Arculf, a Frankish bishop who toured the Levant in around 670-680, witnessed the monastery still being active around 670, a few decades after Umar's conquest. fol, 91. Hebron was the original name, changed to Kirjath Arba during Israel's sojourn in Egypt, and restored by Caleb, to whom it was given at the conquest of Israel (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:13-15). It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. I. [8] Mamre has frequently been associated with the Cave of the Patriarchs. ver. (2) A place near or in Hebron where Abraham lived. etc.) The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. Now if ruins that fit the descriptions of Sodom could be found in that general location that could very well nail it. According to Josh 15:13 it was so called after Arba, the father of Anak. 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). [9] In Genesis, Mamre is also identified with Hebron itself (Genesis 23:19, 25:27). The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. Jews, Christians and Pagans made sacrifices on the site, burning animals, and the tree was considered immune to the flames of the sacrifices. 1Ki 16:34 3. The Inundation 5. Heb. ver. Constantine suppressed these "superstitions," and built a church in the neighborhood, probably the so-called "Abraham's house," Beit Ibrahim of today. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). Does Gen 13:11 read that Lot moved directly to Sodom (tel el Hamman) or that he moved east, then later south to Sodom in two stages (edh Dhra)? ( (z) De loc. That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. [1], Yitzhak Magen was in 1993 of the opinion that during the Crusades, the site may have been used by a Church of the Trinity. Biblical Archaeology - Significant Discoveries from Ancient Empires. I. Three men bearing the names of Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre helped the patriarch Abraham rout the invading Mesopotamian kings according to Genesis 14:24. After the middle of the 12th century the reports become vague and the location of "Abraham's Oak" seems to have migrated to one or more locations situated on the road connecting Ramat el-Khalil with Hebron. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar in the Promised Land, and received the first divine promise (Gen. 12:6, 7). Father of one of David's mighty men 1Ch 11:35Ur 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." He died before his father (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees. 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. For two centuries it was the capital, and always was held sacred. of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -3. As for the distance from Tall el-Hammam to Zoar at the confluence of the Arnon with the Dead Seait is 27 miles, not over 40 miles as Schlegel states. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. This place bears the name of Huruk in the native inscriptions, and was in the countries known to the Jews as the land of the Chaldaeans. Each of these places are important in the history of Israel and there is evidence of their existence in ancient times through archaeology.1. Ge 11:26 (B.C. 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. Nahor, Abraham's brother, had probably settled in Haran before they departed.3. The Damming of the Nile 4. WebThis is an enclosure some 214 ft. long and 162 ft. wide. There were formerly 7 mouths scattered along a coast-line of 140 miles. Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). 2:46) by his concubine Ephah.Haran in Fausset's Bible Dictionary HARAN was Terah's firstborn son, oldest brother of Abram (who is named first in Genesis 11:27, because heir of the promises), father of Lot, and Milcah who married her uncle Nahor, and Iscah or Sarai who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. 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). 8:30-35.) Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. Location of Sodom: El-Hamman, Edh-Dhra or under salt sea? Maps are essential for any serious Bible study. Photo: Michael C. Luddeni. [27][dubious discuss], Josephus (37c. Sodom was probably located in plain South of 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. 
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. 4. MORIAH n Jerusalem n About 55 miles distance n Genesis 22:1-14 n The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th. 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. Here too, after a while, he dug a well, which bears his name to this day (John 4:5, 39-42). Hebron. [2] However, Yitzhak Magen, the last to excavate the site, claims that findings previously attributed to the biblical time of the Kings during the Iron Age, and the Hellenistic Hasmoneans, are in fact of far newer date, Byzantine or later.[21]. fol, 91. Ramat el-Khalil Research and analysis The story of the destruction of Sodom, which properly encompasses Perakim 18 and 19 in Genesis, opens with a scene as famous as it is difficult. From the First Cataract, at Syene, the river flows smoothly at the rate of two or three miles an hour with a width of half a mile. As for the distance from Tall el-Hammam to Zoar at the confluence of the Arnon with the Dead Seait is 27 miles, not over 40 miles as Schlegel states. Its confluent is still called the Blue river; so Nilah means "darkblue," or "black." First Century Israel Map - "Such a remarkable coincidence between the Biblical narrative and the evidence of archaeological research cannot be the result of chance. The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. (2.) 
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). It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. "Arba was a great man among the Anakims, father of Anak." This description of general location, really narrows the field of possible locations. [4] Denys Pringle firmly refutes this possibility, based on the analysis of pilgrims' reports. One of Jeroboam's two sanctuaries for the calf worship, selected doubtless because of its religious associations (1 Kings 12-13). [15][16], The supposed discrepancy is often explained as reflecting the discordance between the different scribal traditions behind the composition of the Pentateuch, the former relating to the Yahwist, the latter to the Elohist recension, according to the documentary hypothesis of modern scholarship.[17]. 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). [4], Antoninus of Piacenza in his Itinerarium, an account of his journey to the Holy Land (ca.570 CE) comments on the basilica, with its four porticoes, and an unroofed atrium. Hapi-ur, "the high Nile," fertilizes the land; the Nile low brought famine. A town in the south part of Judah, named in Jos 12:16 and 1Sam 30:27 In Jos 15:30; 19:4; 1Ch 4:29,30 the place appears under the name of CHESIL, BETHUL and BETHUEL. Heb. WebIt stands 3,000 feet (914 m.) above sea level, making it the highest city in Israel. WebLot chose the eastern Jordan valley, settles in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom. The name is Babylonian, and bears witness to its having been founded by a Babylonian king. 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. WebThe scale of the devastation was such that Abraham is said to have arose the next morning in Mamre, perhaps up to 50 miles to the northwest from the general area Sodom is thought to have existed, and saw the plumes of smoke rising up from the plain. Shihor, "the black river," is its other Bible name, Greek Melas or Kmelas, Latin Melo, darkened by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its overflow (Jeremiah 2:18). WebKhirbet Nimra: Persian and Hellenistic Mamre. The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by implication, in Mesopotamia. It was a prominent place in the days of the Patriarchs, and is frequently mentioned in the Book of Genesis. 2Ki 10:29 After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. The temple was sacred to 'Urki, the moon goddess; Ilgi son of Urukh completed it. WebThe fate of Sodom and Gomorrah is used as a warning to those who reject the gospel ( Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24 2 Peter 2:6 Jude 1:7 ). He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. 1. This mercatus (Heb. 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. Sodom was probably located in plain South of They dwelt here until after the death of his father Terah, and in Haran the Lord called Abraham again (Gen. 12:1-4; Acts 7:4). The enclosing walls are made of extremely fine and massive masonry and are 6 ft. thick; the stones are very well laid and the jointing is very fine, but the building was evidently never completed. Judging from the Bible data, it appears to be too far from Hebron and Machpelah to suit the conditions; the site of Mamre must have been nearer to Deir el Arba`in, but it has probably been entirely lost since very early times.For a very good discussion about Mamre see Mambre by Le R. P. Abel des Freres Precheurs in the Conferences de Saint Etienne, 1909-10 (Paris). ( (a) Apud Syncell. Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. A city of ancient Palestine possibly located south of the Dead Sea. haran; i.e., "mountaineer." (Ishmael is now about 13 or 14 years old) GEERAR TO BETHSHEBA n Genesis 27:27-34 n Covenant with Amimelech BEERSHEBA TO MT. Hobah. Remains of the old cathedral are also conspicuous. 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. Josephus (B. J. THE NILE IN RELIGION 1. WebLot chose the eastern Jordan valley, settles in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom. Genesis 50:13 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. WebIt stands 3,000 feet (914 m.) above sea level, making it the highest city in Israel. The plural "rivers" is used for the different mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile. Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence trade was carried on with the dwellers on the gulf, and with the distant countries of India, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Caleb drove out from Hebron the "three sons of Anak" (Josh 14:12; 15:14); it became one of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:54), but was set apart for the Kohathite Levites (Josh 21:10 f), and became a city of refuge (Josh 20:7). . A city in the south of territory of the tribe of Judah 1Sa 30:27 -3. I. The word is used in a typical sense in Revelation 11:8. 2. [20], Avraham Negev considers the last clear identification and description of the Byzantine church remains at Ramat el-Khalil to come from the Russian pilgrim known as Abbot Daniel, who visited the site in 1106/8, and he qualifies other medieval reports from the 12th century onwards as not clear with regard to the location of the site they describe.[5]. Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. (2.) We also know that the Dead Sea level in the time of Abraham (MB2) fol, 91. After a reign of three years Abimelech was rejected by the people. 17:2). WebThis place was about six miles from Mamre (b), from whence Abraham removed. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) WebLot chose the eastern Jordan valley, settles in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom. Under the oak in the neighboring sanctuary he set up the stone of witness (24:26). Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah as the family sepulcher and buried his wife Sarah there (Gen. 23: 1-20). Ge 24:10 with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Ge 24:10 or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. Genesis connected it with Hebron or a place nearby that city. 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. The Christians point to another site, Balltet Sebta, where [there] is a fine specimen of Sindian (Quercus Pseudococcifera). The Days of the Monarchy: David, when a fugitive, received kindness from the people of this city (1 Sam 30:31); here Abner was treacherously slain by Joab at the gate (2 Sam 3:27), and the sons of Rimmon, after their hands and feet had been cut off, were hanged "beside the pool" (2 Sam 4:12). Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim Jos 20:7; 21:21; Jud 21:19 Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the Lord Jos 24:1-28 Joshua buried at Jos 24:30-32 Abimelech made king at Jud 8:31; 9 Rehoboam crowned at 1Ki 12:1 Destroyed by Abimelech Jud 9:45 Rebuilt by Jeroboam 1Ki 12:25 Men of, killed by Ishmael Jer 41:5 Jesus visits; disciples made in Joh 4:1-42 -3. The Oak of Mambre - (Ramat al-Khalil)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mamre&oldid=1144495730, 4th-century establishments in the Roman Empire, Conversion of non-Christian religious buildings and structures into churches, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2021, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from March 2021, Articles with disputed statements from March 2021, Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Articles with disputed statements from December 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Mambre, Ramat el-Khalil, Ramet el-Khalil (Rmet el-all), Haram Ramet el-Khalil, Beit Khalil er-Rahman, Beit el-Khalil ("Abraham's House"). Genesis 25:9 Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre. An impersonation of Noah (Osburn). The enclosing walls are made of extremely fine and massive masonry and are 6 ft. thick; the stones are very well laid and the jointing is very fine, but the building was evidently never completed. 1 Chr. - Ancient GeographyShechem in Easton's Bible Dictionary shoulder. 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. Later God changed his name to Abraham which means "father of a many nations" and he obeyed God and journeyed to the land of Canaan. [18] It has been noted that Hebron and Mamre were located in Idumaean territory, that both Jews and Idumaeans regarded Abraham as their common ancestor, and that Herod came from an Idumaean family that had only recently converted to Judaism. Chronic. Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." yerid or shuq: Ancient Greek: ) or "fair, market" was one of the sites, according to a Jewish tradition conserved in Jerome,[28] chosen by Hadrian to sell remnants of Bar Kochba's defeated army into slavery. p. 100. WebKhirbet Nimra: Persian and Hellenistic Mamre. Later on MACHPELAH (which see) is described as "before," i.e. 16:1; 1 Sam. Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. A second tradition, which appears in the Talmud, finds Ur in Warka, 120 miles southeast from Babylon and four east of the Euphrates. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Gen 27:43). Here Absalom set up the standard of revolt. MORIAH n Jerusalem n About 55 miles distance n Genesis 22:1-14 n See additional meanings and similar words. 91. Ev. 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. A small remnant of the ancient Samaritans dwell here still, despised and persecuted by their Mahommedan masters. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. Egypt. 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. In Judges 20:26 translate for "the house of God" Bethel. 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). 3. 91. History of the City. (Gen 11:31, 12:4-5). In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. WebThe fate of Sodom and Gomorrah is used as a warning to those who reject the gospel ( Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24 2 Peter 2:6 Jude 1:7 ). The word Nimreh may be a survival of the ancient Mamre, the name, as often happens, being assimilated by a familiar word. Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". Webn Made intercession for Sodom Genesis 18:23-32 HEBRON YO GERAR n About 40 miles distance n Isaac was born to Abraham, now 100 years old. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. Heb. WebBETHEL TO MAMRE (HEBRON) n About 35 miles distance n Genesis 13:18 n Builds 3rd altar HEBRON TO HOBAH n Near Damascus n About 160 miles distance n Genesis 14:1-16 n Abram Pursues robbers Rescues Lot Recovers goods Abraham Father of the Faithful 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). 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