History: Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh 12:16). When All Seems Lost/Broken Relationships. 8:30-35). Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1995. The series of events recalls to Isaac's mind the original name and that which gave rise to the name; so he restores both the well itself and the name. It was afterwards known as Mamre. Abraham, now 75 years old, leaves Haran and takes the family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise . Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. After settling in Hebron, Jacob's sons (minus Joseph) traveled north to herd their flocks in Shechem. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you. The southern limit of the Holy Land, as Dan in the N.: "from Dan to Beersheba" (compare in David's census, 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Samuel 24:2-7) comprehends the whole. 1:26). Joshua 8:30. According to Acts they were all buried at Shechem in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor. Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. Jacob arrives at Shechem in c.1691BC (see Genesis 12:6-7) where he buys some land for a tomb from the sons of Hamor and sets up an altar called El Elohe Yisrael (Hebrew, meaning 'God, the God of Israel' or 'God, the God of Jacob'). Trace any civilization back to its origin, and geography takes center stage. 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.). 13. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. Shechem was the place where Joseph's remains were buried (Joshua 24:32). And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. There Jacob settled and bought a piece of land outside the city, there he built an alter for sacrificing to his awesome God, YHWH. In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. The Lord changed Jacob's name to Israel and he became the father of 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel (Gen. 25-50). After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" (Neh. It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? The proverb "in the Mount of Jehovah it (or He) shall be seen" probably originated in Jerusalem under Melchizedek. Later a troubling situation came about, the slaughter of the Shechemites by Jacob's sons, and this forced Jacob to move southward (Gen. 34:1-30). Historical:This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. Josiah, as foretold, defiled the altar with dead men's bones, but disturbed not the sepulchre of the prophet of Judab when he discerned its title. Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) I think that is the mistake made when the plaques quote this verse. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. The two unworthy sons of Samuel were Judges in Beersheba (1 Sam 8:2) and Zibiah, mother of King Jehoash, was born there (2 Ki 12:1; 2 Ch 24:1). Bethel, the place, is expressly distinguished from Luz, the old Canaanite city. It was then the seat of Canaanite idolatry, the temple of Baal-berith being here (Judges 9:4, 46). To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. We also will serve the LORD, for He is our God (vv. From Ur, across the Fertile Crescent and down into Canaan, the Bible mentions Shechem as the first city to which Abram came (Gen. 12:6). (b) In the list of places in Israel conquered by the Pharaoh Thutmose III appears a certain J'qb'r, which in Egyptian characters represents the Semitic letters ya`aqobh-'el, and which therefore seems to show that in the earlier half of the 15th century BC (so Petrie, Breasted) there was a place (not a tribe; see W. M. Muller, Asien und Europa, 162 ff) in Central Israel that bore a name in some way connected with "Jacob." That very night the Angel of the Lord wrestled with him in a dream (Gen. 32:24-32) and because Jacob strove with God and prevailed the Lord changed his name to Israel. "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Gen (21:33). He found Canaan ites living there. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. A city in Samaria ( Genesis 33:18), called also Sichem ( 12:6), Sychem ( Acts 7:16).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. At the oak of Moreh in the vicinity he reared his first altar to the Lord in Palestine (Genesis 12:6 f). A tradition which first appears in a definite shape in Josephus, and is now almost universally accepted, asserts that the "Mount Moriah" of the Chronicles is identical with the "mountain" in "the land of Moriah" of Genesis, and that the spot on which Jehovah appeared to David, and on which the temple was built, was the very spot of the sacrifice of Isaac.Mount Moriah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. The masonry which encloses the well extends downward 28 1/2 feet. The ruins, covering three or four acres, still bear a like name, Beitin, on a low bill, between two wadies, which unite in the main valley of es-Suweinit, toward the S.E. Notice all the capital Is the Lord mentions: Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac. The land was named Canaan after Noah's grandson whose father was named Ham. Shechem is also where Abraham lived, Jacob lived, Joshua rallied the nation of Israel together and gave the curses and blessings on Mt. 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. Then follows the story of Dinah's defilement by Shechem, son of the city's chief; and of the treacherous and terrible vengeance exacted by Simeon and Levi (Genesis 34). It was at Mahanaim that a host of angels came to comfort Jacob. Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.Beersheba in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Josh 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Josh 15:28). In today's reading, the words of Moses (Deut. These wells are in constant use today. Egypt. The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (Jdg 4:5). He said to him, "Here I am.". The Exodus Route: Travel times, distances, rates of travel, days of the week . It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. The land of Moriah --On "one of the mountains" in this district took place the sacrifice of Isaac. Gerizim (Sirach 50:26; Ant, XI, viii, 6; XII, i, 1; XIII, iii, 4). 2. Biblical History Patriarchal times. Peniel. in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her. 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. 13:22). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. From Dan to Beersheba (2 Sam 17:11, etc.) And you lived in the wilderness for a long time. The well dug by Abraham and secured to him by oath had been covered and lost. Paddan Aram in Aramaic means the field of Aram, a name that distinguishes the flatland from the mountainous regions to the north and east. And here God promised him the land was to be his. Hebron. Built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22). Jeroboam chose Shechem as the capital for the Northern Kingdom, perhaps because of the significant history there for Ephraim. 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. 12. Hebron was called for a time also Mamre, from Abram's ally (Genesis 23:19; Genesis 35:27). The war of conquest being done, Joseph's bones were buried in the parcel of ground which Jacob had bought, and which fell to the lot of Joseph's descendants (24:33). A city of the tribe of Judah, south of Jerusalem When built Nu 13:22 Fortified 2Ch 11:10 Called KIRJATH-ARBA Ge 23:2 ARBA Ge 35:27; Jos 15:13 Abraham lived there and Sarah died at Ge 23:2 Hoham, king of, confederated with other kings of the Canaanites against Joshua Jos 10:3-39 Descendants of the Anakim live at Nu 13:22; Jos 11:21 Conquest of, by Caleb Jos 14:6-15; Jud 1:10,20 A city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:11,13 David crowned king of Judah at 2Sa 2:1-11; 3 David crowned king of Israel at 2Sa 5:1-5 The burial place of Sarah Ge 23:2 The burial place of Abner 2Sa 3:32 The burial place of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:12 The conspirators against Ish-bosheth hanged at 2Sa 4:12 Absalom made king at 2Sa 15:9,10 Jews of the Babylonian captivity lived at Ne 11:25 Pool of 2Sa 4:12 -3. . It lay somewhat off the beaten pathabout 5 or 6 miles off the International Highwayanother asset in times of siege. 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. Though Noah was an obedient man to God, it seems Ham wasn't always a nice guy, and his typical teenager shenanigans sealed the fate of millions of people for centuries. Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). 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). 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). Judges 9:1 Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, Judges 9:2 "Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem,'Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?' As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. The survival rate of the newborn calves was 50%. Joshua called the nation to Shechem because significant things occurred there before. It is often easy for us as believers to get proud at what marvelous people we have become. Afterward on Moriah he offered Isaac (Genesis 22:2; Genesis 22:14). History of the City. Related Websites. (See OAK ?T0002758.) 10. Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out. 2 Chronicles 3:1 - Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.Genesis 22:2 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Jacob names this altar El-Elohe-Israel, which means "the mighty God is the God of Israel." This is the first record in which an . 20:7; 21:21; 1 Chr. 3. God used this sad turn of events to eventually take the entire family of Israel to Egypt, protecting and multiplying them. Ultimately, as the road passed through the Jabbok Valley, it reached the Transjordanian Highway. 2:42, 43. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. The place is still the market for a wide district, both East and West of Jordan. S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. But "life-long sorrow, disgrace, and trials, in the retributive providence of God, followed as a consequence of this double union." of Bethel. The example of Jacob is quoted by the first and the last of the minor prophets. Genesis 37:17. Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. Samaria enjoyed much produce since the valleys and nearby Dothan Plain were very fertile. Aharoni, Yohanan, and Micheal Avi-Yonah. (4.) This location is quite a distance from Seir, in Edom, which is where Jacob's twin brother, Esau, currently lives (Genesis 32:3). It takes approximately 3h 25m to get from Hebron to Shechem, including transfers. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. 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. Abram pitched his tent on a mountain E. of Bethel, abounding in pasture (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3). During the civil war with Benjamin the tribes took the ark thither to consult God (compare 1 Samuel 10:3). Abraham was born under the name Abram in the Sumer city of Ur in Mesopotamia (in present day Iraq). (c) In the Jewish tractate Pirqe Abhoth, iii.l, we read of a Jew named 'Aqabhyah, which is a name composed of the same verbal root as that in Jacob, together with the Divine name Yahu (i.e. In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. Across the valley, musical with the sound of running water, the great bulk of Ebal rises on the North, its sides, shaggy with prickly pear, sliding down into grain fields and orchards. b. prophecy through dreams. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. But there are a number of independent indications that Jacob belongs to that large class of names consisting of a verb with some Divine name or title (in this case 'El) as the subject, from which the common abbreviated form is derived by omitting the subject. By the time Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well, near Shechem, the racial hatred between Jews and Samaritans was paramount. 3:1). Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. The mile based measurement distance is 249.8 miles. It lay in the pass which cuts through Mts. Years later, Jacob sent his 17 year-old son, Joseph, from Hebron to check on his brothers as they kept the flocks in Shechem (Gen 37:12-14). 2Ki 10:29 After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. Some (e.g. In Judges 20:26 translate for "the house of God" Bethel. The son of Hamor the Hivite ( Genesis 33:19; 34). There are four springs which yield supplies of good water. 4. The name seems to occur in Travels of a Mohar (Max Muller, Asien u. Europa, 394), "Mountain of Sahama" probably referring to Ebal or Gerizim. In 107 BC, John Hyrcanus further widened the rift between the Jews and Samaritans by destroying the Samaritans temple on Mount Gerizim. Calm our fears and strengthen our faith that we may never doubt his presence among us but proclaim that he is your Son, risen from the dead, living for ever and ever. 27:4). Then Jacob came to Peniel where he wrestled with God (Genesis 31:22-32:31). One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. Answer (1 of 20): Haran is in northern Syria. Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). At the disruption Jeroboam fortified the city and made it his residence (2 Chronicles 10:25; Ant, VIII, viii, 4). Ex 32:30-33:23 Depart for Canaan. It required cisterns for water supply, which was a major drawback in times of siege. (3.) Joshua 24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 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 . Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. 8. It is found by Isaac's servants just after the covenant made between him and Abimelech. 1. 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. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.2 Chronicles 30:5 - So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] as it was written.Genesis 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.2 Chronicles 24:1 - Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. Chart of the chosen line of the Messiah in Genesis. This was "the land of Moriah" to which Abraham went to offer up his son Isaac (Gen. 22:2). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). 11. Later Jacob settled here, and dug a well. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987. And there on Mount Ebal, Joshua built an altar to God, and on a pillar of stones he wrote a copy of the law (Josh. . Genesis 37:12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 1 Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.. 2 These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) Under Ahab the Baal worship at Samaria and Jezreel drew off attention from the calf worship at Bethel. Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him? Location and Physical Features:There is no doubt as to the situation of ancient Shechem. The road was thus forced to pass through the city located in the valley between these two mountains. Camels are very strong and can carry up to 900 pounds for 30 miles a day. According to Genesis 46:27, "All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy."In the first few verses of the book of Exodus, Jacob's sons are named, and then again we are told, "All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons" (Exodus 1:1,5). Shechem was captured by John Hyrcanus in 132 B.C. 3. So he packed all their belongings and journeyed again, reaching Shechem in Canaan first, then the hills of Bethel, and finally south to the Negev. When Terah is 145 years old, God makes 3 promises (nation, land, seed) to Abram at age 75 years old in Haran and tells him to move to Canaan. 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). The town has no walls; but the main streets opening on the principal roads have gates. Ramban (R. Moses Nahmanides, 1194-1270) takes a similar approach, but avoids ibn Ezra's geographical error: The average milk yield was 2.5 L per day; the price of camel's milk was higher than that of cow's milk at US$0.5. 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. Those three verses included God's call to Abram and the covenantal promises that God gave to Abram Remember that God's call was to leave the world that . Free Digital Maps Set: 41 Bible Maps (the complete set) Shiloh was the religious and military capital of Israel during the times of the Judges, and the tabernacle resided here for 369 years. Sabbath. But Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, escaped by hiding. He captured the city, razed it to the foundations, and sowed it with salt. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chr. In Gen 21:31 Abraham and Abimelech took an oath of witness that the former had dug the well and seven ewe lambs were offered in sacrifice, "Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. This spot became a center of great interest, lending growing importance to the town. Jacob and his mother deceived his father Isaac into blessing Jacob and he fled eastward. They traveled to Shechem and built Joshua's Altar. The Samaritans do not total more than 200. And he set up there an altar, and called it El-Elohe . Large Map of Israel in the First Century - Click around on the Cities. And at Abimelechs coronation, Jotham climbed Mount Gerizim and shouted a curse on Shechem for Abimelechs sin. Jacob and his sons were offered a home in the land of Goshen (Gen. 46:1-5). Laban caught up with Jacob in the hill country of Gilead. Hebrew). Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12 He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, Nu 3:27; 26:58; 1Ch 26:23,30,31, or Bene-Hebron. Joshua goes on to note, whatever good there is in us now, remember whose doing it is. Jacob purchased a parcel of a field which contained the well that he had dug there. Therefore, he says, in light of the fact that every inch of success has been Gods grace to you, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity. The Hebrew word for sincerity suggests fullness or completeness; it is the idea that one is on the inside what he is on the outside. Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (Gen 12:8). First Joshua says: the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River. You can choose to follow the perhaps bad example of your parents and make the same mistakes they have made by being loyal to the things they were loyal to. 8:17-19); and (4) the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 22:18). Then Ornan saw David, and made over to him the threshing floor (1 Chronicles 21:15-16; 1 Chronicles 21:18-26). In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. Called so from the oath of peace between Abraham and Abimelech, king of the Philistines (Genesis 21:31), else from the seven (sheba' ) ewe lambs slain there: indeed sheba', an oath, is from the custom of binding one's self by seven things, as Abraham made the seven ewe lambs a pledge of his covenant with Abimelech.
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