The citadel is that which David conquered from the Jebusites in ca 1004 BC. The first Biblical mention of "Jerusalem" is inJoshua 10:1.The city is under the control of king Adoni-zedek. At the time of the conquest Jerusalem was an Amorite town. It, along with Hebron, Lachish, Jarmut...
Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho under the curse (1 Kings 16:34).Bethel in Hitchcock's Bible Names the house of GodBethel in Naves Topical Bible 1. A city north of Jerusalem The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz Jos 18:13; Jud 1:23-26 Abraham estblish...
The major area in Biblical history concerns the Western Mountains. This mountain range stretches the length of Palestine. Only the Jezreel Valley interrupts this chain. The Western Mountains range anywhere from 1,500 to 4,000 feet in height. These mountains divide the map of Palestine into three...
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Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel.Church of Saint Nicholas Church Photo: SalibaQ, CC BY-SA 3.0.Palestine Museum of Natural History Museum The Palestine Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Bethlehem, West Bank.Locales...
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and…Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town Protected area Photo: Eman, Public domain. The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron in the West Bank, Palestine.Abraham...
The human habitation of coastal Canaan can be traced back to Paleolithic and Mesolithic times, and excavations have revealed that a settledcommunityand an agricultural way of life existed at the site ofJerichoby 8,000bce. More widespread settlement in fixed towns and villages appears not to have...
Har Gilo is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a community settlement, located about 2 kilometers west of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem and 5 kilometers south of Jerusalem, in the northern Judean hills.
Evans, who said he was in close touch with the president and his peace team, also said: “The plan does not take away the major Biblical sites” from Israel, a likely reference to allowing Israeli access to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in...
The map of Mesopotamia shows how civilization sprang up along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It also makes clear why the land earned the nickname;The Land Between Two Rivers.The Tigris & Euphrates rivers have shaped the course of history for this region. The earliest civilization...