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13 Kohanic Cities
The 13 Kohanic Cities are the 13 cities/villages and their respective peripheral territory listed in the Book of Joshua () as having been allocated by Elazar and Joshua to the kohanim (Israelite priesthood) and their families. The Kohanic cities are a sub-set of the 48 Levitical cities allocated to sections of the Tribe of Levi. Biblical references The Kohanic cities all come along with the detail ואת מגרשה ("the peripheral land around the city") - presumably, this amount is 2000 amah in all directions. These 13 cities are the primary land allotments for kohanim in the Land of Israel and were in use from the initial entry of the children of Israel into the land of Israel up until they were depopulated by Nebuchadnezzar. According to the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, these 13 cities where re-inhabited by the kohanim upon their return from the 70-year term of the Babylonian exile. Land lists The areas listed: #אֶת חֶבְרוֹן וְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁהָ He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian captivity, Babylonian exile. It tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes, framed by two set-piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of the land, and, at the end, the second by Joshua warning of the need for faithful observance of the Law (''torah'') revealed to Moses. The scholarly consensus is that the Book of Joshua is not a reliable historical account, with Archaeology, archaeological evidence contradicting its claims of a swift, violent conquest of Canaan. The earliest parts of the book are possibly chapters 2–11, the story of the conquest; these chapters were later incorporated into an early form of Joshua li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libnah
Libnah or Lobana (, ''whiteness''; ) was an independent city, probably near the western seaboard of Israel, with its own king at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan.Gina Hens-Piazza Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: 1–2 Kings Abingdon Press, 2006 p.282. It is thought to have been an important producer of revenue, and one that rebelled against the Kingdom of Judah, Judahite crown. Records in the Hebrew Bible It is assigned to the tribe of Judah as one of the 13 Kohanic cities during the Israelite settlement (Joshua 21:13). The town revolted during the reign of King Jehoram of Judah, according to 2 Kings 8:22 and Books of Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 2 Chronicles 21, 21:10, because Jehoram "had abandoned [the] God of his fathers". The revolt took place at the same time as Edom revolted against Judean rule (2 Kings 8:20–22). Josiah, King of Judah, married Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah (Books of Chronicles, 1 Chronicles 1 Chronicles 3, 3:15; 2 Kings 23:31–32; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Kohanic Cities
The 13 Kohanic Cities are the 13 cities/villages and their respective peripheral territory listed in the Book of Joshua () as having been allocated by Elazar and Joshua to the kohanim (Israelite priesthood) and their families. The Kohanic cities are a sub-set of the 48 Levitical cities allocated to sections of the Tribe of Levi. Biblical references The Kohanic cities all come along with the detail ואת מגרשה ("the peripheral land around the city") - presumably, this amount is 2000 amah in all directions. These 13 cities are the primary land allotments for kohanim in the Land of Israel and were in use from the initial entry of the children of Israel into the land of Israel up until they were depopulated by Nebuchadnezzar. According to the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, these 13 cities where re-inhabited by the kohanim upon their return from the 70-year term of the Babylonian exile. Land lists The areas listed: #אֶת חֶבְרוֹן וְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁהָ He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anathoth
Anathoth is the name of one of the Levitical cities given to "the children of Aaron" in the tribe of Benjamin (; ). Residents were called Antothites or Anetothites. Name The name of this town may be derived from a Canaanite goddess, `Anat. It is also mentioned as the name of an Israelite person in 1 Chronicles (), and in Nehemiah (). History according to the Hebrew Bible Anathoth is mentioned as the native place of Abiezer the Anetothite, one of David's " thirty" (), and of Jehu, another of his mighty men (). King Solomon banishes Abiathar the Priest to Anathoth, "unto thine own fields". It is perhaps best known as the home town of the prophet Jeremiah (; ; ). He delivers a prophecy of tribulation by the sword against the residents of Anathoth, who were plotting against him (). Anathoth suffered greatly from the army of Nebuchadnezzar, and only 128 men returned to it from the Babylonian exile (; ). It lay about 3 miles north of Jerusalem. Modern identification The Arab villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geba (city)
Geba (; ; ; , lit. "the hill") was a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Biblical sources It was a Kohanic and Levitical city (, ) located in the geographical territory of the Tribe of Benjamin on the northern border of Judah (), adjacent to Ramah in Benjamin north of Gibeah (; , ). During the wars in the time of Saul, Geba was held as a garrison by the Philistines (), but they were ejected by Jonathan. During the reigns of Asa, king of Judah and Baasha, king of Israel, Geba was one of two cities that Asa built up from the stones Baasha had used to fortify Ramah (; ). Location According to Josephus, "Gabao" was located 50 stadia from Jerusalem, as one ascended by Bethoron. Geba has been identified with Jeba', about 5½ miles north of Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibeon (ancient City)
Gibeon (; ) was a Canaanite and later an Israelite city, which was located north of Jerusalem. According to , the pre-Israelite-conquest inhabitants, the Gibeonites, were Hivites; according to , they were Amorites. The remains of Gibeon are located in the southern portion of the Palestinian village of al-Jib in Area C of the West Bank. Biblical account Canaanite city After the destruction of Jericho and Ai, the Hivite people of Gibeon sent ambassadors to trick Joshua and the Israelites into making a treaty with them. According to the writer of the book of Deuteronomy (; ), the Israelites were commanded to destroy all non-Israelite Canaanites in the land. The Gibeonites presented themselves as ambassadors from a distant, powerful land. Without consulting God (), the Israelites entered into a covenant or peace treaty with the Gibeonites. The Israelites soon found out that the Gibeonites were actually their neighbors—living within three days' walk of them ( Joshua 9:17)— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bet Shemesh
Beit Shemesh () is a city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District. A center of Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy, Beit Shemesh has a population of 170,683 as of 2024. The city is named after and located near the remains of ancient Beth Shemesh, a biblical city in the territory of Judah. Its ruins can be found today at the archaeological site of Tel Beit Shemesh. History Tel Beit Shemesh The small archaeological tell northwest of the modern city was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson. The mound hosts the ruins of an ancient city that belonged to the tribe of Judah. Excavations were carried out in various phases during the 20th century. There are also other ancient ruins and findings within the boundaries of the modern municipality. In the area of the neighborhood called Ramat Beit Shemesh, a series of Hebrew-language ostraca were found, dating from the period of the Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juttah
Juttah () was a biblical town in ancient Judah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the town was made a priestly city. It is identified with modern-day Yattah, which is located on a hill about 10 km south of Hebron on the West Bank, Palestine. Biblical relevance Hebrew Bible Juttah and its territorial periphery is listed as one of the 13 priestly, or Kohanic cities, part of the 48 Levitical cities, from the mountains or hill-country of Judah (Joshua ; ). Joshua places it in the neighborhood of Maon, Carmel, and Ziph. Christianity According to one tradition based on a verse from the Gospels ( Luke ), this was believed to have been the home of the parents of John the Baptist, Zechariah and Elizabeth, and therefore the birthplace of John the Baptist himself, prompting annual visits to Yatta by thousands of Greek Orthodox pilgrims at the end of the 19th century. In the 1920s, German cleric and biblical archaeologist, :de:Andreas Evaristus Mader, also supported this identific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain (Bible)
Ain (; from the Hebrew עין for ''spring'') was a Levitical city in the ancient Tribe of Judah territory. History Ain is referred to in the Bible in the Book of Joshua as a city allotted to the tribe of Judah and as a village allotted to the tribe of Simeon, whose territory lay within the land allotted to the tribe of Judah.Joshua 19:7 Ain was one of the southernmost cities of Judah, towards the Dead Sea coast of Edom, on the border of the Negev The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ... between Shilhim and Rimmon. References Levitical cities Tribe of Judah {{Hebrew-Bible-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holon
Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the List of cities in Israel, tenth most populous city in Israel. Holon has the second-largest industry (manufacturing), industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. Its jurisdiction is 19,200 dunams; as of 2018 according to Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, CBS data, it has a population of 194,273. Etymology The name of the city comes from the Hebrew Language, Hebrew word ''holon'', meaning "(little) sand". The name Holon also appears in the Bible: "And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs" (Book of Joshua 21:15). History Holon was founded in 1935 on sand dunes six kilometers () from Tel Aviv.''The Guide to Israel'', Zeev Vilnay, Hamakor Press, Jerusalem, 1972, p.239 The Łódzia textile factory was established there by Jewish immigrants from Łódź, Poland, along with many other in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eshtemoa Synagogue
The Eshtemoa Synagogue was an ancient Jewish synagogue, now an archeological site, located south of Hebron in as-Samu, West Bank, in the State of Palestine. The remains of the ancient Palestinian synagogue date from around the 4th–5th century CE. History Eshtemoa, identified as modern as-Samu, was an ancient city named in the Bible (). During Roman and Byzantine period, Eshtemoa was described as a large Jewish village. Architecture and description The remains of the synagogue were identified by L. A. Mayer and A. Reifenberg in 1934, in which site they describe a recess in the wall, once used as a Torah Ark ("Heikhal"). In 1969–70, a full excavation of the site under the guidance of Ze'ev Yeivin revealed that the building occupied the most prominent site in the village. Ancillary buildings attached to the synagogue were removed in order to reveal the old structure. The old synagogue was built in "broadhouse" style without columns and measured . Entry was by any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jattir
Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר, pronounced Yattir) is a town in Judea mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It was known as ''Iethira'' during the 4th century CE, when it was a Christian town. It is identified with Horvat Yattir/Khirbet Attir, an archeological site in the southern Hebron Hills, located in modern day Israel. Ancient sources Hebrew Bible Joshua 15:48 says that Jattir was in the mountains of Judah. The village was allocated by Joshua and Elazar to the kohanim of the Aaronic priesthood, according to (Joshua 21:14); Yatir, as written in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament): "And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs, and Yattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs" (Book of Joshua ). Some 400 years later, the Book of Kings mentions that King David shared a portion of the war booty from his battle with the Amalekites with the elders of Yattir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
