(1.) Tanning and the manufacture of leather goods are also carried on. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. Mizpah. This well is still there today. The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. 3. It also provided room for many people to liveperhaps 40,000as the city covered 20 acres. Still farther to the East and near the base of Ebal is the traditional tomb of Joseph, a little white-domed building beside a luxuriant orchard. Moreover, a Pharaoh of the Hyksos period bears a name that looks like ya`aqobh-'el (Spiegelberg, Orientalische Literaturzeitung, VII, 130). Camels can travel at up to 50 miles per hour. When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Gen. 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). Calm our fears and strengthen our faith that we may never doubt his presence among us but proclaim that he is your Son, risen from the dead, living for ever and ever. Abrams grandson, Jacob, came to Shechem after he returned from Padan-Aram, undoubtedly tracing the traditional same steps of his grandfather. The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. 3. It had steep slopes all around the high hill on which the city sat. (2) Joseph was buried at Shechem (Jos. This is assuming Abram went via Beersheba and walked "The Way to Shur" (an ancient road) into Egypt and that he stopped at Raamses. A descendant of Manasseh ( Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2). Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). Jacobs two sons, Levi and Simeon, made a deceptive pact with the males of the city and slaughtered them all in revenge of Dinah. And the LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. When All Seems Lost/Broken Relationships. Abraham saw Moriah at some little distance (Genesis 22:4) on the third day; the distance, two days' journey from Beersheba, would just bring him to Zion, but not so far as Moreh and Gerizim (Genesis 12:6) where some fix Moriah. A later king of Israel, Omri, chose Samaria as his capital because it was easy to defend. Then he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe . The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (Jdg 4:5). Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Genesis 33:20). with angels going up and down. Jacob purchased a parcel of a field which contained the well that he had dug there. Hosea 6:9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. 1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel. At the western end is another, 85 ft. long by 55 broad. It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; for the LORD our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did these great signs in our sight and preserved us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed. And he set up there an altar, and called it El-Elohe . 8:17-19); and (4) the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 22:18). A city of the tribe of Judah, south of Jerusalem When built Nu 13:22 Fortified 2Ch 11:10 Called KIRJATH-ARBA Ge 23:2 ARBA Ge 35:27; Jos 15:13 Abraham lived there and Sarah died at Ge 23:2 Hoham, king of, confederated with other kings of the Canaanites against Joshua Jos 10:3-39 Descendants of the Anakim live at Nu 13:22; Jos 11:21 Conquest of, by Caleb Jos 14:6-15; Jud 1:10,20 A city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:11,13 David crowned king of Judah at 2Sa 2:1-11; 3 David crowned king of Israel at 2Sa 5:1-5 The burial place of Sarah Ge 23:2 The burial place of Abner 2Sa 3:32 The burial place of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:12 The conspirators against Ish-bosheth hanged at 2Sa 4:12 Absalom made king at 2Sa 15:9,10 Jews of the Babylonian captivity lived at Ne 11:25 Pool of 2Sa 4:12 -3. Genesis 37. Joshua demonstrates not only the grace of God in calling them out of a pagan past, but also the faithfulness of God in taking care of them after their redemption. I think that is the mistake made when the plaques quote this verse. As discussed earlier, in addition to this crucial north-south road, another road also went northwest to the International Highway, and still another went east towards the Transjordanian Highway. Tanis) in Egypt (Nu 13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities," perhaps because divided at one time into four quarters, but according to Jewish writers so called because four patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Adam were buried there. 4. Moreover, Joshua called all Israel to Shechem at the end of the conquest, because Joshua and the same group came to Shechem at the beginning of the conquest to shout the blessings and curses. But the Torah continues by telling us that Joseph's "brothers went - to pasture their father's flock in Shechem" (Genesis 37:12), which was why "[Jacob] sent [Joseph] from the valley . It is at this point Joshua stops speaking for the Lord and begins speaking for himself, giving the implications and applications from looking at the past. We should remember how God, in His grace, has taken care of us since then in spite of our continued disobedience. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es-Seba. 1 Chr. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. . Jacob lived out his last years in Egypt with his sons until his death. The first mention of Shechem in the Bible is Genesis 12:6, when Abram first entered Canaan. This study will discuss the significance of Shechem, a city in central Israel. 5. Shechem, a son of Hamor the Hivite. Joshua 17:7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. Come, and I will send you to them." DISTANCE: It was a long and difficult journey of more than fourhundred miles (about 600km) from Canaan (Bethel) to Haran. Joshua 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her. 16:1; 1 Sam. Shechem had great spiritual significance for Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, and Joshua. He then set out with his family and property "to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan" (Gen. 31). Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El- beth-el" (q.v.). (c) In the Jewish tractate Pirqe Abhoth, iii.l, we read of a Jew named 'Aqabhyah, which is a name composed of the same verbal root as that in Jacob, together with the Divine name Yahu (i.e. may be proved genuine. Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. Mount Moriah. 6:18; 1 Chr. Then you too put away your idols in this spot. We should put away what is wrong and embrace what is rightor better, who is right, because Joshua says again at the end of v 14: serve the LORD.. His mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.Amos 8:14 - They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.1 Chronicles 21:2 - And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].Genesis 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.2 Kings 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. After looking for them at Shechem, he found them a short distance north at Dothan. When Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch (Gen. 27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. And he said, Unto Hebron.1 Chronicles 3:4 - [These] six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.Joshua 10:5 - Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.Joshua 10:3 - Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,Joshua 12:10 - The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;2 Samuel 3:32 - And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.Exodus 6:18 - And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [were] an hundred thirty and three years.1 Chronicles 2:42 - Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.Joshua 15:13 - And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron.Joshua 21:11 - And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron, in the hill [country] of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.Judges 16:3 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.2 Samuel 3:22 - And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.1 Chronicles 6:57 - And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,Joshua 20:7 - And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.Joshua 21:13 - Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,Genesis 23:2 - And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.Genesis 35:27 - And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.2 Samuel 15:10 - But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.2 Samuel 5:13 - And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.2 Samuel 3:27 - And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth [rib], that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. It was evidently the center, especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed (1 Kings 12:1 2 Chronicles 10:1). Modern knowledge of Canaan's history and culture is derived from both archeological excavations and from literary sources. Here Abram built an altar to the Lord, and here God confirmed His promise to give the land to Abram. Terah, at the age of 200, decides to move his entire family, which includes his grandson Lot, to Haran (Genesis 11:31). The vicinity was long the favorite camping-ground of the patriarchs. Knowing that this was the land God had promised him, he built an altar. Joshua also designated Shechem as a city of refuge. The other well is 5 feet in diameter, and was 42 feet to the water. I. After the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon, Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king (1 Kings 12:1). Bethel. His brothers, filled with hatred, sold Joseph to some Ishmaelite traders who, coming through the Dothan pass, were headed for Egypt along the Via Maris. Son of Kohath Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12,19Hebron in Smiths Bible Dictionary (alliance). - Ancient GeographyHebron in Easton's Bible Dictionary a community; alliance. Three times in the Old Testament, it is stated that seventy people from the house of Jacob went down into Egypt. Shechems geography paves the way for a discussion of its historical, and ultimately, its spiritual significance even still today. In old times the slopes of Ebal were covered with vineyards; but these formed a source of temptation to the "faithful." God's answer to his sacrifice at this altar of the threshing floor, and God's removal of the plague, determined David's choice of it as the site of the temple (1 Chronicles 28:2; 1 Chronicles 21:28; 1 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1, etc.). Wayne earned his masters and doctoral degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary and served in the pastorate for 14 years before also serving 12 years in leadershi More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Jacob purchased a parcel of land here in Shechem and actually made for himself a dwelling place in the land of Canaan (Gen. 33:18-20). Under the Romans it became Flavia Neapolis. The best way to get from Hebron to Shechem costs only $14 and takes just 3 hours. And David said, Whither shall I go up? Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. to his uncle Laban's home where he married and gave birth to many children. Genesis 12:6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Here Absalom set up the standard of revolt. Shiloh was the religious and military capital of Israel during the times of the Judges, and the tabernacle resided here for 369 years. 1. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? 2 Kings 23:8 - And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.2 Samuel 24:2 - For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.Amos 5:5 - But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.Nehemiah 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. Bethel nevertheless remains a sacred place in the collective memory of both Jews and Christians. Jacob arose and returned to Bethel where he would renew his vow to the Lord and he built an altar at Bethel and worshiped God (Gen. 35:1-15). Eastward the valley opens upon the plain of Makhneh. Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). There Jacob settled and bought a piece of land outside the city, there he built an alter for sacrificing to his awesome God, YHWH. 7:16). Again Jacob journeyed southward, and at Bethlehem Rachel gave birth to Benjamin, but she died in giving childbirth and was buried there (Gen. 35:16-20). cult) of Beersheba liveth." After the Assyrians dragged the Northern Kingdom into exile in 722 BC, the Assyrians repopulated the area with a mixed breedpartly Jewish, partly Assyrian. Then Joshua built an altar Namely, after the taking of Ai. Genesis 37:12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. Around the large are nine stone troughs; around the smaller, five. It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. A town in the south part of Judah, named in Jos 12:16 and 1Sam 30:27 In Jos 15:30; 19:4; 1Ch 4:29,30 the place appears under the name of CHESIL, BETHUL and BETHUEL. The distance between Hebron and Shechem is 78 km. Seir borders on southern Judah, but Jacob could have entered Canaan opposite Shechemand later doeswithout coming anywhere near Seir. Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. 25, 28). The mile based measurement distance is 249.8 miles. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es- Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). And I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant (vv. As mentioned before, it was here that Abram, the father of the Jewish nation, first came when he came to the land. That very night the Angel of the Lord wrestled with him in a dream (Gen. 32:24-32) and because Jacob strove with God and prevailed the Lord changed his name to Israel. Theophanies occurred there to Hagar (21:17), to Isaac (26:24), to Jacob (46:2), and to Elijah (1 Ki 19:5). [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? It was also visited by the Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869. Rivaling Damascus in antiquity. 24:32) in land which Jacob had bought from . Genesis 33:18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city. Genesis 37. Oxford: Clarendon Press: 355-370 . Later Jacob settled here, and dug a well. Jacob served in Laban's house for 20 years before fleeing back to Canaan (Genesis 31:1-21).
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