The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. 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). It lies about a mile and a half up the valley on its southern slope, and on the north of Gerizim, which rises about 1,100 feet above it, and is about 34 miles north of Jerusalem. 500, but long continued, like Erech, to be a great sacred cemetery city, as is evident from the number of tombs found there. BIBLE LANDS NOTES: Distances from Jerusalem 1 Distances from Jerusalem Distances from Jerusalem IN ISRAEL: Bersheba - 54 miles south Bethany - 1 e miles east Bethe l - 10 j miles north Bethlehem - 6 miles southeast Bethpage - 1 mile Caesarea - 70 miles Caesarea Philippi - 105 miles Capernaum - 85 miles Dead Sea - 14 miles east Dothan - 54 miles north that Jacob was fled. Josephus mistakenly places here the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Ki 3:4). That Haran was oldest brother appears from his brothers marrying his daughters, Sarai being only ten years younger than Abram (Genesis 17:17). The first occurrence of Mahanaim occurs in Genesis 32:1 in the story of Jacob's return to the land after having spent 20 years with his uncle Laban in Haran (located in modern Syria). Bethel in Easton's Bible Dictionary house of God. A city of Judah, Jos 15:54 situated among the mountains, Jos 20:7 20 Roman miles south of Jerusalem, and the same distance north of Beersheba. Hobah. Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. Gideon, ordered to reduce the number of men who were with him, commanded all who were "fearful and trembling" to "return and depart from Mt. Again, along with Bashan, it indicates the land East of Jordan, as distinguished from the Moab plateau (Deuteronomy 3:10 Joshua 13:11 2 Kings 10:33).2.Bashan:In the North Gilead bordered upon Geshur and Maacah (Joshua 13:11, 13); and here the natural boundary would be formed by the deep gorge of the Yarmuk and Wady esh-Shellaleh. Rameses Israel was thrust out of Egypt ( Ex. It was doubtless by this oak that Jacob, on his return from Paddan-aram, buried "the strange (the American Standard Revised Version "foreign") gods" (Gen 35:4). The sit of the present city, which was also that of the Hebrew city, occurs exactly on the water-summit; and streams issuing from the numerous springs there flow down the opposite slopes of the valley, spreading verdure and fertility in every direction. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. "Ur was consecrated to the worship of Sin, the Babylonian moon-god. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Nile River in Easton's Bible Dictionary dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" (Isa. How far is it from Moab to the South Pole? 3. But "Hebron would appear to have been the original name of the city, and it was not till after Abraham's stay there that it received the name Kirjath-arba, who [i.e., Arba] was not the founder but the conqueror of the city, having led thither the tribe of the Anakim, to which he belonged. In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. Thus Jacob had reached Canaanite grounda matter of very considerable importancebefore his father-in-law overtook him. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech. But in any case it is clear that the bulk of Gilead fell to Gad, so that Gilead might stand for Gad (Judges 5:17). In the 40th year of David's reign 2,700 of them, at Jazer in Gilead, "mighty men of valor," superintended for the king the two and a half tribes "in matters pertaining to God and the king" (1 Chronicles 26:30- 32); Jerijah was their chief. He moves to Egypt because of famine. Then follows the story of Dinah's defilement by Shechem, son of the city's chief; and of the treacherous and terrible vengeance exacted by Simeon and Levi (Genesis 34). The loT, translated "myrrh" in the above passage, was probably the gum produced by the Cistus ladaniferus, a flower which still abounds in Gilead.6. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. Abram leaves Haran in 2091 BC. The derivation from Ur, "fire," led to the Koran and Talmud legends that Abraham miraculously escaped out of the flames into which Nimrod or other idolatrous persecutors threw him. Amos 1:3 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron; Amos 1:13 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12). 0i"f\qyn"RQ7rlt\}+/(IJgKF2+Sjh(RCu[wv?a!5Om"%3Mk;rJqqE8Ess]-s/RQwt5vt2
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@VH+IP zzy*$B&pU !1|=oZ.fL*Q{5V7{^JcaS}ayI Total distance is 500 km in 24 total days but only 17 travel days = 29 km (17 miles) per travel day. And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? How striking and sudden a change! The Lord appeared to Abraham again and confirmed his promises, and It was here at Shechem that Abraham built the first altar to the Lord (Gen. 12:6, 7). The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. Ge 25:20 the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Gen 12:4, however, reports that Abraham was actually 75 years old at his departure from Haran to the land of Canaan (See Table 1 in Appendix). Numbers 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. Gen 37:36 On reaching Egypt in c.1683BC, Joseph is sold by the Midianite traders . Abraham, now 75 years old, leaves Haran and takes the family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise . Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) Hebron was the original name, changed to Kirjath Arba during Israel's sojourn in Egypt, and restored by Caleb, to whom it was given at the conquest of Israel (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:13-15). It corresponds today to the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Jordan . It contains about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom about 160 are Samaritans and 100 Jews, the rest being Christians and Mohammedans. Above this again is the white chalk of the desert plateau, the same as that found in Samaria and Lower Galilee, with bands of flint or chert in contorted layers, or strewn in pebbles on the surface. 1Ch 2:46 4. The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. Large Map of Israel in the First Century - Click around on the Cities. "The rivers of Ethiopia" (Isaiah 18:1-2), Cush, are the Atbara, the Astapus or Blue river, between which two rivers Meroe (the Ethiopia meant in Isaiah 18) lies, and the Astaboras or White Nile; these rivers conjoin in the one Nile, and wash down the soil along their banks from Upper Egypt, and deposit it on Lower Egypt; compare "whose land (Upper Egypt) the rivers have spoiled" or "cut up" or "divided." 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. 3. 1 Tim Arnett FORMER LOCAL HEAD ELDER, PASTOR, TEACHER, AND EVANGELIST Author has 467 answers and 43.1K answer views 6 mo --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. Micah 7:14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran ( Genesis 11:26-32 ESV ). 1 Kings 4:19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land. See RIVER OF EGYPT. (3) See preceding article. Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. 01) In straight lines from Ur to Babel/Babylon, to Accad, to Mari, to Rezeph, to Haran it is about 641 miles (1031 Km). Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). Ur in Easton's Bible Dictionary light, or the moon city, a city "of the Chaldees," the birthplace of Haran (Gen. 11:28,31), the largest city of Shinar or northern Chaldea, and the principal commercial centre of the country as well as the centre of political power. The allusions to Shechem in the Bible are numerous, and show how important the place was in Jewish history. (See EGYPT; EXODUS.) In contrast, in J, it is only Rebecca. (2.) Egypt. This seems to have led to a reconquest of the land by heathenism, and return to Gilead was promised to Israel (Zechariah 10:10).At a later time the Jewish residents in Gilead were exposed to danger from their heathen neighbors. Cost Go! The streams are fringed with oleander. ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Genesis 11:31 f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Genesis 12:1). The town was located on the road that ran from Nineveh to Carchemish and was regarded as of considerable importance by the Assyrian kings. It is found about forty times in the Old. Poetically the Nile is called yam, "sea" (Job 41:31; Nah 3:8; probably Isa 18:2), but this is not a name of the river. This place bears the name of Huruk in the native inscriptions, and was in the countries known to the Jews as the land of the Chaldaeans. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. It stood on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates, about 70 miles above where it joins that river in Upper Mesopotamia or Padan-aram, and about 600 miles northwest of Ur in a direct line. Abraham and the Land of Canaan. In the troubled times when there was no king in Israel, it was to Bethel that the people went up in their distress to ask counsel of God. What is the distance between Haran and Canaan? a. People [ edit] Gilead may also refer to: shichor, not always written fully, has also been interpreted in a mistaken way of the Nile (see SHIHOR). The soil is not now cultivated to any great extent; but it furnishes ample pasture for many flocks and herds (Songs 6:5).The Ishmaelites from Gilead (Genesis 37:25) were carrying "spicery and balm and myrrh." Seven days journey.The route chosen by Jacob was apparently the more easterly one, past Tadmor, and through the Hauran, leaving Damascus to the west. Likewise nahar mitsrayim, "brook of Egypt," a border stream in no way connected with the Nile, has sometimes been mistaken for that river. Jotham's parable as to the trees, the vine, the fig, and the bramble, were most appropriateShechem in Hitchcock's Bible Names part; portion; back early in the morningShechem in Naves Topical Bible 1. 1 Chr. his hands are tied by invisible power (Ps 76:10). Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. "With wonderful clock-like regularity the river begins to swell about the end of June, rises 24 feet at Cairo between the 20th and 30th of September and falls as much by the middle of May. The miles based distance from Haran to Jerusalem is 413.8 miles. Hither he had come after his meeting with Esau (Gen 33:18). (See SYCHAR T0003542. The plural "rivers" is used for the different mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile. The total straight line distance between Haran and Egypt is 5690 KM (kilometers) and 10.2 meters. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). Over the cave is now the mosque El Haran, from which all but Muslims are excluded jealously (though the Prince of Wales was admitted), and in which probably lie the remains of Abraham and Isaac, and possibly Jacob's embalmed body, brought up in state from Egypt (Genesis 50:13). Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Gen 33:20). The Damming of the Nile 4. Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". 2. The suburbs in our Lord's days reached nearer the entrance of the valley between Gerizim and Ebal than now; for the narrative in John 4:30; John 4:35, implies that the people could be seen as they came from the town toward Jesus at the well, whereas Nablus now is more than a mile distant, and cannot be seen from that point. )Shechem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("shoulder", or "upper part of the back just below the neck"); explained as if the town were on the shoulder of the heights dividing the waters that flow toward the Mediterranean on the W. and to the Jordan on the E.; or on a shoulder or ridge connected with Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. The Celestial Nile A river of North Africa, the great river of Egypt. 1 Chronicles 5:9 and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead. A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31, 32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. Abraham was 58 years old when Noah died. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). Judges 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. Alexander Janneus, who had subdued Gilead, was forced to yield it again to the king of Arabia (Ant., XIII, xiv, 2; BJ, I, iv, 3). The place was originally called Shechem, and it was the first spot where Abraham pitched his tent after entering Canaan. Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence trade was carried on with the dwellers on the gulf, and with the distant countries of India, Ethiopia, and Egypt. An interesting note is that Hebron was one of the oldest cities in ancient Canaan and Numbers 13:22 says that "it was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt."9. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. Also called CHARRAN A place in Mesopotamia to which Terah and Abraham migrated Ge 11:31; 12:4,5; Ac 7:4 Death of Terah at Ge 11:32 Abraham leaves, by divine command Ge 12:1-5 Jacob flees to Ge 27:43; 28:7; 29 Returns from, with Rachel and Leah Ge 31:17-21 Conquest of, king of Assyria 2Ki 19:12 Merchants of Eze 27:23 Idolatry in Jos 24:2,14; Isa 37:12Haran in Smiths Bible Dictionary (a mountaineer). The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. After a reign of three years Abimelech was rejected by the people. Abraham, on his first migration to the land of promise, pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak (or terebinth) of Moreh at Shechem. 1. Round this sacred pool,'the beautiful spring Callirrhoe,' as it was called by the Greek writers, gather the modern traditions of the patriarch." Joshua 22:9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. It lies along the Balkh River, 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Urfa. Its bricks bear the name of the earliest monumental kings, "Urukh king of Ur"; his kingdom extended as far N. as Niffer. Patriarchal Period: Abram came and dwelt by the oaks of MAMRE (which see), "which are in Hebron" Gen (13:18); from here he went to the rescue of Lot and brought him back after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (14:13 f); here his name was changed to Abraham (17:5); to this place came the three angels with the promise of a son (18:1 f); Sarah died here (23:2), and for her sepulcher Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah (23:17); here Isaac and Jacob spent much of their lives (35:27; 37:14); from here Jacob sent Joseph to seek his brethren (37:14), and hence, Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (46:1). For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! Ezekiel speaks of the merchants of Haran as trading with Tyre (27:23).The name appears in Assyro-Babalonian as Charran, which means "road"; possibly because here the trade route from Damascus joined that from Nineveh to Carchemish. Bethel. In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). 2. Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (Jdg 2:1, Septuagint). (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. g}(l/w2-k(~0]22Pxi_%@`NWuRXA)-H VX J
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The ruins of the city of Harran, called Haran (Hebrew: , rn) in the Hebrew Bible, might lie within present-day Turkey.Haran first appears in the Book of Genesis as the home of Terah and his descendants, and as Abraham's temporary home. Its spacious uplands, its wooded and well-watered valleys have been for centuries the pasture-land of the nomads.LITERATURE.Useful information will be found in Merrill, East of the Jordan; Oliphant, Land of Gilead; Thomson, LB; and especially in Conder, Heth and Moab, and in Memoirs of the Survey of Eastern PalestineW. 24:1-15). Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12 He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, Nu 3:27; 26:58; 1Ch 26:23,30,31, or Bene-Hebron. 9:37). This would be a very long, arduous journey by foot with a caravan of people, possessions, and livestock. Some of located 50 miles from Mount Gilead. It became, four centuries later, the first great gathering place of the Israelites after their occupation of the Promised Land. Sarah was originally names Sarai. A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts 7:16). Jacob's well and the tomb of Joseph are also close by in the valley. Obadiah 1:19 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. Joshua 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs. 22-24. it was told Laban on the third dayNo sooner did the news reach Laban than he set out in pursuit, and he being not encumbered, advanced rapidly; whereas Jacob, with a young family and numerous flocks, had to march slowly, so that he overtook the fugitives after seven days' journey as they lay encamped on the brow of mount Gilead, an extensive range of hills forming the eastern boundary of Canaan. The city is some 20 miles South of Jerusalem, situated in an open valley, 3,040 ft. above sea-level. Streams and Products:The Yarmuk and the Zerqa (see JABBOK) are the main streams, but almost every valley has its perennial brook. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream. 6 major city distances are calculated in Israel country. Large Map of the Roman Empire in the Early First Century - Click around on the Places. The appointed S.W. Finally, when Laban goes to a distance, in another direction, for his sheep-shearing, Jacob sets his sons and his wives upon camels, and follows with the utmost speed. In the North we have Jebel Hakart (3,408 ft.) W, of Reimun. The Nile has two names: the sacred name Hapi, or Hapi-mu, "the abyss of waters," Hp-ro-mu, "the waters whose source is hidden"; and the common name Yeor Aor, Aur (Atur): both Egyptian names. Isaac came from Beer-lahai-roi and met Rebekah (Genesis 24:58-67). In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. &!5"M&5zZ0HP\ Km1C'!trc jL 2ihw> b<14}6 Fx7A '?M b]eS\:9ooS7!1UQ4]U"0k{\ Joshua 22:15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying. In pre-Israelite times the Jabbok (Nahr ez-Zerqa), which cuts the country in two, divided the kingdom of Sihon from that of Og (Deuteronomy 3:16 Joshua 12:2). Here Absalom set up the standard of revolt. 8:30-35.) Geological Origin: The Nile originated Hosea 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles. Terah died in Haran. Shechem in Easton's Bible Dictionary shoulder. (to cook for oneself) a. to make oneself. 1 Chronicles 2:22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. The way Laban cheated him with Rachel and Leah was merely a temporary It was abandoned about B.C. He builds an altar between Ai & Bethel at the spot later known as Ai of Joshua. Called Hur by the natives, and on monuments Ur. The Republic of Gilead, colloquially referred to as simply Gilead or the "Divine Republic", is the totalitarian, theonomic, and neo-Puritanical regime that takes over most of the continental United States of America in The Handmaid's Tale. Numbers 32:9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them. Then were built such cities as Gadara and Gerasa, which are still imposing, even in ruins. At the disruption Jeroboam fortified the city and made it his residence (2 Ch 10:25; Ant, VIII, viii, 4). Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. The total straight line distance between Haran and Jerusalem is 665 KM (kilometers) and 900 meters. She received her name Sarah from God. Probably they varied at different times (compare Joshua 13:24; 1 Chronicles 5:8, 9, 11, 16). )Ur in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE ur ('ur, "flame"; Codex Vaticanus Sthur; Codex Sinaiticus Ora): Father of Eliphal, one of David's "mighty men," in 1 Ch 11:35; in the parallel 2 Sam 23:34 called "Ahasbai. It was the favorite home of Abraham. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12). Though not explicitly stated, it seems likely that Abraham passed this way along the Jabbok River as he traveled from Haran to Shechem (later Jacob would travel on this route). Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. The journey from Haran (in the southern portion of modern Turkey) to Canaan (in what today is Israel) is about 400 miles. 3:7, section 32) says that more than 10,000 of the inhabitants were once destroyed by the Romans, implying a much larger town and population than at present. The Nile as a God 2. 13:2). Report at a scam and speak to a recovery consultant for free. Ritter makes Medinet Gai answer to Ai. Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. Being accompanied by a number of his people, he might have used violence had he not been divinely warned in a dream to give no interruption to his nephew's journey. Almost as high (3,430 ft.) is Jebei Kafkafah, about 12 miles to the Northeast. "Ur Scripture - Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.https://bible-history.com/ 2 Kings 25:13 - And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.2 Kings 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.2 Chronicles 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand.Genesis 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.2 Kings 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.Genesis 15:7 - And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.2 Kings 25:5 - And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.2 Kings 25:25 - But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.2 Kings 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.2 Kings 25:26 - And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.Nehemiah 9:7 - Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;Isaiah 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.2 Kings 25:10 - And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.Genesis 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. "The whole valley," says Dr. Robinson, "was filled with gardens of vegetables and orchards of all kinds of fruits, watered by fountains which burst forth in various parts and flow westward in refreshing streams. The same witness is still more decisively borne by the worship paid in it to the Babylonian moon-god and by its ancient temple of Sin. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25). When Jacob, with his wives, overtook the cattle, they would, probably, not travel more than ten or twelve miles a day; but three days passed before Laban learned what had taken place, and a couple of days at least must have been spent in returning to Haran and preparing for the pursuit. 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