1837. As Wood suggests, the military outpost there, visible . Ewing. 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'). Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth (1 Cor. 19:28).Hebron in Fausset's Bible Dictionary 1. Around the large are nine stone troughs; around the smaller, five. Mount Moriah in Easton's Bible Dictionary the chosen of Jehovah. In the troubled times when there was no king in Israel, it was to Bethel that the people went up in their distress to ask counsel of God. Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. may be proved genuine. It must have been a place of strength from antiquity. Genesis 23:19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the . One of Jeroboam's two sanctuaries for the calf worship, selected doubtless because of its religious associations (1 Kings 12-13). 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. Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). When All Seems Lost/Broken Relationships. Chart of the chosen line of the Messiah in Genesis. Jacob revisited the place on his return from Paddan-aram; here Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under "the oak" (Gen 35:6 f). The well dug by Abraham and secured to him by oath had been covered and lost. In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. The threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite was the spot on which David reared an altar by Gad's direction from Jehovah. We still need to come to a place where Jesus is our God, not just the God of our parents. Islam sees Jacob (Ya'qub) as a Prophet of Islam and Muslims believe that he preached the same monotheistic faith as his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. 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). Shechem became part of the Promised Land of Israel, was given to the Kohathites, and served as a Levitical city of refuge (Joshua 21:20-21). Esau came up from Seir and met Jacob in peace; Jacob then continued on as far as Shechem (Genesis 33). The Bible speaks of the importance of having a personal relationship with Christ, not a surrogate relationship through our parents, peers, or pastor. 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 (Jeremiah 41:5). Judges 9:25 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. Many years later Joseph became second in command in the land of Egypt by the hand of God. Bethel still abounds in stones such as Jacob used for his pillow and afterward for a sanctuary. . It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). What made the difference? Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). 1. Abram pitches his tent between Bethel and Ai and builds an altar. Joshua gives us all a good reminder: Remember where youve come from. His history is related in the latter half of the book of Genesis. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. Paddan Aram or Padan-aram (Hebrew: , Padan rm) was a region referring to the northern plain of the former kingdom Aram-Naharaim. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream. Genesis 37. Gottwald held that Israel emerged from within the population of Canaan and not by invasion from outside of it. A walk with God (literally, for about 100 miles) Jacob stayed at the brook Jabbok, near Peniel, the night. It required cisterns for water supply, which was a major drawback in times of siege. His descendants are called Shechemites. saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,Jeremiah 46:28 - Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.Ezekiel 20:5 - And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I [am] the LORD your God;Genesis 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Isaiah 60:16 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.Genesis 30:31 - And he said, What shall I give thee? Bethel is the name given by anticipation to the place; appropriately so, as Abram virtually made it the "house of God." Jesus said: in spirit and in truth; Joshua said: in sincerity and truth. I cannot help but wonder if Jesus had Joshuas words in mind as Jesus sat near Shechem where Joshua spoke. 03) In a straight line from Shechem, to Bethel, to Egypt it is about 254 miles (409 Km). Abraham camped there after leaving Ilaran. 1 Chronicles 6:67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs. Not ours, but Gods. 8:30-35). 2Ki 2:2,3 But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. He was finally buried in Hebron at the family tomb, the Cave of Machpelah. Judges 9:28 Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? It lay, like all threshing floors, outside the city, upon Mount Moriah, N.E. 14. 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. In the place where water gushes from the ground, there also a man drives his tent stakeand so lays the foundation of a city. Genesis 37:17. 2. In later times it was the seat of a bishopric; the names of five occupants of the see are known.2. It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." The Promised land in Canaan. The ancient city may have lain somewhat farther East than the modern Nablus, in which the Roman name Neapolis survives. "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Gen (21:33). 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. 24:32) in land which Jacob had bought from . The larger of the two, which lies to the east, is, according to Dr. Robinson, 12 1/2 feet in diameter, and at the time of his visit (April 12) was 44 1/2 feet to the surface of the water. Jehovah testified His acceptance of David's sacrifice there by sending down fire to consume it (Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1). More details . Joshua 8:30. 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). Jacob and his sons were offered a home in the land of Goshen (Gen. 46:1-5). 16-18). Mizpah. And I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant (vv. It is traversed by the carriage road leading to Jaffa and the sea. 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. 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). Later History: Probably during the captivity Hebron came into the hands of Edom, though it appears to have been colonized by returning Jews (Neh 11:25); it was recovered from Edom by Simon Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:65; Josephus, Ant, XII, viii, 6). Bethlehem. 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). It takes approximately 3h 25m to get from Hebron to Shechem, including transfers. 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. I think that is the mistake made when the plaques quote this verse. 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. 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. 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. Shechem (Nablus) (Jewish Virtual Library) A lengthy article describing the archaeology and history of the ancient city. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. We've studied the first three verses of Genesis 12 (Read: Abraham - A Story of Relationship ). 1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel. At about the center point of the land of Canaan was the place called Shechem. In the 40th year of David's reign 2,700 of them, at Jazer in Gilead, "mighty men of valor," superintended for the king the two and a half tribes "in matters pertaining to God and the king" (1 Chronicles 26:30- 32); Jerijah was their chief. As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. 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. From Mount Ebal, they shouted the curses if they disobeyed the law, and from Mount Gerizim, they shouted the blessings if they obeyed. Moreover, a Pharaoh of the Hyksos period bears a name that looks like ya`aqobh-'el (Spiegelberg, Orientalische Literaturzeitung, VII, 130). Then you too put away your idols in this spot. We should put away what is wrong and embrace what is rightor better, who is right, because Joshua says again at the end of v 14: serve the LORD.. 16:1; 1 Sam. However, modern highways may cut the walking distance i. The son of Hamor the Hivite ( Genesis 33:19; 34). Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 23:17- 20), which he bought from Ephron the Hittite. Andersen, H. G. Shechem, The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Vol. Trace any civilization back to its origin, and geography takes center stage. He captured the city, razed it to the foundations, and sowed it with salt. Find the travel options that best suit you. The fruitful and well-wooded valley winds westward among the hills. Abraham came first to Shechem when he entered Canaan (Genesis 12:6), and God confirmed the promise to give the land to him. He found Canaan ites living there. Ge 37:14 comp. God wants to know us personally. This rival center would enable the northern tribes to worship without crossing the border into Judah. They traveled to Shechem and built Joshua's Altar. However, the site thought to be the biblical Shechem, called Tel Balata by archaeologists, is near a well. The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. Jacob secretly left Haran because his father-in-law was envious of Jacob's wealth and was planning to take revenge. The town has no walls; but the main streets opening on the principal roads have gates. Genesis 11:17-28 reads, "Terah Begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran begot Lot. A descendant of Manasseh ( Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2). Also Hashabiah and 1,700 Hebronites were officers "in all the Lord's business and the king's service" on the W. of Jordan. The distance between the above mentioned places is 500 miles approximately. 2. However Zerubbabel refused, and the Samaritans developed almost a cultdevoted only to the Pentateuch. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. It is found about forty times in the Old. If we are to accept the precise definition of Ge 12:8 the name of Bethel would appear to have existed at this spot even before the arrival of Abram in Canaan. With the disruption of the kingdom came Bethel's greatest Maps are essential for any serious Bible study. In Jdg 1:22 ff it is represented as held by Canaanites, from whom the house of Joseph took it by treachery (compare 1 Ch 7:28). 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." "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." Like some 50 other Hebrew names of this same form, it has no subject for the verb expressed. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. Tanning and the manufacture of leather goods are also carried on. It also provided room for many people to liveperhaps 40,000as the city covered 20 acres. In old times the slopes of Ebal were covered with vineyards; but these formed a source of temptation to the "faithful." The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es-Seba. This curse proved true, for the citizens of Shechem formed a conspiracy against Abimelech, and he completely destroyed the city. Judges 9:31 He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, "Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold, they constrain the city to take part against you. 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. Egypt is a Egypt city located at the longitude of 31.237655 and latitude of 30.047655 . Ultimately, as the road passed through the Jabbok Valley, it reached the Transjordanian Highway. A town in southern Judah (Joshua 12:16; 1 Samuel 30:27). This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). By the time Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well, near Shechem, the racial hatred between Jews and Samaritans was paramount. Because Jerusalem was the only appointed place God allowed for worship, and since Jerusalem lay in Judah, Jeroboam set up a rival sanctuary in Bethel, complete with a golden bull image. As mentioned before, it was here that Abram, the father of the Jewish nation, first came when he came to the land. with angels going up and down. 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). The city lay along the northern end of The Way of the Patriarchs. This road, also called the Ridge Route (because it followed a key mountain ridge stretching 50 miles south), traveled from Shechem through Shiloh, Bethel/Ai, Ramah, Gibeah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. Here also, one thousand years after Abraham, David built an altar and offered sacrifices to God.Mount Moriah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Genesis 22:2; 2 Chronicles 3:1. Answer (1 of 20): Haran is in northern Syria. The second, at a hundred yards distance, 5 in diameter, 42 in depth. We also will serve the LORD, for He is our God (vv. In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. The total distance between Hebron and Egypt is 402 KM (kilometers) and 72.87 meters. "Arba was a great man among the Anakims, father of Anak." Weekly Prayer. It was the first place where the tabernacle became a permanent structure. . Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. The road was thus forced to pass through the city located in the valley between these two mountains. His dealing with Esau, however, showed much mean selfishness and cunning (Gen. 25:29-34). It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. 5. Jacob purchased a parcel of land here in Shechem and actually made for himself a dwelling place in the land of Canaan (Gen. 33:18-20). Again, from the like oath between Abimelech (with Phichol, his captain) and Isaac, it being not uncommon for an event to be recorded as occurring apparently for the first time, which has been recorded as occurring earlier before: so Bethel (Genesis 26:31-33). Judges 21:19 They said, "Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.". It was doubtless by this oak that Jacob, on his return from Paddan-aram, buried "the strange (the American Standard Revised Version "foreign") gods" (Genesis 35:4). Interestingly, Jesus said the same thing in this same spot when He told the woman at Jacobs well that the worshippers God seeks are those who worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24)worship with ones inside, the spirit, not just the outside. Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God (Josh. Under the oak in the neighboring sanctuary he set up the stone of witness (24:26). (2.) It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. A mountain 1Sa 13:2Bethel in Smiths Bible Dictionary (the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Israel, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. On the return from Babylon some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba (Nehemiah 11:25). In Jos 16:1 and 1Sam 13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.Bethel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): (1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem. Wilderness of, Hagar miraculously sees a well in Ge 21:14-19 An angel fed Elijah in 1Ki 19:5,7Beersheba in Smith's Bible Dictionary (well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Israel which formed the southern limit of the country. Wayne earned his masters and doctoral degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary and served in the pastorate for 14 years before also serving 12 years in leadershi More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Douglas, J. D., and Merrill C. Tenney, eds. Judges 9:39 Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. Still farther to the East and near the base of Ebal is the traditional tomb of Joseph, a little white-domed building beside a luxuriant orchard. Jud 1:22,23 After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. 6:2, 18). The stones around the mouth are worn into grooves by the action of ropes for so many ages. Joshua also says to serve the Lord in truth; the Hebrew word for truth is `Emet, which refers to a truth that has proven itself reliable. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. There are some 700 or 800 Christians, chiefly belonging to the Greek Orthodox church. They built their own temple on Mount Gerizim, which was immediately by Shechem. 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.
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