others would find it in a little village farther East with a fine spring, called BalaTa, a name which may be connected with balluT, "oak." A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). His bothers were envious of the preferential treatment Joseph received from Isaac. Soon after his acquisition of his father's blessing (Gen. 27), Jacob became conscious of his guilt; and afraid of the anger of Esau, at the suggestion of Rebekah Isaac sent him away to Haran, 400 miles or more, to find a wife among his cousins, the family of Laban, the Syrian (28). In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. 3. The vicinity was long the favorite camping-ground of the patriarchs. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. Gottwald held that Israel emerged from within the population of Canaan and not by invasion from outside of it. "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Gen (21:33). Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. 2 Chronicles 10:2 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. This study will discuss the significance of Shechem, a city in central Israel. Mount Moriah. Jacob actually purchased a some land at Shechem. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. Gerizim and Mt. This is important because the Bible says Jacob bought land from Shechem and lived at that place for a long time (Genesis 33 . [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? Ewing. 3. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987. The traditional site of Jacob's well cannot be located by finding Sychar, as that city is no longer in existence. And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. He said to him, "Here I am.". Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.Isaiah 44:23 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done [it]: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.Isaiah 49:6 - And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.Isaiah 58:14 - Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].Genesis 27:42 - And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.Deuteronomy 9:5 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The actual trip should have taken 11 days. 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. He was presented to Pharaoh, and dwelt for seventeen years in Rameses and Goshen, and died in his 147th year. Twice in this verse Joshua gives the command: serve the LORD. In fact it is the main command of the whole chapter. God revealed to Jacob His plan of redemption through offering His only son as a substitute for the sins of the whole world. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) A town in the south part of Judah, named in Jos 12:16 and 1Sam 30:27 In Jos 15:30; 19:4; 1Ch 4:29,30 the place appears under the name of CHESIL, BETHUL and BETHUEL. 1. This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). 8:17-19); and (4) the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 22:18). He desired to see his father Jacob and invited him to Egypt because of the great famine. Hosea 6:9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. Genesis 33:18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.. Genesis 35:4 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears . His messengers told him the news of Esau's coming (Gen. 32:6-8) and Jacob became troubled and prayed for help and deliverance (Gen. 32:9-12). Ge 35:1-8 The original name was Luz. To the East of the city Jacob pitched his tent in a "parcel of ground" which he had bought from Hamor, Shechem's father (Genesis 33:19). Ge 13:18 Its original name was Kirjath-arba, Jud 1:10 "the city of Arba;" so called from Arba the father of Anak. Shechem is also where Abraham camped when first arriving in Canaan after God called him to enter the land of promise (Genesis 12:6). The city is some 20 miles South of Jerusalem, situated in an open valley, 3,040 ft. above sea-level. This route appears continuously in the Biblical text. S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. The first mention of Shechem in the Bible is Genesis 12:6, when Abram first entered Canaan. By Amos (5:5) it is classed with Bethel and Gilgal as one of the rival shrines to the pure worship of Yahweh, and in another place (8:14) he writes "They shall fall, and never rise up again," who sware, "As the way (i.e. A Sacred Shrine: Beersheba was a sacred shrine. Chart of the chosen line of the Messiah in Genesis. 1. Ge 22:2 Its position is doubtful, some thinking it to be Mount MOriah, others that Moreh, near Shechem, is meant. Jacob learned and realized for the first time God's intention to save the whole world through the sacrifice of His only Son who would be a descendant of his, the Jewish Messiah. After Joseph arrived, having undoubtedly traveled up the Ridge Route, he discovered his brothers had moved on to the lush area of Dothan; so he went to find them (Gen 37:15-17). During the time of the divided kingdom of Israel, Shechem was the capital of the northern kingdom for a while (1 Kings 12:1). More details . So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 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). Bible Book Code: 0103702801a. The distance between cities of Egypt is calculated . Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. Read the same article here on BiblicalStudies.org.. Shechem: Its Archaeological and Contextual Significance (Bible Archaeology) A nice discussion of the archaeology around Shechem, from . 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. A walk with God (literally, for about 100 miles) Apart from the trip distance, refer Directions from hebron israel to shechem Israel for road driving directions! The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. 1837. He believed that God would one day return the nation to Canaan, and so he gave the command for his bones to be carried back with them and buried there (Gen 50:25). Two million Jews would gather at Shiloh on the main festivals and would camp on the surrounding hills. Evidently the threshing floor on Moriah was near the real Mount Zion, the city of David (on the eastern not the western half of Jerusalem).Mount Moriah in Hitchcock's Bible Names bitterness of the LordMount Moriah in Smiths Bible Dictionary (chosen by Jehovah). As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. Joshua 17:7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. Abraham planted here a" grove" ('eshel) (distinct from the idol grove, Asheerah, or Astarte Baal), or tree, the tamarisk, long living, of hard wood, with long, clustering, evergreenBeersheba in Hitchcock's Bible Names the well of an oath; the seventh wellBeersheba in Naves Topical Bible 1. 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. As Wood suggests, the military outpost there, visible . In the place where water gushes from the ground, there also a man drives his tent stakeand so lays the foundation of a city. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty- nine years old. To the Southwest of the city is a small mosque on the spot where Jacob is said to have mourned over the blood-stained coat of Joseph. Jacobs two sons, Levi and Simeon, made a deceptive pact with the males of the city and slaughtered them all in revenge of Dinah. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you. 2. More altars, besides the original one were erected. The nation of Israel was divided at Shechem. When Jacob came hither on his way to Paddan-aram we are told that he lighted upon "the place" (Gen 28:11. Genesis 37:13 Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Through the storms of life, O God, you are with your people in the person of Jesus your Son. This was fulfilled at the time of the conquest of Canaan under Joshua (Joshua 8:34). Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Genesis 33:20). During the civil war with Benjamin the tribes took the ark thither to consult God (compare 1 Samuel 10:3). It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. These people did not know the Lord (2 Kings 17:24-41) and thus they continually struggled with idolatry. jacob's journey from beersheba to haran distanceduskull evolution arceus. New York: Macmillan. . In the Book of Genesis, Abraham, the patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, describes Aram as . Then he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe . 16:1; 1 Sam. After much recrimination and reproach directed against Jacob, Laban is at length pacified, and taking an affectionate farewell of his daughters, returns to his home in Padanaram. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." All of Egypt mourned with Joseph over the passing of Jacob, who, in the time of his stay in Goshen, had gained the esteem and love of all the people. Later he journeyed southward and dwelt at Hebron which was the location of the events around his son Joseph. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. (4.) From there the road descended to the Sharon Plain, reaching the International Highway (the Via Maris) at Socoh. This is my map of the Sinai Peninsula, showing the route Joseph probably took when he was sold by his brothers into slavery and taken from Dothan in Israel to Egypt. It retained this name till it came into the possession of Caleb, when the Israelites restored the original name Hebron" (Keil, Com.). of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). 1 Chronicles 7:28 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns; 2 Chronicles 10:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. Frank, Harry Thomas, Ed. Joseph started his journey from Hebron, where Jacob and his family lived (see Genesis 37:14 . But Joshuas point is choose for yourselves; in fact, those are his very words. In the cave of Machpelah all the patriarchs and their wives, except Rachel, were buried (49:30 f; 50:13). You could translate it faithfulness or even reliability. `Emet is a word that describes God; He is a God of truth, so our relationship to God must be according to truth. 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. The stones around the mouth are worn into grooves by the action of ropes for so many ages. 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). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chr. When the land of Canaan was conquered and divided among the Israelites, Shechem was allotted to Ephraim, and finally . 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. Joshua 8:30. HARAN TO SHECHEM n About 400 miles distance n Crossing Jordan at Succoth Genesis 12:1-7 n 1st altar built n Abram worships God SHECHEM TO BETHEL n About 20 miles distance n Genesis 12:8 n 2nd altar built n Prayer offered n Famine in Canaan BETHEL TO EGYPT n About 225 miles southwest n Genesis 12:9-13 n Abraham denies that Sarah is his wife . Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth (1 Cor. The New International Dictionary of the Bible. Egypt Driving Distance Calculator, calculates the Distance and Driving Directions between two addresses, places, cities, villages, towns or airports in Egypt. "The mount of the Lord" (Genesis 22:14) means almost always Mount Zion. And the ensuing argument about the true place of worshipGerizim or Jerusalemwas in full force (John 4:20). 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). According to Genesis, Abraham was the great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandson of Noah and was married to Sarah. He and his family traveled through the Jabbok Valley, crossed the Jordan, camped at Succoth, and ascended through the Wadis Faria and Beidan to Shechem. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). Three times in the Old Testament, it is stated that seventy people from the house of Jacob went down into Egypt. We should not think that because Joshua speaks of idols, and because we do not have wooden statues in our culture, that this text does not apply. 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. (3.) The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). 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). But when the seven years were expired, Laban craftily deceived Jacob, and gave him his daughter Leah. One of the towns in the territory of Asher, Jos 19:28 probably Ebdon or Abdom.Hebron in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE he'-brun (chebhron, "league" or "confederacy"; Chebron): One of the most ancient and important cities in Southern Israel, now known to the Moslems as el Khalil (i.e. They traveled to Shechem and built Joshua's Altar. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997. Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. 9. The miles based distance from Ur to Canaan is 3461.2 miles. 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 . 2 Kings 23:8 - And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.2 Samuel 24:2 - For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.Amos 5:5 - But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.Nehemiah 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. 03) In a straight line from Shechem, to Bethel, to Egypt it is about 254 miles (409 Km). The five lesser wells are in a group in the bed of the wady. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.Beersheba in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Beersheba means "well of the oath". 10. (1.) It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. Jacob lived out his last years in Egypt with his sons until his death. Bethel. When Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch (Gen. 27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. The mile based measurement distance is 249.8 miles. For a spiritual lesson from Shechems history, we look back at Joshuas challenge to the nation in Joshua 24. Esau came up from Seir and met Jacob in peace; Jacob then continued on as far as Shechem (Genesis 33). (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). Moreover, Joshua called all Israel to Shechem at the end of the conquest, because Joshua and the same group came to Shechem at the beginning of the conquest to shout the blessings and curses. And at Abimelechs coronation, Jotham climbed Mount Gerizim and shouted a curse on Shechem for Abimelechs sin. Jehovah's vision to David in the same spot, before the preparation for building the temple there, revived the name Moriah (2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 24:24-25.) self isolation payment, surnames list of dalit caste in nepal,
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