6:18; 1 Chr. The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. There were formerly 7 mouths scattered along a coast-line of 140 miles. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech. Caleb drove out from Hebron the "three sons of Anak" (Josh 14:12; 15:14); it became one of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:54), but was set apart for the Kohathite Levites (Josh 21:10 f), and became a city of refuge (Josh 20:7). So that the Nile increasesNile River in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE nil (Neilos, meaning not certainly known; perhaps refers to the color of the water, as black or blue. The White Nile, the principal branch of the North, rises in Victoria Nyanza, a great lake in Central Africa, a few miles North of the equator, long. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). The Bible Journey | Abram's Journey to Canaan De 27:11; Jos 24:23-25 it was here Joshua assembled the people, shortly before his death, and deliveredShechem in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE she'-kem (shekhem, "shoulder"; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc. From this lake to the mouth of the Nile the distance is 2300 miles in a straight line --one eleventh the circumference of the globe. Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). Abraham lived in Ur with his father, Terah; his nephew, Lot; and his wife, Sarah. I. The journeys of abraham (pdf for print) map of abraham's journey with trade routes (freely distributed for personal or church use) map of abram's journey from ur to haran to egypt. . 2. 2. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, etc.). At the same "memorial terebinth" at Shechem the Shechemites made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). Jud 1:22,23 After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12). Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. Its bricks bear the name of the earliest monumental kings, "Urukh king of Ur"; his kingdom extended as far N. as Niffer. That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. (2.) There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. Ur was a booming community on the Euphrates River. Shechem was for a time Ephraim's civil capital. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). We saw nothing to compare with it in all Israel." The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. The Damming of the Nile 4. Kids Bible Maps - A Free Resource for Children of All Ages Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). It was in Beersheba that Abraham received the command from the Lord to take his only son Isaac to Mount Moriah, a mountain of Salem, to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22:1-18).16. 7:28, has entirely disappeared. 2. The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. Haran seems to have shared in the rebellion of Assur (763 BC, the year of the solar eclipse, June 15).
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