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For the first 1800 miles (McClintock and Strong say 2300) from its mouth it receives no tributary; but at Kartoom, the capital of Nubia, is the junction of the two great branches, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, so called from the color of the clay which tinges their waters. Abram's Migration "Thus says the YHWH, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, and they served other gods. 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. Abraham Park May 17, 1928 - December 17, 2014. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. This is my map of the Middle East, showing the route Abram took, going from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran and then on to Canaan, into Egypt and finally back to Canaan again. The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. On his debut album, Sea/Sons, Abraham Alexander reflects on his upbringing as the son of Nigerian immigrants in Greece and the family's eventual journey to settle in the U.S. )Ur in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE ur ('ur, "flame"; Codex Vaticanus Sthur; Codex Sinaiticus Ora): Father of Eliphal, one of David's "mighty men," in 1 Ch 11:35; in the parallel 2 Sam 23:34 called "Ahasbai. "The stream (nachal) of Egypt" seems distinct (Isaiah 27:12), now "wady el Arish" (where was the frontier city Rhino-corura) on the confines of Israel and Egypt (Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47, where for "river" should stand "stream," nachal)). Bethel in Easton's Bible Dictionary house of God. The great peculiarity of the river is its annual overflow, caused by the periodical tropical rains. Resources, Free Bible Software, Bible Art, Biblical History Topics and Study, and ancient Bible maps of Rome, Greece, and ancient Near East. The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. 1. 3. The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. "Between Ur and Harran there must, consequently, have been a close connection in early times, the record of which has not yet been recovered. These unite at the town of Khartoum, whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is divided a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the Damietta branch. Therefore they worshipped it, and the plague on its waters, was a judgment on that idolatry (Exodus 7:21; Psalm 105:29). 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. The White Nile is the larger branch. 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. 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). 9:37). Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. Learn about Godly choices. (The course of the river has been traced for 3300 miles. or personal use. The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. 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. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. Bethel. 2:42, 43. The Hebrews . 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. You must bring the file to an Office Depot or similar store for easy color print and lamination. 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. remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.Joshua 20:7 - And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.Joshua 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.Judges 9:31 - And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.Judges 9:49 - And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.Judges 9:7 - And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.Genesis 33:18 - And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.Joshua 21:21 - For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,Judges 9:1 - And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,1 Kings 12:25 - Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.Genesis 35:4 - And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.Judges 9:18 - And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother;)Jeremiah 41:5 - That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.Judges 9:24 - That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.Judges 9:3 - And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He [is] our brother.Genesis 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:Joshua 17:7 - And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that [lieth] before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.Genesis 34:8 - And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.Genesis 37:14 - And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. The narrative must be historical; no writer of late date, even if he were a Babylonian, could have invented a story so exactly in accordance with what we now know to have been the truth. Abram Travels to Canaan c. 2091 b.c.. Abram was born in Ur, a powerful city in southern Babylonia. The first part of the journey involved Terah (Abram's father . S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. ; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh. You can use print, photocopy, E-mail, distribute or make overhead transparencies of these maps for public presentations in church and Bible studies etc. Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. 13:2). 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." 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. 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 map shows the 42 camp sites during the Wilderness Journey when the people of God left Egypt--in what is called the Exodus--and traveled for 40 years around the wilderness before settling into Canaan, the Promised Land. For two centuries it was the capital, and always was held sacred. 4. Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. (See MEONENIM T0002483.) Its bricks bear the name of the earliest monumental kings, "Urukh king of Ur"; his kingdom extended as far N. as Niffer. with maps; The Moldovan family Holy Land Map Collection; Biblical Maps: Alphabetically and Topically Arranged . Hebron. An important city in central Israel, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. "Ur was consecrated to the worship of Sin, the Babylonian moon-god. Map of the Bible Lands. Tanis) in Egypt (Nu 13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities," perhaps because divided at one time into four quarters, but according to Jewish writers so called because four patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Adam were buried there. It is the modern Nablus, a contraction for Neapolis, the name given to it by Vespasian. The people who lived there believed in many gods but Abram believed in only one God. The charge to "be clean and change garments" may have respect to the recent slaughter of the Shechemites, which polluted those who took part in it (Blunt, Undesigned Coincidences). 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. In Egypt Abraham deceived the King in order to save his own life and was expelled from the land of Egypt (Gen. 12:9-20). (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) 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). 6:2, 18). Abraham's Journey - Topo Color Map (Hi-Res. Bible Book Code: 0101103101a. Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (1 Sam 7:16). It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:10 ff). Under the oak in the neighboring sanctuary he set up the stone of witness (24:26). Click on image to see ultra high resolution image of map. (See SYCHAR T0003542. The allusions to Shechem in the Bible are numerous, and show how important the place was in Jewish history. It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). The place was originally called Shechem, and it was the first spot where Abraham pitched his tent after entering Canaan. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. The Bible also mentions that Abraham paid him 1/10th of all his spoils from the war as a "tithe". The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. When Jacob came hither on his way to Paddan-aram we are told that he lighted upon "the place" (Gen 28:11. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). 7:28, has entirely disappeared. If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. It lies in a sheltered valley, protected by Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north. Jacob's well and the tomb of Joseph are also close by in the valley. 4. Ritter makes Medinet Gai answer to Ai. THE NILE IN RELIGION 1. Bible Translations NT Geographical Journey. A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. Shechem in Easton's Bible Dictionary shoulder. )Nile River in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Not so named in the Bible; related to Sanskrit Nilah, "blue." It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. There the prophet from Judah foretold the overthrow of the calf altar by Josiah. bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). From Nineveh, Abraham's little band at last took a westward turn, for a trek of 200 miles. GENESIS. It was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name Carrhae. It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. 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. In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. (2.) 32 followers Comments. Last Journeys before Crucifixion. At the same "memorial terebinth" at Shechem the Shechemites made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). 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 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. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. 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. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. haran; i.e., "mountaineer." It shared this honour, however, with another city, and this city was Haran, or Harran. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). 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. Jos 11:3. 2. Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. Its length measured by its course is probably 3,700 miles, the longest in the world. Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. These hills at the base are but 500 yards apart. Hebron. A descendant of Manasseh (Num. Indeed, the temple of the moon-god at Harran was perhaps even more famous in the Assyrian and Babylonian world than the temple of the moon-god at Ur. The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. Gerar. 17:2). In later ages it was called Edessa, and was celebrated as the capital of Abgarus or Acbarus who was said to have received the letter and portrait of our Saviour. Nile River in Easton's Bible Dictionary dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" (Isa. 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. Shechem. Map of Abraham's Journey . It is afterwards mentioned among the towns taken by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:12; Isa. God promised Abraham that He would make him a father of many nations (Gen 17:5-8). Near Haran the Parthians defeated and slew Crassus (53 BC), and here Caracalla was assassinated (217 AD). Gen. 28:18; 31:44-48; Ex. This name does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament or in the English translation): I. Heb. A town in southern Judah (Joshua 12:16; 1 Samuel 30:27). 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. Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. Bethel is the name given by anticipation to the place; appropriately so, as Abram virtually made it the "house of God." A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). 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? Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. Ur developed during the reign of the Sumerian kings (c.3000 - 2300BC) and had been a major city for hundreds of years when Abram was born. 1:22, etc.) "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). Red Line in Map - Abraham's journey from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran and then through the Promised Land to Shechem. This map shows the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses. With the disruption of the kingdom came Bethel's greatest 2 Kings 23:15 - Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.1 Chronicles 7:28 - And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:2 Kings 2:23 - And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.2 Chronicles 13:19 - And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.1 Samuel 10:3 - Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:1 Kings 12:33 - So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.Joshua 8:17 - And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.1 Samuel 13:2 - Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.2 Kings 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.Joshua 12:9 - The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;Joshua 12:16 - The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;Genesis 31:13 - I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.Joshua 18:13 - And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.1 Kings 13:4 - And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. It was then the seat of Canaanite idolatry, the temple of Baal-berith being here (Jdg 9:4,46). Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by implication, in Mesopotamia. First Century Israel Map - Abrahams Journey; Bible Maps: Abraham s Journey: 2000 BC; Palestine: Hills and Valleys; Ancient Trade Routes - Jewish Virtual Library Exodus from Egypt - Settling in Canaan. Ur was a booming community on the Euphrates River. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. Download and share this free 1223x1355 png & cliparts image directly! It was expressly so named by Jacob, when he had the vision of the heavenly ladder, on his way from his father at Beersheba to Harsh (Genesis 28:19; Genesis 31:13). The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. An impersonation of Noah (Osburn). 3. No inscriptions have yet been found here, but a fragment of an Assyrian lion has been uncovered. Bible History Images and Resources for Biblical History. Jud 20:26- 28; 21:4 Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. The most ancient city of the older Chaldaea. At the age of 175 Abraham died, and was also buried in the cave at Machpelah. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. It is called "Charran" in the LXX. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. 3. The worship of Jehovah and of the calves had been all along strangely blended. 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. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31, 32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. A city of Judah, Jos 15:54 situated among the mountains, Jos 20:7 20 Roman miles south of Jerusalem, and the same distance north of Beersheba. The bottom of the valley is about 1800 feet above the level of the sea, and the top of Gerizim 800 feet higher still. A map shows possible routes taken by Abraham from Mesopotamia to Canaan and by Moses and the Hebrews in their exodus from Egypt to Canaan. Abimelech, whose mother was a native of the city, persuaded the men of Shechem to make him king (Jdg 9:1-6), evidently seeking a certain consecration from association with "the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem." 1Sa 7:16 Here Jeroboab placed one of the two calves of gold. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. Gen 11:28 Terah and his family (including his sons Abram and Nahor, and his grandson Lot) live at Ur in Mesopotamia (see Map 38). The Nile in Physical Geography. The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. The name is Babylonian, and bears witness to its having been founded by a Babylonian king. 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). Keywords: Egypt . Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." It contains about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom about 160 are Samaritans and 100 Jews, the rest being Christians and Mohammedans. Moriah. Gen 15:18 - On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 - the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 - the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 - the Amorites, the . The rise begins at the summer solstice; the flood is two months later, after the autumnal equinox, at its height pouring through cuttings in the banks which are higher than the rest of the soil and covering the valley, and lasting three months. 1018-1010 BC . 16:1; 1 Sam. Abraham's Journey. . 1. Beersheba. Bible Maps and Images. The Damming of the Nile 4. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed). The ancient city is represented by the modern Charran to the Southeast of Edessa, on the river Belias, an affluent of the Euphrates. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Source: The Bible Journey. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). 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. Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. 2. Well known at Abram's entrance into Canaan, 3,780 years ago (Genesis 42:18). Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25).

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