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list of biblical places
This is an incomplete list of places, lands, and countries mentioned in the Bible. Some places may be listed twice, under two different names. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included: see also the list of minor biblical place ...
for locations which do have their own article.
A
Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "
rivers of Damascus", along with the
Pharpar river.
Abdon
Abdon was a
Levitical city
In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command ...
in
Asher
Asher ( he, אָשֵׁר ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis, was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob's eighth son) and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher.
Name
The text of the Torah states that the name of ''Asher' ...
allocated to the
Gershonite The Gershonites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous '' Gershon'' a son of Levi (not to be confused with Moses' son Gershom), although so ...
s according to Joshua 21:30 and 1 Chronicles 6:74.
Abel-Shittim
Abel-Shittim, the last Israelite encampment before crossing into the Promised Land, is identified by
Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly d ...
with
Abila Abila, also spelled Abyla, may refer to:
Places
* Abila in the Decapolis, ancient city in the Levant
* Abila Lysaniou, capital of ancient Abilene, northwest of present-day Damascus, Syria
* Abila (Peraea), archaeological site in Jordan
* ''Abil ...
in
Peraea
Peraia, and Peraea or Peræa (from grc, ἡ περαία, ''hē peraia'', "land across") in Classical Antiquity referred to "a community's territory lying 'opposite', predominantly (but not exclusively) a mainland possession of an island state" ...
, probably the site of modern
Tell el-Hammam
Tell el-Hammam (also Tall al-Hammam) is an archaeological site in Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley close to the mouth of the Jordan River. The site has substantial remains from the Chalcolithic, Early, Intermediate and Mid ...
in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
.
Adam
Adam was a location which, according to Joshua 3:16, was along the Jordan River, near
Zarethan. According to Cheyne and Black, it may be a scribal error for "Adamah".
Adadah
Adadah is the name of a town mentioned in Joshua 15:22, in a list of towns inside the territory of the
Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
. The name "Adadah" appears nowhere else in the Bible.
["Adadah", in ] According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' the name "Adadah" may be a miswritten version of ''Ararah,'' a name equivalent to "
Aroer
Aroer ( he, עֲרוֹעֵר, עֲרֹעֵר) is a biblical town on the north bank of the River Arnon to the east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The town was an ancient Moabite settlement, and is mentioned in the Bible.
Aroer is identif ...
".
Addan
Addan or Addon is a Babylonian location mentioned in Ezra 2:59 and Nehemiah 7:61.
Adithaim
Adithaim, mentioned only in Joshua 15:30, is listed among locations belonging to
Judah in the
Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
.
["Adithaim", in ]
Adria
Adria, mentioned in Acts 27:27, is a term used for "the division of the Mediterranean which lies between Sicily and Malta on the West and Crete on the East".
[W. J. Woodhouse]
"Adria"
in
Aesora
Aesora (or Esora) is a location mentioned only in Judith 4:4.
The
Book of Judith
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible, but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. It tells ...
is considered canonical by some Christians, but not by Jews and most Protestants.
The Septuagint calls it ''Aisora'', ''Arasousia'', ''Aisoraa'', or ''Assaron,'' depending on the manuscript.
["Esora"](_blank)
in The book of Judith places it between Choba and the Valley of Salem.
According to Cheyne and Black (1899), the exact location is uncertain.
Aetan
Aetan appears in the
Septuagint
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version of the
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
.
Ahava
Ahava is the name of a canal or river mentioned in the
Book of Ezra
The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible; which formerly included the Book of Nehemiah in a single book, commonly distinguished in scholarship as Ezra–Nehemiah. The two became separated with the first printed Mikraot Gedolot, rabbinic bi ...
.
The location is unknown.
Albert Barnes says it was both a town and a river.
Almon
Almon is a location mentioned in Joshua 21:18 given to the
Kohathites The Kohathites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times, the other three being the Gershonites, the Merarites, and the Aaronites (more commonly known as Kohanim). The Bible claims that the Kohathites were all desce ...
, and thought to be near the modern
Israeli settlement at
Almon, Mateh Binyamin
Almon ( he, עַלְמוֹן), also known as Anatot ( he, עֲנָתוֹת), is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located near Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional C ...
in the
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
.
Amad
Amad is a biblical place-name mentioned only in Joshua 19:26.
["Amad", in ] It appears in a list of locations that make up the borders of the territory assigned to the biblical
Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narrative
According to the biblical Book of Joshua, following the comp ...
.
Amam
Amam ( he, אמם, ) is an unidentified site in the
Negeb
The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-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 sout ...
of
Judah, near the border with
Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
, mentioned in Joshua 15:26.
Anaharath
Anaharath is described in Joshua 19:19 as a location on the border of the territory belonging to the
Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential ...
. It was most likely located at the site now known as Tel Rekhesh.
Arah of the Sidonians
Arah of the Sidonians is a place-name which appears in Joshua 13:4. Other translations render the name Mearah. The initial syllable ''me-'' here is commonly interpreted as a preposition, yielding the translation "from Arah" instead of "Mearah". The ''me-'' is also interpreted as "from" by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, although he additionally proposed that further scribal error had influenced the word.
["Mearah", in ]
Arumah
Arumah
Arumah a biblical toponym mentioned in the Book of Judges (9:41): "Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem." The reference is in the context of story describing a local revolt against Abimelech, the king ...
is a location mentioned in Judges 9:41, as the place where
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Ab ...
's son
Abimelech
Abimelech (also spelled Abimelek or Avimelech; ) was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David. In the Book of Judges, Abimelech, son of Gideon, of the Tribe of Manasseh, is ...
lived for a time. The location is generally considered to be the same as the modern Jebel el-Urmah.
Ascent of Luhith
''See
Luhith
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "river ...
.''
Ashnah
Ashnah is the name given in Joshua 15 (verses 33 and 43) for two places in the
Shephelah of Judah. For the first, the modern location Aslin has been proposed; for the second, Idna.
Ataroth-addar
Ataroth-addar is a location mentioned in Joshua 16:5. It may be the same location as the
Ataroth
Ataroth ( ''‘Ǎṭārōṯ'') is the name of two or three Iron Age cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the Mesha Stele.
Etymology
Atarot(h) may mean "crowns" or "cattle pens" in Hebrew.
Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele from about 840 BC was er ...
mentioned in 16:2.
Aznoth-tabor
Aznoth-tabor is the name of a place in the territory of the
Tribe of Naphtali
The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narratives
In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua ...
. It is probably the modern Khirbet el-Jebeil.
B
Beer
Beer was a location reached by the
Israelites
The Israelites (; , , ) were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan.
The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel appears in the Merneptah Stele o ...
during their
Exodus
Exodus or the Exodus may refer to:
Religion
* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
Historical events
* Exo ...
journey, mentioned in Numbers 21:16-18. After the death of
Aaron
According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother ...
, the Israelites moved on, apparently at pace, through a series of locations along the
Moabite/
Amorite
The Amorites (; sux, 𒈥𒌅, MAR.TU; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒊒𒌝 or 𒋾𒀉𒉡𒌝/𒊎 ; he, אֱמוֹרִי, 'Ĕmōrī; grc, Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied lar ...
border. There was a well at Beer, where
Moses was able to assemble and refresh the travelling community, and which was associated with a song regarding the Israelite leaders and 'the lawgiver' in providing water.
Another Beer (or Bera) is mentioned in Judges 9:21 as the place to which
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Ab ...
's youngest son,
or Jotham, fled to escape from
Abimelech
Abimelech (also spelled Abimelek or Avimelech; ) was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David. In the Book of Judges, Abimelech, son of Gideon, of the Tribe of Manasseh, is ...
after his 69 brothers had been killed.
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole (1624–1679) was an English Non-conformist theologian and biblical commentator.
Life to 1662
He was born at York, the son of Francis Pole, but he spelled his name Poole, and in Latin Polus; his mother was a daughter of Alderman ...
described Beer as "a place remote from
Shechem
Shechem ( ), also spelled Sichem ( ; he, שְׁכֶם, ''Šəḵem''; ; grc, Συχέμ, Sykhém; Samaritan Hebrew: , ), was a Canaanite and Israelite city mentioned in the Amarna Letters, later appearing in the Hebrew Bible as the first c ...
, and out of Abimelech’s reach"; and the
Pulpit Commentary
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suggests it is "either the same as
Beeroth, among the heights of the
tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
(Joshua 9:17), now El-Birch, 'the first halting-place for caravans on the northern road from
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
' (
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
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, ''Sinai and Palestine'', p. 210); or a place called by
Eusebius
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'Beta', now El-Birch, eight
Roman miles
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from
Eleutheropolis
Eleutheropolis (Greek, Ἐλευθερόπολις, "Free City"; ar, إليوثيروبوليس; in Hebrew, בית גוברין, Beit Gubrin) was a Roman and Byzantine city in Syria Palaestina, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem. After the Mu ...
(now
Beit Jibrin
Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin ( ar, بيت جبرين; he, בית גוברין, translit=Beit Gubrin) was a Palestinian village located northwest of the city of Hebron. The village had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or , of which wer ...
), and possibly the same as the place of the same name described by
Maundrell as four hours from Jerusalem, and two hours west of
Bethel
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite san ...
; or, as
Ewald thinks, Beer beyond
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
(Numbers 21:16
ee above". The commentary concludes that "it is impossible to decide which, or whether any, of these is the place designated as Jotham's place of refuge.
Beer-lahai-roi
Beer-lahai-roi or well of the Life which saw me is the name of a well in the Negev which is known for its appearance in a story in which God appears to
Hagar
Hagar, of uncertain origin; ar, هَاجَر, Hājar; grc, Ἁγάρ, Hagár; la, Agar is a biblical woman. According to the Book of Genesis, she was an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah (then known as ''Sarai''), whom Sarah gave to he ...
.
["Beer-lahai-roi", in ] Later the
Book of Genesis
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claims that Isaac stayed near it. Genesis locates this well in the wilderness of Beer-sheba, "on the way to Shur ... between Kadesh and Bered".
it Because the ''Beer'' in Beer-lahai-roi is simply the Hebrew word "well", the
King James Version
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renders the whole expression "the well Lahairoi".
The biblical references to it may place it somewhere in the vicinity of the modern
Bir 'Asluj
The Battles of Bir 'Asluj refer to a series of military engagements between Israel and Egypt in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, around the localities Bir 'Asluj and the nearby Bir Thamila (also Bir Tamila or Bir Tmileh). Bir 'Asluj was a small Bedouin ...
.
Beeroth
''See
Beeroth (biblical city)
Beeroth ( he, בְּאֵרוֹת; Be'erot, lit. "wells"; in LXX grc, Βηρωθ) was a Biblical city seven miles northwest of Jerusalem. The city was an ancient Hivite settlement, and is mentioned in Joshua 9:17, 18:25, 2 Samuel 4:2-3, E ...
.''
Beeroth ( he, בְּאֵרוֹת;
in LXX
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grc, Βηρωθ) is a minor city in
Gibeon mentioned in .
Maspero,
Petrie
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, also
Müller Müller may refer to:
* ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) (sometimes referred to as ''Müllerlieder''; ''Müllerin'' is a female miller) is a song cycle with words by Wilhelm Müller and music by Franz Schubert
* Doctor Müller, fictional character ...
and
Budge identify the place name Baertou mentioned in the
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at
Temple of Karnak
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (, which was originally derived from ar, خورنق ''Khurnaq'' "fortified village"), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construc ...
as biblical Beeroth.
[
]
Beon
Beon is a location mentioned only in Numbers 32:3. It may be a copying error for "Meon".
Bera
An alternative name for Beer.
Bered
Bered is a location mentioned only in Genesis 16:14, which locates Hagar between Kadesh and Bered at the time of her meeting with an angel while pregnant.
Berothah
Berothah is a place mentioned in passing in Ezekiel 47:16.
Beth-Anath
A place mentioned in Judges 1:33 and situated in the tribal territory of Naphtali.
Beth-barah
A place mentioned in Judges 7:24.
Beth Car
The point to which the Israelites drove back the Philistines
The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (Septuagint, LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 6 ...
following their raid on the Israelite assembly convened by Samuel
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bi ...
at Mizpah, recorded in 1 Samuel 7:5-12.
Beth Jeshimoth
Beth Jeshimoth (Hebrew, ''Beit ha-Yeshimot'') was a town in the Transjordan, which is mentioned in four verses of the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
: Numbers 33:49, Joshua 12:3 and 13:20, and Ezekiel 25:9. Numbers
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mentions it in a description of where the Israelites encamped during their wilderness journeys. According to Joshua 13:20, it was part of the land allocated to the Tribe of Reuben
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Unlike the majority of the tribes, the land of Reuben, along with that of Gad and half of Manasseh, was on the eastern side of the Jordan and shared ...
. Ezekiel 25:9 lists it as one of three cities which constitute "the glory of the country" of Moab, in a passage in which God promises to punish Moab. During the First Jewish-Roman War
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, Beth Jeshimoth (Bezemoth) was captured by the Roman Imperial army
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, and was used by them to resettle deserters who had joined the Roman ranks.
The King James Version
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spells the name as Bethjesimoth and Bethjeshimoth. Classical Greek sources: Bezemoth.
Beth Jeshimoth is commonly identified with the village of Sweimeh
Sweimeh ( ar, السويمة) is a village located in the southern Jordan Valley, in the Balqa Governorate of Jordan. Its population is around 5000, within 726 households.
Sweimeh's economy is based on agriculture, alongside small projects of t ...
in modern-day Jordan.
Beth Lebaoth
Beth Lebaoth or Lebaoth is located in the Negev, and in territory which according to the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
was assigned to the Tribe of Simeon
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe ...
.["Beth-lebaoth", in ]
Beth Pelet
Beth Pelet (spelled Bethpalet and Bethphelet in the King James Version
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) was a location in the territory assigned to the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
by Joshua 15:27, and was occupied by Judahites in Yehud Medinata
Yehud, also known as Yehud Medinata or Yehud Medinta (), was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the region of Judea that functioned as a self-governing region under its local Jewish population. The province was a part ...
following the return from the Babylonian captivity
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according to Nehemiah 11:26. Its location is not certain, but may have been along the southern edge of Judah near the border with Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
.
Beth Peor
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* Adaptive servo-ventilation, a treatment for sleep apnea
* Air-to-Surface Vessel radar (also "anti-surface vessel"), aircraft-mounted radars used to find ships and submarines ...
), ''Beth-pe'or'' (RSV RSV may refer to:
Biology and medicine
* Respiratory syncytial virus, causing respiratory disease
* Rous sarcoma virus, causing cancer in chickens
Road vehicles
* Several Aprilia motorcycles, e.g.RSV4
* Minicar RSV, a US safety concept car
Sea ...
), ''Beit-P'or'' ( CJB) or ''Phogar'' ( Douai-Rheims Bible) – is, according to Deuteronomy 3:29 and Deuteronomy 4:46, the location "opposite which" the Israelites were camped after their victories over Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, after their captured lands were allocated to the tribes of Reuben
Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob.
Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portug ...
, Gad and Manasseh
Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier
* Jacob Manasseh (die ...
, and where Moses delivered his sermon summarizing covenant history and the Ten Commandments in the narrative of the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy ( grc, Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronómion, second law) is the fifth and last book of the Torah (in Judaism), where it is called (Hebrew: hbo, , Dəḇārīm, hewords Moses.html" ;"title="f Moses">f Moseslabel=none) and ...
.
Bohan
See Stone of Bohan.
C
Caleb-ephrathah
Caleb-ephrathah or Caleb-ephratah is a place mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 2:24, where it is said that Hezron
Hezron () is a name which occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible.
It may refer to:
* A plain in the south of Judah, south of Kadesh-barnea. (Book of Joshua, )
* A son of Reuben (son of Jacob). (Book of Genesis 46:9)
* A grandson of Judah (son ...
died there.
Camon
Camon, Kamon or Camoun was the place where the biblical judge
The Hebrew Bible judges /, pl. /. are described in the Hebrew Bible, and mostly in the Book of Judges, as people who served roles as military leaders in times of crisis, in the period before an Israelite monarchy was established.
Role
A cyclica ...
Jair
In the Biblical Book of Judges, Jair or Yair ( he, יָאִיר ''Yā’īr'', "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled o ...
was buried (Judges 10:5). It was a city of Gilead
Gilead or Gilad (; he, גִּלְעָד ''Gīləʿāḏ'', ar, جلعاد, Ǧalʻād, Jalaad) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan.''Easton's Bible Dictionary'Galeed''/ref> ...
according to Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly d ...
, and in the opinion of the editors of the Pulpit Commentary
The ''Pulpit Commentary'' is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entri ...
: "Polybius
Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail.
Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...
mentions a Camoun among other trans-Jordanic places, but its site has not been verified by modern research". However, Easton disagrees:
:It has usually been supposed to have been a city of Gilead, on the east of Jordan.
Carem
Carem
Carem or Karem is a place mentioned in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible as being a town situated in the hill country of the tribe of Judah, while the Masoretic Text and Vulgate do not mention the name (see ).
Identification
Accordin ...
appears in the Septuagint
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version of the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
.
Casiphia
Casiphia or Kasiphia is a place-name found only in Ezra 8:17, referring to an unknown location in Babylon.[''Holman Bible Dictionary'' (1991), "Casiphia."](_blank)
/ref> Ezra is recorded as having gotten Levites from Casiphia in order to serve in the temple of Jerusalem.
Cave of Makkedah
''See Makkedah
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A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "river ...
.''
Chephirah
''See Chephirah Chephirah is one of four towns named in Book of Joshua, Joshua 9:17 along with Gibeon (ancient city), Gibeon, Beeroth (north), Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim. The context is a story explaining a peace treaty between the Israelites and the natives of th ...
.''
Chezib
Chezib, a Canaanite village where the sons of Judah were born, thought to be ''Khirbet Ghazy
Chezib, also known as Achziv of Judah (), is a biblical place-name associated with the birth of Judah's son, Shelah (Genesis 38:5), corresponding to the ''Achziv'' of the Book of Joshua (15:44), a town located in the low-lying hills of the plai ...
''; now a ruin.
Culon
Culon appears in the Septuagint
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version of the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
.
D
Diblah
Diblah (also called Diblath) is a place-name found in Ezekiel 6:14. It is probably a variant form of the name Riblah
The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan. The site lies on the eas ...
.
Dilean
Dilean is a place-name found in Joshua 15:38, in a list of locations allotted to the tribe of Judah in the Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
. The site is unknown, but from the position of the town in the list, it would appear to be somewhere north of Tel Lachish
Lachish ( he, לכיש; grc, Λαχίς; la, Lachis) was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah ("lowlands of Judea") region of Israel, on the South bank of the Lakhish River, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. T ...
and Eglon.["Dilean", in ]
Dimonah
Dimonah is a place listed in Joshua 15:22 as being inside the territory of Judah along its southern border with Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
. It may be the same as Dibon
Dhiban, (Arabic: ''Ḏiʾbān'') known to the Moabites as Dibon ( Moabite: *; Hebrew: ''Dīḇōn''), is a Jordanian town located in Madaba Governorate, approximately 70 kilometres south of Amman and east of the Dead Sea. Previously nomadic ...
.["Dimonah", in ]
Dura
The "plain of Dura" is a location mentioned in Daniel 3:1, as the place where the king of Babylon built an image of himself. The location is uncertain, as there were several places named Dura in the region.
E
Eglaim
Eglaim is a Moabite city mentioned by Isaiah
Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "th ...
in his proclamation against Moab (Isaiah
Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "th ...
15:8). Its location is unknown.
Elealeh
Elealeh was a Moabite town. Every time it is mentioned in the Bible, Heshbon
Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esebus; ar, حشبون, links=no, la, Esebus, links=no, he, חשבון, links=no, grc, Ἐσεβών, Ἐσσεβών, Ἐσβούτα, Ἐσβούς, Ἔσβους, Ἔξβους, links=no) were at leas ...
is mentioned as well.["Elealeh", in ] The Book of Numbers
The book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, ''Arithmoi''; he, בְּמִדְבַּר, ''Bəmīḏbar'', "In the desert f) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and com ...
assigns Elealeh to the Tribe of Reuben
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Unlike the majority of the tribes, the land of Reuben, along with that of Gad and half of Manasseh, was on the eastern side of the Jordan and shared ...
. Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
believed that where the present Hebrew text of Isaiah 15:8 reads ''Beer Elim'', the original likely read ''b-'' ebrew preposition "in"''Elealeh.'' Today the location of the biblical Elealeh is called ''el-ʿAl''.
Eleph
Eleph is the name given in Joshua 18:28, apparently for a town in the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
. Because the name "Eleph" means thousand, and because the form found in Joshua is in Hebrew ''ha-eleph'', literally "the thousand", Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
believed there was an error in the text, and that ''ha-eleph'' was a copyist's mistake for either Taralah or Irpeel.["Eleph", in ] Another understanding of the word is that it is part of a compound name for a town called ''Zela Haeleph'', instead of "Zela" and "Eleph" being two distinct towns, as in the King James Version. Conder and Kitchener Kitchener may refer to:
People
* Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener
** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...
identified Eleph
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A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the " rive ...
with Lifta
Lifta ( ar, لفتا; he, ליפתא) was a Palestinian Arab village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village was depopulated during the early part of the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
In July 2017 Israel declared Lifta (c ...
.[Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP III, p]
18
47
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Elon-beth-hanan
Elon-beth-hanan (sometimes written Elonbethhanan, Elonbeth-hanan, Elon Bethhanan, etc.) is apparently the name of a place recorded in 1 Kings 4:9. 1 Kings 4 asserts that Solomon, king of Israel, divided his kingdom into twelve administrative districts, each with a governor responsible for delivering taxation from the region to the king. The region assigned to a Ben-Deker is recorded as including Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. Instead of ''beth'', some manuscripts read ''ben,'' the Hebrew word for "son of," yielding the reading "Elon son of Hanan."["Elon-beth-hanan", in ] Instead of "Elon-beth-hanan," the Septuagint reads "and Elon as far as Beth-hanan", a reading endorsed as "probably right" by the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' although the ''Encyclopaedia'' expresses doubt as to whether "Beth-hanan" is correct.
Elon-meonenim
''See Meonenim
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A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "rive ...
.''
Eltolad
Eltolad is a location in Canaan mentioned in the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
. Joshua 15:30 considers it a part of the territory of Judah in the Negev
The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-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 southe ...
along the southern border with Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
, but Joshua 19:4 treats it as part of the territory of the Tribe of Simeon
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe ...
. 1 Chronicles 4:29 refers to it as "Tolad."["Eltolad", in ]
Enam
Enam, according to Joshu
15:34
was a town in the Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
. It may be the same location as the Enaim where, in the narrative found in the book of Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...
, Tamar seduced the patriarch Judah.["Enaim", in ]
En-eglaim
En-eglaim (Eneglaim, En Eglaim) is a location mentioned in a vision of the prophet Ezekiel
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is ackn ...
. According to his vision, the Dead Sea (a salty lake in which fish cannot live) would one day be filled with fresh water, and fishers would cast their nets "from Engedi to En-eglaim."["En-eglaim", in ] According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1899), a likely theory would be that the place referred to is near where the Jordan River
The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...
empties into the Dead Sea, resulting in the freshwater fish washed into the Dead Sea dying of the excessive salt content and washing up dead on the beach. Cheyne suggested ''Ain Hajleh'' (Ain Hajlah) as a possible location, thinking that the Hebrew ''Eglaim'' might be a later version in a text which originally read "Hoglah," as in the place-name "Beth-hoglah." At present the exact location is still unidentified, though proposals include Ain Hajlah, Ain Feshka, or Eglaim
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the " rive ...
.
En-gannim
En-gannim is the name of two towns mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
.["En-gannim", in ]
*A town in the Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
of Judah, according to Joshua 15:34.
*A town in the territory of the Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential ...
, according to Joshua 19:21. See also Anem.
En-haddah
En-haddah is a town mentioned only once in the Bible, in Joshua 19:21, where it is assigned to the territory of the Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential ...
. Due to its placement in a list of towns, it would appear to be close to En-gannim, which immediately precedes it.[S. A. Cook, "En-haddah", in ]
En-hakkore
En-hakkore is the name of a fountain, mentioned only in Judges 15:18-19. In the biblical narrative, Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution ...
the Israelite hero is thirsty, and calls (''kara'') to God in fear that he will die of thirst. In response, God causes a spring to miraculously appear. Samson memorializes the incident by naming the spring ''En Hakkore,'' Hebrew for "spring of the caller." According to ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' the original etymology of ''En-hakkore'' is "spring of the partridge," while the meaning "spring of the caller" is a later legendary invention.["En-hakkore", in ]
Ephratha
Ephrath
Ephrath or Ephrathah or Ephratah ( he, אֶפְרָת \ אֶפְרָתָה) is a biblically-referenced former name of Bethlehem, meaning "fruitful". It is also a personal name.
Biblical place
A very old tradition is that Ephrath refers to Bethlehe ...
a (Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital ...
); from the Septuagint
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version of the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
.
Esek
Esek is the name of the first of two wells which, according to Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...
, were the object of an argument between Isaac
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
and herdsmen from the Philistine
The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek ( LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when ...
city of Gerar
Gerar ( ''Gərār'', "lodging-place") was a Philistine town and district in what is today south central Israel, mentioned in the Book of Genesis and in the Second Book of Chronicles of the Hebrew Bible.
Identification
According to the Internation ...
. The Hebrew form of the name as preserved in the Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text (MT or 𝕸; he, נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, Nūssāḥ Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. ...
is ''Esek'', while Greek Septuagint
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond t ...
manuscripts have the forms ''Adikia'' or ''Sykophantia.''
En-shemesh
En-shemesh, meaning "fountain of the sun", is the name of a place along the border between Judah and the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
, between Ein Rogel
Ein Rogel (Hebrew: ''ʿĒn Rōgēl''), also known as Well of Job, was a spring on the outskirts of Jerusalem mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the hiding-place of David's spies, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, during Absalom's uprising against the rule o ...
and Adummim
Adummim ( he, אֲדֻמִּים) is a place-name mentioned in the biblical Book of Joshua in connection with the ascent of Adummim.
Location
Adummim was apparently on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho in the Judaean desert, today in the ...
.
Eshan
Eshan (Eshean) is the name of a place in the hill-country of the territory of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
. The location has not been identified.
Esora
Esora is the King James Bible
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and Revised Version
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spelling of "Aesora".["Aesora", in ] See Aesora.
Eth-kazin
Eth-kazin (KJV
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Ittah-kazin) is the name of a place along the border of the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as ''Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon''; ) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes in the B ...
, according to Joshua 19:13.
Ezel
Ezel appears to be the name given to a cairn, rock or milestone in a biblical story concerning David and Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:19). David, the future king of Israel, is a close friend of Jonathan, the son of then-king Saul. Jonathan warns David that Saul may be seeking to kill him, and instructs David to flee. Jonathan instructs David to wait "at the rock Ezel" until Jonathan can understand Saul's intentions, which he will then signal to David so that David can know whether to flee or stay in Saul's court. According to some biblical critics, the word "Ezel" is not a proper noun in Hebrew, and is either a scribal mistake of some kind or a word which is not understood by biblical scholars.[T. K. Cheyne, "Ezel", in ] The Revised Standard Version refers to it as "yonder stone heap".
G
Galeed
Galeed, according to Genesis 31:47-48, is the name given by Jacob to the place where he and Laban (Bible), Laban reached a peace agreement. The name is Hebrew for "testimonial mound", and is a reference to the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban as a memorial, or "witness", of the agreement between the two relatives. Laban called the stone "Jegar-Sahadutha", the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew "Galeed".[T. K. Cheyne, "Galeed", in ] The place is also called mizpah.
Gallim
Gallim is a biblical place-name. In the Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text (MT or 𝕸; he, נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, Nūssāḥ Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. ...
of the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
, Gallim is the name of one location, while the Greek Septuagint
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond t ...
contains two locations by that name.
In Isaiah 10:30, the village of Gallim is mentioned alongside Laishah (Dan (ancient city), Tel Dan) and Anathoth, placing it somewhere north of Jerusalem.[T. K. Cheyne, "Gallim", in ] Michal in 1 Samuel, best known for being the wife of David, was briefly the wife of Palti, son of Laish, a man identified as coming from Gallim.
An additional Gallim (or Galem) is mentioned in the Septuagint text of 15:59a, which contains additional cities assigned to the tribe of Judah which are not recorded in the Masoretic Text.
Gath-rimmon
Gath-rimmon, the Levitical city
In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command ...
from Joshua 19:45, Joshua 21:25 and 1 Chronicles 6:69, has been identified by Benjamin Mazar with Tel Gerisa. Anson Rainey supported the notion that it is identical with #Gittaim, Gittaim and is to be found at or near Ramla.
Gebim
Gebim is a biblical place-name which appears only in Isaiah 10:31,[T. K. Cheyne, "Gebim", in ] in which it is said that "the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee." The location of Gebim is unknown.
Gederothaim
Gederothaim is a place-name which appears only in Joshua 15:36, in a list of locations possessed by the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
in the Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
.["Gederothaim", in ] Because it appears immediately after the mention of Gederah, some scholars have suggested that "Gederothaim" was introduced by a mistaken copying of the name "Gederah."
Geliloth
Geliloth is a place-name mentioned in Joshua 18:17, where it describes a location along the boundaries of the territory assigned to the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
. The name means "stone-circles."["Geliloth", in ]
Gibbar
Gibbar is a "district of Judah" mentioned in a list of returnees from the Babylonian captivity
The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon, the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following their def ...
, where the list claims that 95 of the "sons [i.e. people] of Gibbar" returned.["Gibbar", in ]
Ginath
''For the possible place-name Ginath, see List of biblical figures#Ginath, List of biblical figures § Ginath.''
Gittaim
Gittaim is a place-name which appears several times in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
, "there were probably several Gittaims".[T. K. Cheyne, "Gittaim", in ]
*A town called Gittaim in the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
appears in Nehemiah 11:33.
*A town called Gittaim is where the Beerothites were accepted as resident aliens according to 2 Samuel 4:3.
*Based on readings found in the Greek Septuagint
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond t ...
, Cheyne suggested that "Gittaim is also probably the name of a town in or near Edom", referred to in Genesis 36:35 and 1 Chronicles 1:46, where the Hebrew text now reads "Avith". Anson Rainey also places "Gath/Gittaim/Gath-rimmon", clearly different from Gath of the Philistines
The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (Septuagint, LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 6 ...
, at or near Ramla.
*In the Septuagint, 1 Samuel 14:33 contains a reference to a Gittaim (Greek ''geththaim''), although Cheyne believes the Septuagint's reading here to be a "manifest error".
Gur-baal
Gur-baal is the name of a place mentioned in 2 Chronicles 26:7. According to the Chronicler, it was inhabited by "Arabians", and was the object of a successful attack by Uzziah, the king of Judah.
H
Habor
Habor is the biblical name for the Khabur (Euphrates), Khabur River, which was in the wilderness of Judah, and mentioned in 2 Kings 17:6, 18:11.
Hachilah
The Hill of Hachilah is a place in the wilderness of Judah.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hachilah, Hill of", in ] It is mentioned in 1 Samuel 23:19, 26:1 as a place where David hid from Saul.
Hadashah
Hadashah ( he, חֲדָשָׁה; in LXX
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond t ...
grc, Ἀδασὰν), mentioned only in once in the Bible in the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
, was a city in the valley of Judah.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hadashah", in ] Its name means 'new'. It is mentioned among the cities smitten by Ramesses III in his lists at the Temple of Karnak
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (, which was originally derived from ar, خورنق ''Khurnaq'' "fortified village"), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construc ...
and the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu (location), Medinet Habu as Houdasatha.
Hali
Hali is mentioned only in Joshua 19:25, in a list of cities assigned to the Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narrative
According to the biblical Book of Joshua, following the comp ...
.[S. A. Cook, "Hali", in ] Stanley Cook believed the name "Hali" may have been a scribal error for "Helbah."
Hammath
Hammath was one of the fortified cities of Naphtali.
Hammon
Hammon is the name of two places in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hammon", in ] The first is along the borders of the Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narrative
According to the biblical Book of Joshua, following the comp ...
. The second is a Levitical city
In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command ...
inside the territory of the Tribe of Naphtali
The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narratives
In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua ...
, which is probably identical to Hammath and Hammoth-dor (1 Chronicles 6:76), or verse 61 in some Bibles.
Hammoth-dor
Hammoth-dor was a Levitical city
In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command ...
of Naphtali. See Hammoth-dor.
Hamonah
Hamonah is a city mentioned in Ezekiel
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is ackn ...
's apocalyptic prophecy, located, according to the text as it now stands, in the "Valley of Hamon-Gog." Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
expressed doubt as to whether the text originally read "Hamonah," suggesting that scribal error may have obscured a more original reading.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hamonah", in ]
Hapharaim
Hapharaim or Haphraim is a town listed as being part of the territory of the Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential ...
in the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
.["Hapharaim", in ]
Hareth
Hareth or Hereth is a forested area in Judah to which David and his family return after leaving refuge in Moab, at the direction of the prophet Gad (prophet), Gad. It is thought to have been somewhere on the border of the Philistine
The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek ( LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when ...
plain, in the southern part of Judah.
Hazar-addar
Hazar-addar is a name which appears only in Numbers 34:4, where it refers to a location on the southern edge of the territory belonging to the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
. According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
, the original text of Joshua 15:3 probably contained a reference to the place city.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-addar", in ]
Hazar-enan
Hazar-enan (sometimes spelled Hazar Enan or Hazarenan) is mentioned in Ezekiel 47:17 as a location along the northeastern edge of the land of Canaan according to Ezekiel's "ideal" borders.[W. R. Smith and T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-enan", in ] The Aramaic Targum Jonathan ben Uzziel on Numbers 34:9–10 renders its translation as ''ṭirath ʿenawatha'' ("walled suburb of the springs"). According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' Ezekiel 47:16 probably originally contained the name "Hazar-enan" where it now contains "Hazar-hatticon".
Hazar-gaddah
Hazar-gaddah is a location listed in Joshua 15:27 as one of the cities along the southern border of Judah with Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-gaddah", in ]
Hazar-shual
Hazar-shual was a city in the territory of the Tribe of Simeon
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe ...
, along its border with Judah.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-shual", in ]
Hazar-susah
Hazar-susah, also called Hazar-susim, is among the cities listed in the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
as being part of the inheritance of the Tribe of Simeon
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-susah", in ] It is mentioned only in Joshua 19:5 and 1 Chronicles 4:13.
Hazer-hatticon
Hazer-hatticon is a location that appears on the northern border of the land of Canaan according to Ezekiel's idealized conception its borders.["Hazar-hatticon", in ] According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', the name is likely a miswritten form of #Hazar-enan, Hazar-enan.
Hazor-hadattah
Hazor-hadattah, Aramaic for "New Hazor," was a place mentioned in Joshua 15:25, on the border between Judah and the Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hazor-hadattah", in ]
Heleph
Heleph, as the Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text (MT or 𝕸; he, נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, Nūssāḥ Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. ...
now stands, appears to be the name of a place located in the territory of the Tribe of Naphtali
The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narratives
In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Heleph", in ] It appears only in Joshua 19:33. According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
, the verse appears to have undergone copying errors, and the word "Heleph" was probably not an original part of the verse.
Helkath
Helkath ( he, חֶלְקַת) is a location on the boundary of the tribe of Asher.
Helkath-hazzurim
Helkath-hazzurim, a term which appears in 2 Samuel 2:16, is the name of a site where the troops of David fought the troops of Ish-bosheth. The location is described as "Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon," although Stanley A. Cook suggested that the words "which is in Gibeon" were a later explanatory note added to the text, and that the story may originally have been set in another location.[S. A. Cook, "Helkath-hazzurim", in ]
Hena
Hena is the name of a place or nation mentioned only in a single speech in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
, by the Rabshakeh, an official of Sennacharib, who mentioned it in threatening the Judahites in the time of king Hezekiah. The Rabshakeh warned the Israelites that his employer, the Assyrian Empire, would defeat the kingdom of Judah, and that the Israelites should not trust their deity to save them. He supported his argument by pointing to other places conquered by the Assyrians, and pointed out that the gods of those locations had not managed to prevent conquest. "Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?" The locations of Hena and Ivvah are unknown to the present day. Thomas Kelly Cheyne suggested that the name "Hena" has found its way into the verse "through a scribe's error."[T. K. Cheyne, "Hena", in ]
Hepher
Hepher is a place name found in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. In the conquest narratives of the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
, there is a list of 31 kings defeated by the invading Israelites. These kings are unnamed, but referred to simply in terms of what town they ruled, and a "king of Hepher" is listed among them in Joshua 12:17. Later, in the narratives about Solomon, Solomon divides his land into twelve districts, each ruled by a governor in charge of collecting tribute. The district assigned to the Ben-Hesed included "all the land of Hepher." In addition to these explicit references to a place known as Hepher, there are veiled references to Hepher in etiological genealogical passages, in which historical regions and ethnic groupings are described as if descended from a family tree populated by individual forefathers. In these narratives, a "person" named Hepher is described as being a descendant of Manasseh, indicating that Hepher was, at some point, ruled by people identified with the Tribe of Manasseh. The people of Hepher are identified as "Hepherites" in Numbers 26:32.
The biblical mentions of Hepher are not enough to locate the town with any precision: it is not even certain whether Hepher is to be found in the Transjordan or in Cisjordan.
Heshmon
Heshmon is the name of a town mentioned in Joshua 15:27, in a list of towns on the border between Judah and Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
. The name Heshmon may be the basis for the term Hasmonean dynasty, Hasmonean (Hebrew ''hashmoni''), as the Hasmoneans may have had their origin in Heshmon.["Heshmon", in ]
Holon
Holon (Hilen, Hilez) is the name of two biblical towns.
*A city in the hill-country of Judah according to Joshua 15:21 and Joshua 21:15, but its site is unknown. It is also referred to as Hilen or Hilez in 1 Chronicles 6:58 (verse 43 in some Bibles).["Holon", in ]
*A town in Moab, mentioned in Jeremiah 48:21 at the head of a list of towns to be "judged" by God for Moab's misdeeds.
Horem
Horem was one of the fortified cities of Naphtali according to Joshua 19:38. The exact location is unknown.
Hosah
Hosah ( he, חֹסָה), according to Joshua 19:29, was a city on the border between the Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narrative
According to the biblical Book of Joshua, following the comp ...
and Tyre.[T. K. Cheyne, "Hosah", in ] Where the Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text (MT or 𝕸; he, נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, Nūssāḥ Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. ...
reads "Hosah," an important Greek Septuagint
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manuscript reads "Iaseif," leading to uncertainty about what the original reading was. The location is unknown.
Hukkok
Hukkok was a town near Zebulun, on the border of Naphtali. Many commentators have identified it with Yaquq.
Humtah
Humtah was a city of Judah according to Joshua 15:54, whose location has not been identified. Its name in Hebrew means 'snail'.
Hushah
Hushah was a place in the hill country of Judah founded by a son of Ezer (1 Chronicles 4:4). It is generally identified with Husan, south-west of Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital ...
. One of David's Mighty Warriors is identified in the Bible as "Sibbecai the Hushathite."
I
Idalah
Idalah is the name of a town in the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as ''Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon''; ) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes in the B ...
according to Joshua 19:15, the only place in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
where it is mentioned.[T. K. Cheyne, "Idalah", in ]
Ijon
Ijon ( he, עיּוֹן; in LXX
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond t ...
grc, Άίν) is the name of a place mentioned three times in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. In 1 Kings 15:20 and the parallel passage in 2 Chronicles 16:4, along with Dan and Abel-beth-maachah, Abel-beth-maacah (Kings account, Chronicles reads "Abel-maim"), it is conquered by Ben-Hadad I of Aram during the time of Baasha of Israel (c.900 to c.877 BCE). In 2 Kings 15:29, Ijon along with Abel-beth-maacah and several other places are taken captive by Tiglath-Pileser III (reigned 745-727 BCE) during the reign of Pekah. It was slightly north of the modern-day site of Metula. Budge and Paton equate Ijon with the hieroglyphic place name 'Aiina.[
Ijon is commonly identified with Tel Dibbine, a tell near Marjayoun, Lebanon.
]
Iphtah
Iphtah (the King James Version
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spells it Jiphtah) was, according to Joshua 15:43, a place in the Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
. The location is unknown today.
Iphtah-el
Iphtah-el (the King James Version
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spells it Jiphtah-el) is the name of a place mentioned only in Joshua 19:14 and 19:27.[T. K. Cheyne, "Jiphtah-el", in ] Book of Joshua, Joshua describes it as being along the northern border of the Tribe of Zebulun
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as ''Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon''; ) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes in the B ...
, in the area adjoining the territory of the Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narrative
According to the biblical Book of Joshua, following the comp ...
. The biblical Iphtah-el is probably the place known today as Khirbet Japhet.
Irpeel
Irpeel is the name of a town mentioned only in Joshua 18:27, in the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Irpeel", in ]
Ithlah
Ithlah (King James Version
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Jethlah) is a location which, according to Joshua 19:42, was part of the territory of the Tribe of Dan. The location has not been identified by modern scholarship.
Ittah-kazin
''See #Eth-kazin, Eth-kazin.''
J
Jabneel
Jabneel (once Jabneh) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
for two locations.
*The first is a Philistine city, considered by Joshua 15:11 to have belonged to the territory of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
.[T. K. Cheyne, "Jabneel", in ] In 2 Chronicles 26:6, where the name is shortened to "Jabneh," it is recorded that Uzziah, as part of his attacks on Philistine cities, broke down its wall.
*The second is assigned by Joshua 19:33 to the territory of the Tribe of Naphtali
The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narratives
In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua ...
.
Jahaz
Jahaz (or Jahaza, Jahazah, Jahzah. Iahaz) was the site of the battle between Sihon, King Sihon and the advancing Israelite people, according to Numbers 21:23 and later became a levitical city in the territory of Tribe of Reuben, Reuben, east of the River Jordan.
Jahaz is mentioned in both the Hebrew Testament (Yahats, Isaiah 16:4, Jeremiah 48:34; Yahatsah or Yahtsah, Numbers 21:23, Deuteronomy 2:32, Joshua 13:18, Joshua 21:36) and the King James Version ("Jahazah": Judges 11:20, Jeremiah 48:21, 1 Chronicles 6:78 "Jahzah") and in the Mesha Stele.
André Lemaire places it somewhere along the northeast border of Moab.
Janim
Janim or Janum is a location mentioned only in Joshua 15:33, which places it in the hill-country of Judah, somewhere near Beth-tappuah.["Janum", in ]
Jearim
Mount Jearim is mentioned in Joshua 15:10, a verse which described the northern border of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
.["Jearim, Mount", in ] According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' the term described in this case not a mountain in the modern sense of the word, but a ridge, and "Jearim" is probably an incorrect reading where "Jarib" or "Ephron" was originally intended.
Jegar-sahadutha
''See #Galeed, Galeed.''
Jeruel
The "wilderness of Jeruel" is the place where, according to 2 Chronicles 20:16, Jahaziel told Jehoshaphat to expect an invading army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites.
Jethlah
''See #Ithlah, Ithlah.''
Jiphtah
''See #Iphtah, Iphtah.''
Jiphtah-el
''See #Iphtah-el, Iphtah-el.''
Jogbehah
Jogbehah is a city east of the Jordan River, mentioned in Numbers 32:35, as one of the locations in the Transjordan granted to the Tribe of Gad by Moses. It reappears in the story of Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Ab ...
. It was probably an Ammonite fortress, now named Rugm al-Gubekha.
Jokdeam
Jokdeam is the name of a location mentioned only once in the Bible, in Joshua 15:56.[T. K. Cheyne, "Jokdeam", in ] The passage identifies it as being in the hill-country of Judah, but beyond that its location is unknown today.
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Kamon
See #Camon, Camon
Kasiphia
See #Casiphia, Casiphia
Kirjathjearim
See Kiriath-Jearim
Kithlish
Kithlish is a man's wall and town in the plain of Judah (). It has been identified with Jelameh.
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Laharoi
''See #Beer-lahai-roi, Beer-lahai-roi.''
Lebaoth
''See #Beth Lebaoth, Beth Lebaoth.''
Lecah
Lecah or Lekah is a place mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:21, which claims that Er, the son of Judah (son of Jacob) settled there.
Luhith
The "ascent of Luhith" is a location in Moab mentioned in Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:5.
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Mahaneh Dan
Mahaneh Dan or Mahaneh-dan is a location associated with the tribe of Dan. According to Judges 18:12, it was located to the west of Kirjath-jearim.[S. A. Cook, "Mahaneh-dan", in ] On the other hand, Judges 13:25 names it as the place where Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution ...
lived and where "the spirit of the LORD began to stir in him", but gives it a different location, "between Zorah and Eshtaol".
Makaz
Makaz is a location mentioned in 1 Kings 4:9, in a passage which describes king Solomon administering the kingdom of Israel by division into twelve districts. Makaz appears in a list of cities the rest of which belonged to the territory traditionally assigned to the Tribe of Dan, so it appears likely that Makaz was originally intended as a reference to some location in Dan.[T. K. Cheyne, "Makaz", in ]
Makkedah
Makkedah ( he, מַקֵּדָה; in LXX
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grc, Μακηδά or Μακέδ as in 1 Maccabees; in Vulgate lat, Mageth) was a city in the land of Canaan. Joshua 12:16 gives a list of thirty-one cities whose kings, according to the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
, were defeated in the conquest of Canaan following the Exodus, and Makkedah is included. Joshua 15:41 locates it in the part of the Shephelah
The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...
assigned to the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
. Joshua 10 relates a story of five "Amorites, Amorite" kings hiding in the "cave of Makkedah" after a battle; afterward, they were removed from the cave and killed in a humiliating fashion. After this, Makkedah was captured.[T. K. Cheyne, "Makkedah", in ] Maspero, Müller Müller may refer to:
* ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) (sometimes referred to as ''Müllerlieder''; ''Müllerin'' is a female miller) is a song cycle with words by Wilhelm Müller and music by Franz Schubert
* Doctor Müller, fictional character ...
and Budge identify Makouta mentioned in the Annals of Thutmose III The Annals of Thutmose III are composed of numerous inscriptions of ancient Egyptian military records gathered from the 18th Dynasty campaigns of Thutmose III's armies in Syro-Palestine, from regnal years 22 (1458 BCE) to 42 (1438 BCE). These rec ...
at the Temple of Karnak
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (, which was originally derived from ar, خورنق ''Khurnaq'' "fortified village"), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construc ...
with biblical Makkeda.[ Historical geographers have struggled with its modern identification, with Palestine Exploration Fund, PEF surveyors C. R. Conder, Conder & HH Kitchener, Kitchener thinking the ancient site to be where was once built the Arab village of Al-Maghar, el-Mughar, north of Nahal Sorek.
]
Manocho
Manocho appears in the Septuagint
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version of the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
.
Maon
''This entry is about the location known as Maon or the "Wilderness of Maon". For the ethnic group known by that name, see List of minor biblical tribes#Maon, List of minor biblical tribes § Maon''.
Maon, according to Joshua 15:55, was a place in the highlands of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
identified in modern times with Tell Maon, Khirbet Maʿin (or in Hebrew, Horvat Maʿon).[Jodi Magness]
''The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine''
Eisenbrauns, 2003 Vol.1 pp.96–97 According to 1 Samuel 23:24, the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon, was one of the places where David hid from King Saul.[T. K. Cheyne, "Maon", in ] Nabal, the rich but callous property owner who refused to support David's men in 1 Samuel 25:1-11 was from Maon. In the Septuagint
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version of 1 Samuel, David retreated to the Wilderness of Maon after the death of Samuel, but in the Massoretic Text he went to the Desert of Paran, Wilderness of Paran.
Through the use of genealogy, Maon was personified as a descendant of Hebron.
There was an Arabs, Arab village and there is now an Israeli settlement at Ma'on, Har Hebron in the West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
.
Maralah
Maralah is a place mentioned only in Joshua 19:11, where it describes a locality in the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as ''Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon''; ) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes in the B ...
, along its southwestern border.[T. K. Cheyne, "Maralah", in ]
Masrekah
Masrekah, according to Genesis 36:36 and 1 Chronicles 1:47, is where the Edomite king Samlah lived.
Meah
Meah is the name of a tower named in Nehemiah 3:1 and 12:39.
Mejarcon
Mejarcon (also spelled Mejarkon or Me-jarkon) was a location on the border of the tribe of Dan.
Meonenim
Meonenim appears in Judges 9:37, in the Hebrew phrase ''elon meonenim'' which is variously translated as "plain of Meonenim," "Elon-meonenim," "oak of Meonenim," or "the Diviners' Oak."[T. K. Cheyne, "Meonenim", in ]
Mephaath
Mephaath was a levitical city of the Merarites lying in the district of the Mishor in the territory of the tribe of Reuben according to Joshua 21:37, and was mentioned in condemnation by the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 48:21.
Michmethath
Michmethath (Michmethah, Mikmethath, Micmethath) is the name of a place mentioned in Joshua 16:6 and 17:7. 16:6 records that it is along the north end of the territory of the Tribe of Ephraim. 17:7 indicates that it was along the south end of the territory of the Tribe of Manasseh. From the biblical description it would appear to have been southeast of Shechem.
Middin
The town of Middin is mentioned in passing in Joshua 15:61, in a list of six towns in the wilderness of the territory of the tribe of Judah. Its exact location is unknown.
Migron
There is a place called Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah mentioned in 1 Samuel 14:2, where King Saul was based, different from the Migron, Mateh Binyamin#Etymology, Migron mentioned in Isaiah 10:28, which is north of Michmash.
Minni
Minni is mentioned in Jeremiah 51:27 as the name of a province in Armenia, which was at this time under the Median kings. Armenia is regarded by some as Har-minni i.e., the mountainous country of Minni.
Minnith
Minnith is mentioned in Judges 11:33 as marking the extent of Jephthah's victory over the Ammonites and in Ezekiel 27:17 as a wheat-farming city. Minnith, Missouri takes its name from the reference in Book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel.
Misrephoth-maim
Misrephoth-maim is the name of a place associated with Sidon where, according to the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
, Joshua pursued the retreating Canaanites after a battle at Merom.[T. K. Cheyne, "Misrephoth-maim", in ] According to Joshua 13:6 it is found near the boundary between the northern territory of the Tribes of Israel and the Sidonians.
Mount Jearim
''See #Jearim, Jearim.''
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Neah
Neah is a location mentioned only in Joshua 19:13.["Neah", in ] The Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
places it in the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as ''Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon''; ) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes in the B ...
, near the valley of #Iphtah-el, Iphtah-el.
Neballat
Neballat is the name of a town listed among the towns where people of the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
lived according to Nehemiah 11:34.["Neballat", in ] Today it is known as Beit Nebala.
Nibshan
Nibshan is the name of a town in the wilderness of Judah, mentioned only in Judges 15:62.
No
No or No-amon is the name of a city in Egypt mentioned in negative terms by the prophets Jeremiah (46:25), Ezekiel (30:14-16), and Nahum (3:8). It is most commonly identified in modern scholarship with Thebes, Egypt, Thebes, but in the Septuagint, Vulgate, and a variety of rabbinical commentators it is interpreted as Alexandria.
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Parbar
Parbar, according to the King James Version, is a place-name mentioned in 1 Chronicles 26:18, in a description of the divisions of gatekeepers for the Temple in Jerusalem. However, in more recent scholarship, the word ''parbar'' or ''parwar'' is generally taken not as a proper noun, but as a common noun, with various proposals as to its meaning. Canadian academic Donna Runnalls suggests that "it seems to refer to a structure which was located at the top of the road on the west side of the temple". The New Revised Standard Version translates the word as " the colonnade on the west".
Perez Uzzah
Perez Uzzah (Hebrew, "outburst against Uzzah") is a place name which appears only in the biblical narrative about Uzzah, a man who was killed by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant (2 Samuel 6:8; 1 Chronicles 13:11). David named it in commemoration of Uzzah's death. The location has not been identified.
Phagor
Phagor ( gr, Φαγὼρ) appears in the Septuagint
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version of the Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isr ...
, in a grouping of 11 cities of Judah not listed in the Hebrew text. It is rendered as "Peor" in the Contemporary English Version (1995).
Pul
Pul, a place name in in Hebrew, may refer to Put (biblical figure), Put or Phut.
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Rabbith
Rabbith, according to Joshua 19:20, was a location within the territory of the Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential ...
.
Racal
Racal (or Rachal or Rakal), according to 1 Samuel 30:29, was one of the locations were David sent plunder after defeating a group of Amalekites. The site is unknown and mentioned nowhere else. It may have been a copyist's error for Carmel (biblical settlement), Carmel.
Rakkath
Rakkath (also Rakat or Rakkat) is mentioned in Joshua 19:35 as a fenced or fortified city in the territory of the Tribe of Naphtali
The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes.
Biblical narratives
In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua ...
and is considered according to Jewish tradition to be the location where the city of Tiberias was built from around 20 Common Era, CE. It is identified by some with Tel Rakat (Khirbet el Kaneitriyeh on PEF Survey of Palestine map).
Rakkon
Rakkon, according to the Masoretic Text
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of Judges 19:46, is a place-name for a locality along the borders of the Tribe of Dan. A common opinion is that the place-name Rakkon (Hebrew ''hrqwn'') originally through a mis-copying of part of the previous place-name Me Jarkon (Hebrew ''my hyrqwn''), which is mentioned immediately preceding it. If it is a genuine place-name, its location is uncertain, and it is unclear whether it refers to a town or a river. The Septuagint
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omits it altogether.
Ramath-Mizpeh
Ramath-Mizpeh, according to Joshua 13:26, was a location in the territory of the Tribe of Gad, a Transjordanian tribe. It is possibly the same as present-day Iraq al-Amir.
Rammath-Lehi
Rammath-Lehi'', according to the Old Testament Book of Judges, was the name given to this place by Samson when he defeated a thousand Philistines.
Ramat-Negev
A place named Ramat-Negev (Hebrew ''rmt ngb'') is assigned to the Tribe of Simeon
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe ...
by Joshua 19:8. It is likely the same as location as the Ramot-Negev (''rmwt ngb'') in 1 Samuel 30:27, where it is named as a location to which David sent plunder from his raid against the Amalekites. Ramat or Ramot Negev is also mentioned in one of the Arad ostracon, ostraca, a series of letters recovered from Tel Arad, ordering that soldiers be sent to Ramat-Negev as protection against Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
ite invasion.
It is possible that Ramot-Negev is the place now known as Hurvath Uza. See also Baalath-Beer.
Rekem
''This is about the city. For individuals of the same name, see List of minor biblical figures, L–Z#Rekem, List of minor biblical figures § Rekem.''
Rekem is the name of a city or fortified town in the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
according to Joshua 18:27. The location is unknown.
Rock of Escape
''See #Sela Hammahlekoth, Sela Hammahlekoth.''
Rogelim
Rogelim is a place mentioned twice in 2 Samuel, both times in relation to Barzillai the Gileadite. It is identified as his city (17:27) and the place from which he came to meet King David after the revolt of Absalom (19:31). Its location was in Gilead
Gilead or Gilad (; he, גִּלְעָד ''Gīləʿāḏ'', ar, جلعاد, Ǧalʻād, Jalaad) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan.''Easton's Bible Dictionary'Galeed''/ref> ...
but has not been precisely identified. Strong's Concordance calls is "a (place of) Fulling, fullers.
Rumah
Rumah or Ruma is a place-name in the Hebrew Bible. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 23:26, which identifies king Jehoiakim's mother as "Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah." A widespread, but not unanimous, identification sees this as the modern site of Ruma (Tell Rumeh) in the Lower Galilee.
Joshua 15:52 lists a "Rumah" or "Dumah" (depending on the manuscript followed) as a city in the hill-country of Judah. This is often associated with the modern village of Dūme, although scholars have expressed some uncertainty about this location as well.
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Salim
A place-name Salim appears in John 3:23, in the phrase "Aenon of Salim." The location has not been identified, though several possibilities have been suggested.
Sansannah
Sansannah appears in Joshua 15:31, in a list of towns in the Negev of Judah. Scholars equate it with the modern Kirbet esh-Shamsaniyat, although with some doubt. In Joshua 19, a portion of the territory of Judah is assigned to the Tribe of Simeon
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe ...
, and in this list instead of Sansannah the text reads "Hazar Susah" (verse 5).
Sebam
''See #Sibmah, Sibmah.''
Secu
Secu (also Seku, Sechu) is a place-name found in 1 Samuel 19:22. Its site has not been identified, and it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible.
Sela Hammahlekoth
Sela Hammahlekoth (or Rock of Escape) is the name which according to 1 Samuel 23:28 was given to a location where David narrowly escaped being killed by Saul. The location has not been definitely identified, but the biblical story places it in the Wilderness of Maon.
Seneh
Seneh is the name of one of two rocky cliffs (the other being Bozez) through which Jonathan had to pass during his attack against a Philistine garrison (1 Samuel 14:4).
Shaalbim
Shaalbim is the name of a location which appears twice (in the form "Shaalbim") in the Hebrew Bible, in Judges 3:5 and again in 1 Kings 4:9. The passage in Judges 1 discusses the situation after the death of Joshua, in which the Tribe of Dan had difficulty expelling the Amorites from the land allotted to them, and the Amorites forced the Danites to live in the hill-country, keeping the valley for themselves (Judges 1:1-34). "But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary. And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward."
1 Kings 4 records that Solomon divided his kingdom into districts under various governors, and chose a man named Ben Deker as governor "in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan".
In Joshua 19:42, a Shaalabbin is listed as a location within the territory allotted to Dan, and it is thus likely to be the same as the location "Shaalbim" which Dan was unable to occupy. This is generally considered to have been located on the site of modern Salbit.[Eric. F. Mason, "Shaalbim", in ]
It may also be the same as the location referred to as "Shaalban" (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33), and may have been the "Shaalim" of 1 Samuel 9:4.
Shaalim
Saul and his assistant passed through the land of Shaalim looking for Kish (Bible), his father's lost donkeys, according to 1 Samuel 9:4, probably in the highlands of Ephraim. Some manuscripts of the Septuagint
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locate the burial place of Abdon (Judges), Abdon in Pirathon, in the hill country of Ephraim, in the land of Shaalim, although other versions read "in the hill country of the Amalekites".
Shamir
''This is about the biblical locations, not List of minor biblical figures, L–Z#Shamir, the person mentioned in 1 Chronicles 24:24.''
Shamir is the name of a biblical place which according to Joshua 15:48 was found in the hill-country of the Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...
.
According to Judges 10:1-2, the Israelite leader Tola (biblical figure), Tola lived, died, and was buried in a location called Shamir in the hill-country of the Tribe of Ephraim.
Shaveh Kiriathaim
According to Genesis 14:5, Chedorlaomer defeated the Emim at Shaveh Kiriathaim.
Shaveh, Valley of
A valley named Shaveh is the location where, according to Genesis 14:17, the king of Sodom went to meet Abram after the defeat of the forces of Chedorlaomer.
Sibmah
Sibmah (Hebrew, ''Sibmah'') is a location which according Numbers 32:37-38 and Joshua 13:19 was in the territory of the Tribe of Reuben. In the King James Version
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it is sometimes spelled Shibmah. Isaiah 16:7-8 refers to it as a Moabite city, as does Jeremiah 48:31-32. In one case it is called Sebam (Hebrew ''Sebam''), spelled Shebam in the King James Version
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(Numbers 32:3). Its specific location is not known.
Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben
The stone of Bohan, son of Reuben is mentioned in Joshua 15:6 as a point along the boundary of the land allocated to the tribe of Judah. Bohan is not named as one of Reuben's sons where they are listed in Genesis 46:9. Bohan is a name which appears twice in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. In both cases it appears in the phrase "the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben," which refers to a place along the boundary between Judah and the Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentat ...
.["Bohan", in ]
Suphah
Suphah is mentioned in Numbers 21:14, quoting the Lost Books of the Bible, lost Book of the Wars of the Lord, and is possibly the same as Suph.
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Tatam
Tatam appears in the Septuagint
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version of Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:59-60.
Theco
Theco appears in the Septuagint
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version of Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:59-60.
Thether
Thether appears in the Septuagint
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version of Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:59-60.
Thobes
Thobes appears in the Septuagint
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version of Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:59-60.
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Uzzen-sherah
Uzzen-sherah (or Uzzen-sheerah) is the name of a town mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 7:24. It was named for its builder, Sherah, daughter of Ephraim (biblical figure), Ephraim. While it is believed to have been located close to Beth-horon, the exact location has not been identified.
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Well Lahairoi, the
''See #Beer-lahai-roi, Beer-lahai-roi.''
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Zaphon
Zaphon ( he, Tsaphonah, rendered ''Sephenia'' in some manuscripts of the Septuagint) is mentioned in Joshua 13:27 as a location within the territory of the tribe of Gad and in Judges 12:1 as the location where the tribe of Ephraim, Ephraimites met with Jephthah and his army to complain that Jephthah had fought the Ammonites without calling on the Ephraimites for military assistance. The Easy-to-Read Version calls it a "city". Some translations (e.g. the King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of K ...
) render ''Tsaphonah'' as "northwards".
Zelzah
A place at the border of Benjamin, where two men were to meet Saul as a sign of his kingship, in 1 Samuel 10:2. This is the only mention of the place in the Bible, and its location is unidentified.
Zereda
Zereda(h) is the birthplace of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Kingdom of Israel and the son of Nebat of the Tribe of Ephraim.
Ziz
The "ascent of Ziz" is the place where, according to 2 Chronicles 20:16, Jahaziel told Jehoshaphat to expect an invading army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites to ascend in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
See also
*List of biblical places
*List of minor biblical figures
*List of minor biblical tribes
*List of modern names for biblical place names
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