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Duyuk (other)
Duyuk is an Arabic placename. It may refer to: * Dok (fortress), Dok, an ancient fortress on Mount Quruntul west of Jericho in the West Bank * 'Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa, a village at the northeast base of Quruntul * 'Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, a village and refugee camp at the southwest base of Quruntul {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Placename
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Dok (fortress)
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic ( ar, جبل لقرنطل), is a mountain over the town of Jericho in the Judean Desert, in the West Bank. Ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world. Since at least the 4th century, Christian tradition has specifically associated the forty days of Jesus's fasting that preceded his temptation with a cave on Jebel Quruntul. Eventually, it came to be associated with the high mountain in the Gospel's description of temptation. Jericho lies at the feet east of Mount Quruntul, at below sea level, with the nearby Jordan River and the Dead Sea at even lower elevations, further to the east and southeast. The Mount has around of prominence over Jericho, which translates to an elevation of above sea level, and offers a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Ein Ad-Duyuk Al-Foqa
Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa ( ar, عين الديوك الفوقا), also called Duyuk, is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located northwest of Jericho. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa had a population of over 814 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In 1997, refugees constituted 27.9% of the population. The primary health care for the village is through contributions from the Ministry of Health and Medical Relief Committee. History Antiquity Under the Seleucid Empire, the peak of nearby Jebel Quruntul was fortified and garrisoned to control Jericho and the roads leading through the mountains from it to Jerusalem. The original Hebrew name is not preserved except in the Greek transcriptions of 1 Maccabees and Josephus, which call it ''Dok'' and ''Dagon''. It was the scene of Simon Maccabeus's assassination by his son-in-law Ptolemy. The later lavra monastery beside the Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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