Under the oak in the neighboring sanctuary he set up the stone of witness (24:26). [Note: The distance between cities in Palestinian Territory distance chart below is straight line distance (may be called as flying or air distance) between the two locations in Palestinian Territory . The total straight line distance between Haran and Canaan is 12180 KM (kilometers) and 978.62 meters. One district was "Ibra," perhaps related to "Hebrew," Abraham's designation. Ur of the Chaldees was the original home of Abraham. 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). Abraham and the Land of Canaan. Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks. Hobah. It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssinian Mountains. --Bartlett. This seems to have led to a reconquest of the land by heathenism, and return to Gilead was promised to Israel (Zechariah 10:10).At a later time the Jewish residents in Gilead were exposed to danger from their heathen neighbors. beersheba to haran map. 40 mile drive from Mount Gilead. Under Jehu, who restored the calf worship, and Jeroboam II his great grandson, Bethel comes again into prominence (2 Kings 10:29). 0 Though it often expressed itself in deceit, Jacob's tenacious nature was an asset to him. From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead. It was formerly a maritime city, as the waters of the Persian Gulf reached thus far inland. Its present name, Nablus, is a corruption of Neapolis, which succeeded the more ancient Shechem, and received its new name from Vespasian. 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. 2.167 - 6.823 . 37:12). It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Its confluent is still called the Blue river; so Nilah means "darkblue," or "black." haran; i.e., "mountaineer." Bethel is the name given by anticipation to the place; appropriately so, as Abram virtually made it the "house of God." 2Ch 13:19 Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. It stood on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates, about 70 miles above where it joins that river in Upper Mesopotamia or Padan-aram, and about 600 miles northwest of Ur in a direct line. endstream endobj 37 0 obj <> endobj 38 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 39 0 obj <>stream It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" ver. (1.) frontJACOB on the massacre by Simeon and Levi, Genesis 34.) The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. It lies about a mile and a half up the valley on its southern slope, and on the north of Gerizim, which rises about 1,100 feet above it, and is about 34 miles north of Jerusalem. It was then the seat of Canaanite idolatry, the temple of Baal-berith being here (Jdg 9:4,46). ", Judges 11:9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head? Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). It was abandoned about B.C. It was in Beersheba that Abraham received the command from the Lord to take his only son Isaac to Mount Moriah, a mountain of Salem, to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22:1-18).16. 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). Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). An Ammonite attack was repulsed by the prowess of Jephthah (Judges 11:1); and the spite of the Ephraimites was terribly punished (Judges 12:1). Deuteronomy 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. The Lord appeared to Abraham again and confirmed his promises, and It was here at Shechem that Abraham built the first altar to the Lord (Gen. 12:6, 7). Here he met his bride (Genesis 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. The headwaters of the Jabbok begin in Amman (ancient Rabbath-ammon) and the river flows to the north before heading west to the Jordan River. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. Terah died in Haran. I. Six feet higher than this is devastation; six feet lower is destitution." 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). 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. Ly&& Uixne(1I p{n:o%+-`-jkNw=]XU%;oq+ HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. ). In the morning Jacob set up "for a pillar" the stone which had served as his pillow (Gen 28:18; see PILLAR, matstsebhah), poured oil upon it and called the name of the place Bethel, "house of God"; that is, of God whose epiphany was for him associated with the pillar. Likewise nahar mitsrayim, "brook of Egypt," a border stream in no way connected with the Nile, has sometimes been mistaken for that river. 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. Isaac came from Beer-lahai-roi and met Rebekah (Genesis 24:58-67). In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. 02) In straight lines from Haran to Carchemesh, to Aleppo, to Hamath, to Damascus, to Shechem it is about 426 miles (686 Km). He "made a covenant with the people that day" at the very place where, on first entering the land, they had responded to the law from Ebal and Gerizim (Josh. 1. With the reassertion of Moslem supremacy a curtain falls over the history of the district; and only in comparatively recent times has it again become known to travelers. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. "Such a remarkable coincidence between the Biblical narrative and the evidence of archaeological research cannot be the result of chance. 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. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). The Inundation 5. Apparently there were Israelites in it after the captivity, some of whom on their way to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem met a tragic fate at the hands of Ishmael ben Nethaniah (Jer 41:5 ff). To the north of Gilead was Bashan, and to the south were Moab and Ammon. How striking and sudden a change! This spot became a center of great interest, lending growing importance to the town. Also called SICHEM and SYCHEM, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan Abraham lives in Ge 12:6 The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in Ge 37:12-14 Joseph buried in Jos 24:32 Jacob buried in Ac 7:16; with Ge 50:13 -2. The Nile god is painted red to represent the inundation, but blue at other times. Abraham left Hebron and for a time sojourned among the Philistines in Gerar which was in southern Canaan west of Beersheba. 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. Of flowers the most plentiful are the phlox, the cistus and the narcissus. On the E. of Gerizim and Ebal the flue plain of Mukhna stretches from N. to S. Here first in Canaan God appeared to Abraham (Genesis 12:6), and here he pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak or terebinth (not "plain") of Moreh; here too Jacob re-entered the promised land (Genesis 33:18- 19), and "bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent," from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, and bequeathed it subsequently to Joseph (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5); a dwelling place, whereas Abraham's only purchase was a burial place. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. He Builds altar at Shechem . Ge 24:10 with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Ge 24:10 or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. It may be that Harran owed its foundation to a king of Ur; at any rate the two cities were bound together by the worship of the same deity, the closest and most enduring bond of union that existed in the ancient world. Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (1 Sam 7:16). But we do not need to be very exacting about geographical accuracy in old-world popular stories. Later God appeared to Abram and promised him that if he would leave his country and journey to a land that he has never seen, God would make of his descendants a great nation and through them the Savior of the world would come, through his "seed." a. 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. 1. 16:1; 1 Sam. 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." 500 km between Goshen and the Red Sea crossing their daily rate of travel was 29 km (17 miles) per day. According to the conference transcript at . Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. 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). &!5"M&5zZ0HP\ Km1C'!trc jL 2ihw> b<14}6 Fx7A '?M b]eS\:9ooS7!1UQ4]U"0k{\ S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. for Haran, that we identify the "river" (xxxi. 1 It may have taken six to twelve months. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. It lay South of Shiloh (Jdg 21:19). Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. The regime can be seen as the overall main antagonist of the novel. During the Roman period, especially in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., the land enjoyed great prosperity. Ge 13:18 Its original name was Kirjath-arba, Jud 1:10 "the city of Arba;" so called from Arba the father of Anak. 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? 1Ki 16:34 3. Poetically the Nile is called yam, "sea" (Job 41:31; Nah 3:8; probably Isa 18:2), but this is not a name of the river. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. The miles based distance from Haran to Jerusalem is 413.8 miles. (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. of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). 2:9; II Kings 10:33; Ezek. It was the favorite home of Abraham. He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.". Jotham's parable was spoken from the cliff of Gerizim overhanging the town (Jdg 9:7 ff). Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. 2 Kings 15:25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place. ;Ho|d3baVt u3QKY`on]k@bDAB8~4egS54 A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. There are 412.62 miles from Jerusalem to Gilead in northwest direction and 587 miles (944.68 kilometers) by car, following the I-135 N route. and in Acts 7:2. The map of ancient Mesopotamia is dotted with cities along the southern parts. It was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name Carrhae. Terah dies in Haran five years later. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. The journey from Haran (in the southern portion of modern Turkey) to Canaan (in what today is Israel) is about 400 miles. 14; Num. Pi-hahiroth Israel passed through the Red Sea ( Ex. Description: The Nile is formed by the junction of the White Nile and the Blue Nile in latitude 15 degree 45' North and longitude 32 degree 45' East. Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. 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.". Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". It was David's first capital. On their behalf Judas Maccabeus invaded the country and met with striking success (1 Maccabees 5:9). Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). The Nile as a God 2. A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. Eupolemos (in Eusebius, Praep. of Bethel. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. Bethel. 3. Gen 37:29-35 The brothers dip Joseph's coat in blood, then trick Jacob into believing that Joseph has been killed by a wild animal. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley running from N. to S. (probably that of Eshcol, whence the spies got the great cluster of grapes, Numbers 13:23), surrounded by rocky hills, still famed for fine grapes. 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. After the death of Saul, David was here anointed king (2 Sam 5:3) and reigned here 7 1/2 years, until he captured Jerusalem and made that his capital (2 Sam 5:5); while here, six sons were born to him (2 Sam 3:2). It was a prominent place in the days of the Patriarchs, and is frequently mentioned in the Book of Genesis. A little north of Cairo it divides into two branches, one flowing to Rosetta and the other to Damietta, from which place the mouths are named. 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 appearance of the Moslem armies was the signal for its decay. Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). Why have you come to me now when you are in distress? A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Possibly, however, we should read Gilboa for Gilead; or part of the mountain may have borne the name of Gilead. The Location of Cemeteries 3. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed). 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. Joshua 22:9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. 1 Chronicles 2:23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. Total distance is 500 km in 24 total days but only 17 travel days = 29 km (17 miles) per travel day. It was like passing from one court of a temple into another. Jud 1:22,23 After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. Ancient Jerusalem - Interactive Study of Jerusalem with Map. North of the Jabbok are many villages, and a fair amount of cultivation. In their conquest of the Jordan Valley they captured Lot as a prisoner of war, and when Abraham heard of it he pursued the four kings and overtook them at Dan and defeated them with the help of the Lord (Gen. 14:1-14), Abraham had assembled an army of 318 men. 2Ki 10:29 After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him. Bethel in Easton's Bible Dictionary house of God. 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. The city of Dan was located in the north between Hazor and Damascus.10. and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). They would have remained quietly at Haran to the last, to avoid suspicion, and, excepting Leahs four elder sons, the rest would have been too young to be of much use. 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 last. The valley runs from north to south; and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the venerable Haram, lies partly on the eastern slope. It is called the "city of Nahor" (Gen. 24:10), and Jacob resided here with Laban (30:43). The name Gilead is sometimes used to denote the whole country East of the Jordan (Genesis 37:25 Joshua 22:9 2 Samuel 2:9, etc.). The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. The town was located on the road that ran from Nineveh to Carchemish and was regarded as of considerable importance by the Assyrian kings. Bethel, the place, is expressly distinguished from Luz, the old Canaanite city. 23:3; Jer. He moves to Egypt because of famine. why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered? HARAN (2) ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Genesis 11:31 f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Genesis 12:1).It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10).Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Genesis 27:43). (Porter and Rawlinson favor this last place. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan. Genesis 37:25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 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