The city was protected by steep ravines in the south and east. To the east the terrain drastically plummeted nearly 3,500 feet from the Mount of Olives to Jericho below, in the Jordan Valley. In the west the change was less drastic, as the hills descended to the coastal plain and the ...
Jericho lie within the tribal allotment of Benjamin. The Central Ridge Route ran through Benjamin's territory, thus giving it control of a vital link in the region. Judah produced the Davidic dynasty. She lay in the southern portion of the Western Highlands, or sometimes referred to as the...
Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. 1Ki 16:34 3. In Jos 16:1 and 1Sam 13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.Bethel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): ...
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...
Upgrade to Bible Gateway Plus and get the best value in digital Bible study. Start 14-day free trialLearn More Introduction to Mark The Gospel of Mark Background Mark is almost exactly half the length of Matthew and Luke,... M...
30In reply Jesus said:“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on ...
surface explorations have proved that irrigation around the upper Tigris and Euphrates, as well as their tributaries, dates from the early 6th millenniumbce(e.g., atAl-Kawm on the upper Euphrates). Small-scale irrigation was practiced in Palestine (e.g., atJericho) in the 7th millenniumbce....
This section of curses follows the pattern of the ancient Near Eastern treaties, in... Deut. 3:23–29 3:23–29. Speak no more: The Hebrew of Moses’ request and its refusal implies that Moses had been... Archaeological Sites: Jericho 2:1 Jericho is one of t...
It was along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that The Fertile Crescent ran in a northwestern direction. The land between the two rivers and the Persian Gulf forms a marshland. This region has remained as such since ancient times. ...
Jericho JERICHO jĕr’ ə kō (appears as יְרֵחֹ֑ו in the Pentateuch, 2 Kings 25:5 and in Ezra, Neh, 1 and 2... Jerusalem JERUSALEM jĭ rōō’ sə ləm (יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם; LXX ̔Ιε...