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Abana

Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "

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", along with the Pharpar river.

Abdon

Abdon was a

Levitical city In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land. Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command to ...

Asher Asher ( he, אָשֵׁר ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis, was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob's eighth son) and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher. Name The text of the Torah states that the name of ''Asher' ...

allocated to the

Gershonite The Gershonites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous '' Gershon'' a son of Levi (not to be confused with Moses' son Gershom), although s ...

s according to Joshua 21:30 and 1 Chronicles 6:74.

Abel-Shittim

Abel-Shittim, the last Israelite encampment before crossing into the Promised Land, is identified by

Josephus Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly ...

with Abila in Peraea, probably the site of modern Tell el-Hammam in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Adam

Adam was a location which, according to Joshua 3:16, was along the Jordan River, near Zarethan. According to Cheyne and Black, it may be a scribal error for "Adamah".

Adadah

Adadah is the name of a town mentioned in Joshua 15:22, in a list of towns inside the territory of the

Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

. The name "Adadah" appears nowhere else in the Bible."Adadah", in According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' the name "Adadah" may be a miswritten version of ''Ararah,'' a name equivalent to " Aroer".

Addan

Addan or Addon is a Babylonian location mentioned in Ezra 2:59 and Nehemiah 7:61.

Adithaim

Adithaim, mentioned only in Joshua 15:30, is listed among locations belonging to Judah in the

Shephelah The Shephelah or Shfela, lit. "lowlands" ( hbo, הַשְּפֵלָה ''hašŠǝfēlā'', also Modern Hebrew: , ''Šǝfēlat Yəhūda'', the "Judaean foothills"), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel str ...

."Adithaim", in

Adria

Adria, mentioned in Acts 27:27, is a term used for "the division of the Mediterranean which lies between Sicily and Malta on the West and Crete on the East".W. J. Woodhouse
"Adria"
in

Aesora

Aesora (or Esora) is a location mentioned only in Judith 4:4. The Book of Judith is considered canonical by some Christians, but not by Jews and most Protestants. The Septuagint calls it ''Aisora'', ''Arasousia'', ''Aisoraa'', or ''Assaron,'' depending on the manuscript."Esora"
in The book of Judith places it between Choba and the Valley of Salem. According to Cheyne and Black (1899), the exact location is uncertain.

Aetan

Aetan appears in the

Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ...

version of the Book of Joshua.

Ahava

Ahava is the name of a canal or river mentioned in the

Book of Ezra The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible; which formerly included the Book of Nehemiah in a single book, commonly distinguished in scholarship as Ezra–Nehemiah. The two became separated with the first printed rabbinic bibles of the ear ...

. The location is unknown. Albert Barnes says it was both a town and a river.

Almon

Almon is a location mentioned in Joshua 21:18 given to the

Kohathites The Kohathites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times, the other three being the Gershonites, the Merarites, and the Aaronites (more commonly known as Kohanim). The Bible claims that the Kohathites were all desce ...

, and thought to be near the modern Israeli settlement at

Almon, Mateh Binyamin Almon ( he, עַלְמוֹן), also known as Anatot ( he, עֲנָתוֹת), is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located near Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Cou ...

in the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

Amad

Amad is a biblical place-name mentioned only in Joshua 19:26."Amad", in It appears in a list of locations that make up the borders of the territory assigned to the biblical

Tribe of Asher According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes. Biblical narrative According to the biblical Book of Joshua, following the comp ...

Amam

Amam ( he, אמם, ) is an unidentified site in the

Negeb The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...

of Judah, near the border with

Edom Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east.N ...

, mentioned in Joshua 15:26.

Anaharath

Anaharath is described in Joshua 19:19 as a location on the border of the territory belonging to the

Tribe of Issachar According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominated by religious scholars and influential in ...

. It was most likely located at the site now known as Tel Rekhesh.

Arah of the Sidonians

Arah of the Sidonians is a place-name which appears in Joshua 13:4. Other translations render the name Mearah. The initial syllable ''me-'' here is commonly interpreted as a preposition, yielding the translation "from Arah" instead of "Mearah". The ''me-'' is also interpreted as "from" by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, although he additionally proposed that further scribal error had influenced the word."Mearah", in

Arumah

Arumah Arumah a biblical toponym mentioned in the Book of Judges (9:41): "Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem." The reference is in the context of story describing a local revolt against Abimelech, the king ...

is a location mentioned in Judges 9:41, as the place where Gideon's son

Abimelech Abimelech (also spelled Abimelek or Avimelech; ) was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David. In the Book of Judges, Abimelech, son of Gideon, of the Tribe of Manasseh, i ...

lived for a time. The location is generally considered to be the same as the modern Jebel el-Urmah.

Ascent of Luhith

''See Luhith.''

Ashnah

Ashnah is the name given in Joshua 15 (verses 33 and 43) for two places in the Shephelah of Judah. For the first, the modern location Aslin has been proposed; for the second, Idna.

Ataroth-addar

Ataroth-addar is a location mentioned in Joshua 16:5. It may be the same location as the Ataroth mentioned in 16:2.

Aznoth-tabor

Aznoth-tabor is the name of a place in the territory of the

Tribe of Naphtali The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes. Biblical narratives In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua al ...

. It is probably the modern Khirbet el-Jebeil.

B

Beer

Beer was a location reached by the

Israelites The Israelites (; , , ) were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan. The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel appears in the Merneptah Stele o ...

during their Exodus journey, mentioned in Numbers 21:16-18. After the death of Aaron, the Israelites moved on, apparently at pace, through a series of locations along the Moabite/

Amorite The Amorites (; sux, 𒈥𒌅, MAR.TU; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒊒𒌝 or 𒋾𒀉𒉡𒌝/𒊎 ; he, אֱמוֹרִי, 'Ĕmōrī; grc, Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied la ...

border. There was a well at Beer, where Moses was able to assemble and refresh the travelling community, and which was associated with a song regarding the Israelite leaders and 'the lawgiver' in providing water. Another Beer (or Bera) is mentioned in Judges 9:21 as the place to which Gideon's youngest son, Joatham or Jotham, fled to escape from

after his 69 brothers had been killed.

Matthew Poole Matthew Poole (1624–1679) was an English Non-conformist theologian and biblical commentator. Life to 1662 He was born at York, the son of Francis Pole, but he spelled his name Poole, and in Latin Polus; his mother was a daughter of Alderman T ...

described Beer as "a place remote from

Shechem Shechem ( ), also spelled Sichem ( ; he, שְׁכֶם, ''Šəḵem''; ; grc, Συχέμ, Sykhém; Samaritan Hebrew: , ), was a Canaanite and Israelite city mentioned in the Amarna Letters, later appearing in the Hebrew Bible as the first c ...

, and out of Abimelech’s reach"; and the Pulpit Commentary suggests it is "either the same as Beeroth, among the heights of the

tribe of Benjamin According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentate ...

(Joshua 9:17), now El-Birch, 'the first halting-place for caravans on the northern road from

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

' (

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he w ...

, ''Sinai and Palestine'', p. 210); or a place called by

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Chris ...

'Beta', now El-Birch, eight Roman miles from

Eleutheropolis Eleutheropolis (Greek, Ἐλευθερόπολις, "Free City"; ar, إليوثيروبوليس; in Hebrew, בית גוברין, Beit Gubrin) was a Roman and Byzantine city in Syria Palaestina, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem. After the Mu ...

(now Beit Jibrin), and possibly the same as the place of the same name described by Maundrell as four hours from Jerusalem, and two hours west of Bethel; or, as Ewald thinks, Beer beyond

(Numbers 21:16 ee above". The commentary concludes that "it is impossible to decide which, or whether any, of these is the place designated as Jotham's place of refuge.

Beer-lahai-roi

Beer-lahai-roi or well of the Life which saw me is the name of a well in the Negev which is known for its appearance in a story in which God appears to

Hagar Hagar, of uncertain origin; ar, هَاجَر, Hājar; grc, Ἁγάρ, Hagár; la, Agar is a biblical woman. According to the Book of Genesis, she was an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah (then known as ''Sarai''), whom Sarah gave to h ...

."Beer-lahai-roi", in Later the

Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning" ...

claims that Isaac stayed near it. Genesis locates this well in the wilderness of Beer-sheba, "on the way to Shur ... between Kadesh and Bered". it Because the ''Beer'' in Beer-lahai-roi is simply the Hebrew word "well", the

King James Version The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Bible translations into English, English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and publis ...

renders the whole expression "the well Lahairoi". The biblical references to it may place it somewhere in the vicinity of the modern Bir 'Asluj.

Beeroth

''See Beeroth (biblical city).''
Beeroth ( he, בְּאֵרוֹת; in

LXX The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond th ...

grc, Βηρωθ) is a minor city in Gibeon mentioned in .

Maspero People with the name Maspero include: *François Maspero (1932–2015), French author and journalist *Gaston Maspero (1846–1916), French Egyptologist *Georges Maspero (1872–1942), French sinologist, son of Gaston *Henri Maspero (1882–1945), F ...

, Petrie, also Müller and Budge identify the place name Baertou mentioned in the Annals of Thutmose III at

Temple of Karnak The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (, which was originally derived from ar, خورنق ''Khurnaq'' "fortified village"), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construc ...

as biblical Beeroth.

Beon

Beon is a location mentioned only in Numbers 32:3. It may be a copying error for "Meon".

Bera

An alternative name for Beer.

Bered

Bered is a location mentioned only in Genesis 16:14, which locates Hagar between Kadesh and Bered at the time of her meeting with an angel while pregnant.

Berothah

Berothah is a place mentioned in passing in Ezekiel 47:16.

Beth-Anath

A place mentioned in Judges 1:33 and situated in the tribal territory of Naphtali.

Beth-barah

A place mentioned in Judges 7:24.

Beth Car

The point to which the Israelites drove back the

Philistines The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, whe ...

following their raid on the Israelite assembly convened by Samuel at Mizpah, recorded in 1 Samuel 7:5-12.

Beth Jeshimoth

Beth Jeshimoth (Hebrew, ''Beit ha-Yeshimot'') was a town in the Transjordan, which is mentioned in four verses of the

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mentions it in a description of where the Israelites encamped during their wilderness journeys. According to Joshua 13:20, it was part of the land allocated to the

Tribe of Reuben According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Unlike the majority of the tribes, the land of Reuben, along with that of Gad and half of Manasseh, was on the eastern side of the Jordan and shared a ...

. Ezekiel 25:9 lists it as one of three cities which constitute "the glory of the country" of Moab, in a passage in which God promises to punish Moab. During the

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, Beth Jeshimoth (Bezemoth) was captured by the

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, and was used by them to resettle deserters who had joined the Roman ranks. The

spells the name as Bethjesimoth and Bethjeshimoth. Classical Greek sources: Bezemoth. Beth Jeshimoth is commonly identified with the village of Sweimeh in modern-day Jordan.

Beth Lebaoth

Beth Lebaoth or Lebaoth is located in the Negev, and in territory which according to the Book of Joshua was assigned to the

Tribe of Simeon According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; he, ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of ...

."Beth-lebaoth", in

Beth Pelet

Beth Pelet (spelled Bethpalet and Bethphelet in the

) was a location in the territory assigned to the

by Joshua 15:27, and was occupied by Judahites in

Yehud Medinata Yehud, also known as Yehud Medinata or Yehud Medinta (), was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the region of Judea that functioned as a self-governing region under its local Jewish population. The province was a part ...

following the return from the Babylonian captivity according to Nehemiah 11:26. Its location is not certain, but may have been along the southern edge of Judah near the border with

Beth Peor

Beth Peor – also transliterated as ''Bethpeor'' ( KJ21), ''Beth-peor'' ( ASV), ''Beth-pe'or'' ( RSV), ''Beit-P'or'' ( CJB) or ''Phogar'' ( Douai-Rheims Bible) – is, according to Deuteronomy 3:29 and Deuteronomy 4:46, the location "opposite which" the Israelites were camped after their victories over

Sihon Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. Biblical accounts The Book of Numbers recounts that as the Israelites making their Exodus journey came to the country east of th ...

, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, after their captured lands were allocated to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and

Manasseh Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier * Jacob Manasseh (die ...

, and where Moses delivered his sermon summarizing covenant history and the Ten Commandments in the narrative of the book of Deuteronomy.

Bohan

See Stone of Bohan.

C

Caleb-ephrathah

Caleb-ephrathah or Caleb-ephratah is a place mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 2:24, where it is said that

Hezron Hezron () is a name which occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to: * A plain in the south of Judah, south of Kadesh-barnea. (Book of Joshua, ) * A son of Reuben (son of Jacob). (Book of Genesis 46:9) * A grandson of Judah (son ...

died there.

Camon

Camon, Kamon or Camoun was the place where the biblical judge

Jair In the Biblical Book of Judges, Jair or Yair ( he, יָאִיר ''Yā’īr'', "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled of ...

was buried (Judges 10:5). It was a city of

Gilead Gilead or Gilad (; he, גִּלְעָד ''Gīləʿāḏ'', ar, جلعاد, Ǧalʻād, Jalaad) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan.''Easton's Bible Dictionary'Galeed''/ref> ...

according to

, and in the opinion of the editors of the Pulpit Commentary: " Polybius mentions a Camoun among other trans-Jordanic places, but its site has not been verified by modern research". However, Easton disagrees: :It has usually been supposed to have been a city of Gilead, on the east of Jordan.

Carem

Carem appears in the

version of the Book of Joshua.

Casiphia

Casiphia or Kasiphia is a place-name found only in Ezra 8:17, referring to an unknown location in Babylon.''Holman Bible Dictionary'' (1991), "Casiphia."
/ref> Ezra is recorded as having gotten Levites from Casiphia in order to serve in the temple of Jerusalem.

Cave of Makkedah

''See Makkedah.''

Chephirah

''See Chephirah.''

Chezib

Chezib, a Canaanite village where the sons of Judah were born, thought to be '' Khirbet Ghazy''; now a ruin.

Culon

Culon appears in the

version of the Book of Joshua.

D

Diblah

Diblah (also called Diblath) is a place-name found in Ezekiel 6:14. It is probably a variant form of the name

Riblah The ancient town of Riblah, today a Tell (archaeology), tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Rablah, Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in Hebrew Bible, biblical times located on the northern frontier of the la ...

Dilean

Dilean is a place-name found in Joshua 15:38, in a list of locations allotted to the tribe of Judah in the

. The site is unknown, but from the position of the town in the list, it would appear to be somewhere north of

Tel Lachish Lachish ( he, לכיש; grc, Λαχίς; la, Lachis) was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah ("lowlands of Judea") region of Israel, on the South bank of the Lakhish River, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Th ...

and Eglon."Dilean", in

Dimonah

Dimonah is a place listed in Joshua 15:22 as being inside the territory of Judah along its southern border with

. It may be the same as

Dibon Dhiban, (Arabic: ''Ḏiʾbān'') known to the Moabites as Dibon ( Moabite: *; Hebrew: ''Dīḇōn''), is a Jordanian town located in Madaba Governorate, approximately 70 kilometres south of Amman and east of the Dead Sea. Previously nomadic, ...

."Dimonah", in

Dura

The "plain of Dura" is a location mentioned in Daniel 3:1, as the place where the king of Babylon built an image of himself. The location is uncertain, as there were several places named Dura in the region.

E

Eglaim

Eglaim is a Moabite city mentioned by

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ...

in his proclamation against Moab (

15:8). Its location is unknown.

Elealeh

Elealeh was a Moabite town. Every time it is mentioned in the Bible,

Heshbon Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esebus; ar, حشبون, links=no, la, Esebus, links=no, he, חשבון, links=no, grc, Ἐσεβών, Ἐσσεβών, Ἐσβούτα, Ἐσβούς, Ἔσβους, Ἔξβους, links=no) were at leas ...

is mentioned as well."Elealeh", in The

Book of Numbers The book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, ''Arithmoi''; he, בְּמִדְבַּר, ''Bəmīḏbar'', "In the desert f) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and c ...

assigns Elealeh to the

Thomas Kelly Cheyne Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic. Biography He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...

believed that where the present Hebrew text of Isaiah 15:8 reads ''Beer Elim'', the original likely read ''b-'' ebrew preposition "in"''Elealeh.'' Today the location of the biblical Elealeh is called ''el-ʿAl''.

Eleph

Eleph is the name given in Joshua 18:28, apparently for a town in the territory of the

Tribe of Benjamin According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentate ...

. Because the name "Eleph" means thousand, and because the form found in Joshua is in Hebrew ''ha-eleph'', literally "the thousand",

believed there was an error in the text, and that ''ha-eleph'' was a copyist's mistake for either Taralah or Irpeel."Eleph", in Another understanding of the word is that it is part of a compound name for a town called ''Zela Haeleph'', instead of "Zela" and "Eleph" being two distinct towns, as in the King James Version. Conder and Kitchener identified Eleph with Lifta.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP III, p
1847
/ref>

Elon-beth-hanan

Elon-beth-hanan (sometimes written Elonbethhanan, Elonbeth-hanan, Elon Bethhanan, etc.) is apparently the name of a place recorded in 1 Kings 4:9. 1 Kings 4 asserts that Solomon, king of Israel, divided his kingdom into twelve administrative districts, each with a governor responsible for delivering taxation from the region to the king. The region assigned to a Ben-Deker is recorded as including Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. Instead of ''beth'', some manuscripts read ''ben,'' the Hebrew word for "son of," yielding the reading "Elon son of Hanan.""Elon-beth-hanan", in Instead of "Elon-beth-hanan," the Septuagint reads "and Elon as far as Beth-hanan", a reading endorsed as "probably right" by the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' although the ''Encyclopaedia'' expresses doubt as to whether "Beth-hanan" is correct.

Elon-meonenim

''See Meonenim.''

Eltolad

Eltolad is a location in Canaan mentioned in the Book of Joshua. Joshua 15:30 considers it a part of the territory of Judah in the

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its sout ...

along the southern border with

, but Joshua 19:4 treats it as part of the territory of the

. 1 Chronicles 4:29 refers to it as "Tolad.""Eltolad", in

Enam

Enam, according to Joshu
15:34
was a town in the

of the

. It may be the same location as the Enaim where, in the narrative found in the book of Genesis, Tamar seduced the patriarch Judah."Enaim", in

En-eglaim

En-eglaim (Eneglaim, En Eglaim) is a location mentioned in a vision of the prophet Ezekiel. According to his vision, the Dead Sea (a salty lake in which fish cannot live) would one day be filled with fresh water, and fishers would cast their nets "from Engedi to En-eglaim.""En-eglaim", in According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1899), a likely theory would be that the place referred to is near where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea, resulting in the freshwater fish washed into the Dead Sea dying of the excessive salt content and washing up dead on the beach. Cheyne suggested ''Ain Hajleh'' (Ain Hajlah) as a possible location, thinking that the Hebrew ''Eglaim'' might be a later version in a text which originally read "Hoglah," as in the place-name "Beth-hoglah." At present the exact location is still unidentified, though proposals include Ain Hajlah, Ain Feshka, or

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En-gannim

En-gannim is the name of two towns mentioned in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' "En-gannim", in *A town in the

of Judah, according to Joshua 15:34. *A town in the territory of the

, according to Joshua 19:21. See also Anem.

En-haddah

En-haddah is a town mentioned only once in the Bible, in Joshua 19:21, where it is assigned to the territory of the

. Due to its placement in a list of towns, it would appear to be close to En-gannim, which immediately precedes it.S. A. Cook, "En-haddah", in

En-hakkore

En-hakkore is the name of a fountain, mentioned only in Judges 15:18-19. In the biblical narrative,

Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

the Israelite hero is thirsty, and calls (''kara'') to God in fear that he will die of thirst. In response, God causes a spring to miraculously appear. Samson memorializes the incident by naming the spring ''En Hakkore,'' Hebrew for "spring of the caller." According to ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' the original etymology of ''En-hakkore'' is "spring of the partridge," while the meaning "spring of the caller" is a later legendary invention."En-hakkore", in

Ephratha

Ephrath Ephrath or Ephrathah or Ephratah ( he, אֶפְרָת \ אֶפְרָתָה) is a biblically-referenced former name of Bethlehem, meaning "fruitful". It is also a personal name. Biblical place A very old tradition is that Ephrath refers to Bethleh ...

a (

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...

); from the

version of the Book of Joshua.

Esek

Esek is the name of the first of two wells which, according to Genesis, were the object of an argument between

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

and herdsmen from the Philistine city of Gerar. The Hebrew form of the name as preserved in the

Masoretic Text The Masoretic Text (MT or 𝕸; he, נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, Nūssāḥ Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. ...

is ''Esek'', while Greek

manuscripts have the forms ''Adikia'' or ''Sykophantia.''

En-shemesh

En-shemesh, meaning "fountain of the sun", is the name of a place along the border between Judah and the

, between Ein Rogel and

Adummim Adummim ( he, אֲדֻמִּים) is a place-name mentioned in the biblical Book of Joshua in connection with the ascent of Adummim. Location Adummim was apparently on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho in the Judaean desert, today in the W ...

Eshan

Eshan (Eshean) is the name of a place in the hill-country of the territory of the

. The location has not been identified.

Esora

Esora is the King James Bible and Revised Version spelling of "Aesora"."Aesora", in See Aesora.

Eth-kazin

Eth-kazin (

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Ittah-kazin) is the name of a place along the border of the territory of the

Tribe of Zebulun According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun (alternatively rendered as ''Zabulon, Zabulin, Zabulun, Zebulon''; ) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes in the Bo ...

, according to Joshua 19:13.

Ezel

Ezel appears to be the name given to a cairn, rock or milestone in a biblical story concerning

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

and Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:19). David, the future king of Israel, is a close friend of Jonathan, the son of then-king Saul. Jonathan warns David that Saul may be seeking to kill him, and instructs David to flee. Jonathan instructs David to wait "at the rock Ezel" until Jonathan can understand Saul's intentions, which he will then signal to David so that David can know whether to flee or stay in Saul's court. According to some biblical critics, the word "Ezel" is not a proper noun in Hebrew, and is either a scribal mistake of some kind or a word which is not understood by biblical scholars.T. K. Cheyne, "Ezel", in The Revised Standard Version refers to it as "yonder stone heap".

G

Galeed

Galeed, according to Genesis 31:47-48, is the name given by

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

to the place where he and

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reached a peace agreement. The name is Hebrew for "testimonial mound", and is a reference to the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban as a memorial, or "witness", of the agreement between the two relatives. Laban called the stone "Jegar-Sahadutha", the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew "Galeed".T. K. Cheyne, "Galeed", in The place is also called mizpah.

Gallim

Gallim is a biblical place-name. In the

of the

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'' Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ...

contains two locations by that name. In Isaiah 10:30, the village of Gallim is mentioned alongside Laishah (

Tel Dan Dan ( he, דן) is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan. The city is identified with a tell located in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, kno ...

) and Anathoth, placing it somewhere north of Jerusalem.T. K. Cheyne, "Gallim", in

Michal Michal (; he, מיכל , gr, Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, ...

in 1 Samuel, best known for being the wife of

, was briefly the wife of

Palti, son of Laish Palti (or Paltiel), son of Laish, who was from Gallim, was the second husband of Michal, Saul's daughter. Where other versions read "Palti" (1 Samuel 25:44) and "Paltiel" (2 Samuel 3:5), the KJV has Phalti and Phaltiel, respectively. Michal was ...

, a man identified as coming from Gallim. An additional Gallim (or Galem) is mentioned in the Septuagint text of 15:59a, which contains additional cities assigned to the tribe of Judah which are not recorded in the Masoretic Text.

Gath-rimmon

Gath-rimmon, the

from Joshua 19:45, Joshua 21:25 and 1 Chronicles 6:69, has been identified by Benjamin Mazar with Tel Gerisa. Anson Rainey supported the notion that it is identical with Gittaim and is to be found at or near

Ramla Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations. The city was f ...

Gebim

Gebim is a biblical place-name which appears only in Isaiah 10:31,T. K. Cheyne, "Gebim", in in which it is said that "the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee." The location of Gebim is unknown.

Gederothaim

Gederothaim is a place-name which appears only in Joshua 15:36, in a list of locations possessed by the

in the

."Gederothaim", in Because it appears immediately after the mention of Gederah, some scholars have suggested that "Gederothaim" was introduced by a mistaken copying of the name "Gederah."

Geliloth

Geliloth is a place-name mentioned in Joshua 18:17, where it describes a location along the boundaries of the territory assigned to the

. The name means "stone-circles.""Geliloth", in

Gibbar

Gibbar is a "district of Judah" mentioned in a list of returnees from the Babylonian captivity, where the list claims that 95 of the "sons .e. peopleof Gibbar" returned."Gibbar", in

Ginath

''For the possible place-name Ginath, see List of biblical figures § Ginath.''

Gittaim

Gittaim is a place-name which appears several times in the

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'' Thomas Kelly Cheyne Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic. Biography He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...

, "there were probably several Gittaims".T. K. Cheyne, "Gittaim", in *A town called Gittaim in the territory of the

appears in Nehemiah 11:33. *A town called Gittaim is where the Beerothites were accepted as resident aliens according to 2 Samuel 4:3. *Based on readings found in the Greek

, Cheyne suggested that "Gittaim is also probably the name of a town in or near Edom", referred to in Genesis 36:35 and 1 Chronicles 1:46, where the Hebrew text now reads "Avith". Anson Rainey also places "Gath/Gittaim/Gath-rimmon", clearly different from Gath of the

, at or near Ramla. *In the Septuagint, 1 Samuel 14:33 contains a reference to a Gittaim (Greek ''geththaim''), although Cheyne believes the Septuagint's reading here to be a "manifest error".

Gur-baal

Gur-baal is the name of a place mentioned in 2 Chronicles 26:7. According to the Chronicler, it was inhabited by "Arabians", and was the object of a successful attack by

Uzziah Uzziah (; he, עֻזִּיָּהוּ ''‘Uzzīyyāhū'', meaning "my strength is Yah"; el, Ὀζίας; la, Ozias), also known as Azariah (; he, עֲזַרְיָה ''‘Azaryā''; el, Αζαρίας; la, Azarias), was the tenth king of t ...

, the king of Judah.

H

Habor

Habor is the biblical name for the Khabur River, which was in the wilderness of Judah, and mentioned in 2 Kings 17:6, 18:11.

Hachilah

The Hill of Hachilah is a place in the wilderness of Judah.T. K. Cheyne, "Hachilah, Hill of", in It is mentioned in 1 Samuel 23:19, 26:1 as a place where

hid from

Saul Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered t ...

Hadashah

Hadashah ( he, חֲדָשָׁה; in

grc, Ἀδασὰν), mentioned only in once in the Bible in the Book of Joshua, was a city in the valley of Judah.T. K. Cheyne, "Hadashah", in Its name means 'new'. It is mentioned among the cities smitten by

Ramesses III Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. He is thought to have reigned from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC and is considered to be the last great monar ...

in his lists at the

and the

Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the mortuary temple is probably best known as the s ...

at Medinet Habu as Houdasatha.

Hali

Hali is mentioned only in Joshua 19:25, in a list of cities assigned to the

.S. A. Cook, "Hali", in Stanley Cook believed the name "Hali" may have been a scribal error for "

Helbah Helbah is a town of the tribe of Asher (Judg. 1:31), in the plain of Phoenicia. "Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob; but the Asherites dw ...

Hammath

Hammath was one of the fortified cities of

Naphtali According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali (; ) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob's sixth son). He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali. Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name ''Naphtali'' ...

Hammon

Hammon is the name of two places in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' T. K. Cheyne, "Hammon", in The first is along the borders of the

. The second is a

inside the territory of the

, which is probably identical to Hammath and Hammoth-dor (1 Chronicles 6:76), or verse 61 in some Bibles.

Hammoth-dor

Hammoth-dor was a

. See Hammoth-dor.

Hamonah

Hamonah is a city mentioned in Ezekiel's apocalyptic prophecy, located, according to the text as it now stands, in the " Valley of Hamon-Gog."

expressed doubt as to whether the text originally read "Hamonah," suggesting that scribal error may have obscured a more original reading.T. K. Cheyne, "Hamonah", in

Hapharaim

Hapharaim or Haphraim is a town listed as being part of the territory of the

in the Book of Joshua."Hapharaim", in

Hareth

Hareth or Hereth is a forested area in Judah to which David and his family return after leaving refuge in Moab, at the direction of the prophet Gad. It is thought to have been somewhere on the border of the Philistine plain, in the southern part of Judah.

Hazar-addar

Hazar-addar is a name which appears only in Numbers 34:4, where it refers to a location on the southern edge of the territory belonging to the

. According to

, the original text of Joshua 15:3 probably contained a reference to the place city.T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-addar", in

Hazar-enan

Hazar-enan (sometimes spelled Hazar Enan or Hazarenan) is mentioned in Ezekiel 47:17 as a location along the northeastern edge of the land of

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

according to Ezekiel's "ideal" borders.W. R. Smith and T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-enan", in The Aramaic Targum Jonathan ben Uzziel on Numbers 34:9–10 renders its translation as ''ṭirath ʿenawatha'' ("walled suburb of the springs"). According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' Ezekiel 47:16 probably originally contained the name "Hazar-enan" where it now contains "Hazar-hatticon".

Hazar-gaddah

Hazar-gaddah is a location listed in Joshua 15:27 as one of the cities along the southern border of Judah with

.T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-gaddah", in

Hazar-shual

Hazar-shual was a city in the territory of the

, along its border with Judah.T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-shual", in

Hazar-susah

Hazar-susah, also called Hazar-susim, is among the cities listed in the Book of Joshua as being part of the inheritance of the

.T. K. Cheyne, "Hazar-susah", in It is mentioned only in Joshua 19:5 and 1 Chronicles 4:13.

Hazer-hatticon

Hazer-hatticon is a location that appears on the northern border of the land of

according to Ezekiel's idealized conception its borders."Hazar-hatticon", in According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', the name is likely a miswritten form of Hazar-enan.

Hazor-hadattah

Hazor-hadattah,

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

for "New Hazor," was a place mentioned in Joshua 15:25, on the border between Judah and the

.T. K. Cheyne, "Hazor-hadattah", in

Heleph

Heleph, as the

now stands, appears to be the name of a place located in the territory of the

.T. K. Cheyne, "Heleph", in It appears only in Joshua 19:33. According to

, the verse appears to have undergone copying errors, and the word "Heleph" was probably not an original part of the verse.

Helkath

Helkath ( he, חֶלְקַת) is a location on the boundary of the tribe of Asher.

Helkath-hazzurim

Helkath-hazzurim, a term which appears in 2 Samuel 2:16, is the name of a site where the troops of

fought the troops of

Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth ( he, , translit=ʼĪš-bōšeṯ, "man of shame"), also called Eshbaal (, ; alternatively spelled Ishbaal, "fire of Baal") was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the second monarch of the Kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father, Saul ...

. The location is described as "Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon," although Stanley A. Cook suggested that the words "which is in Gibeon" were a later explanatory note added to the text, and that the story may originally have been set in another location.S. A. Cook, "Helkath-hazzurim", in

Hena

Hena is the name of a place or nation mentioned only in a single speech in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Rabshakeh Rabshakeh (Akkadian: 𒃲𒁉𒈜𒈨𒌍 ''rab šāqê'' AL.BI.LUL.MEŠ ; grc, Ραψακης ''Rapsakēs''; la, Rabsaces; aii, ܪܲܒ݂ܫܵܩܹ̈ܐ; alternative spellings include Rab-shakeh, Rabsaces, or Rab shaqe) is a title meaning "chief of ...

, an official of Sennacharib, who mentioned it in threatening the Judahites in the time of king

Hezekiah Hezekiah (; hbo, , Ḥīzqīyyahū), or Ezekias); grc, Ἐζεκίας 'Ezekías; la, Ezechias; also transliterated as or ; meaning "Yahweh, Yah shall strengthen" (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the 13th king of Kingdom of Jud ...

. The Rabshakeh warned the Israelites that his employer, the

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, would defeat the kingdom of Judah, and that the Israelites should not trust their deity to save them. He supported his argument by pointing to other places conquered by the Assyrians, and pointed out that the gods of those locations had not managed to prevent conquest. "Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?" The locations of Hena and Ivvah are unknown to the present day. Thomas Kelly Cheyne suggested that the name "Hena" has found its way into the verse "through a scribe's error."T. K. Cheyne, "Hena", in

Hepher

Hepher is a place name found in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Book of Joshua, there is a list of 31 kings defeated by the invading Israelites. These kings are unnamed, but referred to simply in terms of what town they ruled, and a "king of Hepher" is listed among them in Joshua 12:17. Later, in the narratives about Solomon, Solomon divides his land into twelve districts, each ruled by a governor in charge of collecting tribute. The district assigned to the Ben-Hesed included "all the land of Hepher." In addition to these explicit references to a place known as Hepher, there are veiled references to Hepher in etiological genealogical passages, in which historical regions and ethnic groupings are described as if descended from a family tree populated by individual forefathers. In these narratives, a "person" named Hepher is described as being a descendant of Manasseh, indicating that Hepher was, at some point, ruled by people identified with the

Tribe of Manasseh According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Ševet Mənašše,'' Tiberian: ''Šēḇeṭ Mănašše'') was one of the Tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Manasseh also fo ...

. The people of Hepher are identified as "Hepherites" in Numbers 26:32. The biblical mentions of Hepher are not enough to locate the town with any precision: it is not even certain whether Hepher is to be found in the Transjordan or in Cisjordan.

Heshmon

Heshmon is the name of a town mentioned in Joshua 15:27, in a list of towns on the border between Judah and

. The name Heshmon may be the basis for the term Hasmonean (Hebrew ''hashmoni''), as the Hasmoneans may have had their origin in Heshmon."Heshmon", in

Holon

Holon (Hilen, Hilez) is the name of two biblical towns. *A city in the hill-country of Judah according to Joshua 15:21 and Joshua 21:15, but its site is unknown. It is also referred to as Hilen or Hilez in 1 Chronicles 6:58 (verse 43 in some Bibles)."Holon", in *A town in Moab, mentioned in Jeremiah 48:21 at the head of a list of towns to be "judged" by God for Moab's misdeeds.

Horem

Horem was one of the fortified cities of

according to Joshua 19:38. The exact location is unknown.

Hosah

Hosah ( he, חֹסָה), according to Joshua 19:29, was a city on the border between the

and Tyre.T. K. Cheyne, "Hosah", in Where the

reads "Hosah," an important Greek

manuscript reads "Iaseif," leading to uncertainty about what the original reading was. The location is unknown.

Hukkok

Hukkok was a town near

Zebulun Zebulun (; also ''Zebulon'', ''Zabulon'', or ''Zaboules'') was, according to the Books of Genesis and Numbers,Genesis 46:14 the last of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's tenth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Zebulun. Som ...

, on the border of

. Many commentators have identified it with

Yaquq Yaquq ( ar, ياقوق) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village, which was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948. It was located 12.5 km north of Tiberias and was built at the site of th ...

Humtah

Humtah was a city of Judah according to Joshua 15:54, whose location has not been identified. Its name in Hebrew means 'snail'.

Hushah

Hushah was a place in the hill country of Judah founded by a son of Ezer (

1 Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third sect ...

4:4). It is generally identified with

Husan Husan ( ar, حوسان) is a Palestinian town located west of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Husan had a population of 5,511 in 2007. In the 1945 statistics the population o ...

, south-west of

. One of

David's Mighty Warriors David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; ''hagGībōrīm'', "The Mighty Ones") are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in , part of the "supplementary information" ...

is identified in the Bible as "Sibbecai the Hushathite."

I

Idalah

Idalah is the name of a town in the territory of the

according to Joshua 19:15, the only place in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' T. K. Cheyne, "Idalah", in

Ijon

Ijon ( he, עיּוֹן; in

grc, Άίν) is the name of a place mentioned three times in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Abel-beth-maacah (Kings account, Chronicles reads "Abel-maim"), it is conquered by

Ben-Hadad I Ben-Hadad I ( he, בן הדד, translit=bn hdd; arc, בר הדד, translit=br hdd), son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BC and 865 BC. Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary of kings Baasha of the K ...

of Aram during the time of

Baasha of Israel Baasha ( he, , ''Baʿšāʾ'') was the third king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Ahijah of the Tribe of Issachar. Baasha's story is told in . Reign Baasha became king of Israel in the third year of Asa, king ...

(c.900 to c.877 BCE). In 2 Kings 15:29, Ijon along with Abel-beth-maacah and several other places are taken captive by

Tiglath-Pileser III Tiglath-Pileser III ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "my trust belongs to the son of Ešarra"), was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 745 BC to his death in 727. One of the most prominent and historically significant Assyrian kings, T ...

(reigned 745-727 BCE) during the reign of Pekah. It was slightly north of the modern-day site of

Metula Metula ( he, מְטֻלָּה) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. Metula is located next to the northern border with Lebanon. In it had a population of . Metula is the northernmost town in Israel. History Bronze and Iron Age Metu ...

. Budge and Paton equate Ijon with the hieroglyphic place name 'Aiina. Ijon is commonly identified with Tel Dibbine, a tell near Marjayoun, Lebanon.

Iphtah

Iphtah (the

spells it Jiphtah) was, according to Joshua 15:43, a place in the

of the

. The location is unknown today.

Iphtah-el

Iphtah-el (the

spells it Jiphtah-el) is the name of a place mentioned only in Joshua 19:14 and 19:27.T. K. Cheyne, "Jiphtah-el", in

Joshua Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

describes it as being along the northern border of the

, in the area adjoining the territory of the

. The biblical Iphtah-el is probably the place known today as Khirbet Japhet.

Irpeel

Irpeel is the name of a town mentioned only in Joshua 18:27, in the territory of the

.T. K. Cheyne, "Irpeel", in

Ithlah

Ithlah (

Jethlah) is a location which, according to Joshua 19:42, was part of the territory of the

Tribe of Dan The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land, later moving northwards. Biblical narrative In th ...

. The location has not been identified by modern scholarship.

Ittah-kazin

''See Eth-kazin.''

J

Jabneel

Jabneel (once Jabneh) is the name given in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

.T. K. Cheyne, "Jabneel", in In 2 Chronicles 26:6, where the name is shortened to "Jabneh," it is recorded that

, as part of his attacks on Philistine cities, broke down its wall. *The second is assigned by Joshua 19:33 to the territory of the

Jahaz

Jahaz (or Jahaza, Jahazah, Jahzah. Iahaz) was the site of the battle between King Sihon and the advancing Israelite people, according to Numbers 21:23 and later became a

levitical city In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land. Numbers 35:1-8 relates God's command to ...

in the territory of Reuben, east of the

River Jordan The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...

. Jahaz is mentioned in both the Hebrew Testament (Yahats, Isaiah 16:4, Jeremiah 48:34; Yahatsah or Yahtsah, Numbers 21:23, Deuteronomy 2:32, Joshua 13:18, Joshua 21:36) and the King James Version ("Jahazah": Judges 11:20, Jeremiah 48:21, 1 Chronicles 6:78 "Jahzah") and in the Mesha Stele. André Lemaire places it somewhere along the northeast border of Moab.

Janim

Janim or Janum is a location mentioned only in Joshua 15:33, which places it in the hill-country of Judah, somewhere near Beth-tappuah."Janum", in

Jearim

Mount Jearim is mentioned in Joshua 15:10, a verse which described the northern border of the

."Jearim, Mount", in According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' the term described in this case not a mountain in the modern sense of the word, but a ridge, and "Jearim" is probably an incorrect reading where "Jarib" or "Ephron" was originally intended.

Jegar-sahadutha

''See Galeed.''

Jeruel

The "wilderness of Jeruel" is the place where, according to 2 Chronicles 20:16, Jahaziel told Jehoshaphat to expect an invading army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites.

Jethlah

''See Ithlah.''

Jiphtah

''See Iphtah.''

Jiphtah-el

''See Iphtah-el.''

Jogbehah

Jogbehah is a city east of the Jordan River, mentioned in Numbers 32:35, as one of the locations in the Transjordan granted to the

Tribe of Gad According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes.Tribe still originated from the original Hebr ...

by Moses. It reappears in the story of Gideon. It was probably an Ammonite fortress, now named Rugm al-Gubekha.

Jokdeam

Jokdeam is the name of a location mentioned only once in the Bible, in Joshua 15:56.T. K. Cheyne, "Jokdeam", in The passage identifies it as being in the hill-country of Judah, but beyond that its location is unknown today.

K

Kamon

See Camon

Kasiphia

See Casiphia

Kirjathjearim

See Kiriath-Jearim

Kithlish

Kithlish is a man's wall and town in the plain of Judah (). It has been identified with Jelameh.

L

Laharoi

''See Beer-lahai-roi.''

Lebaoth

''See Beth Lebaoth.''

Lecah

Lecah or Lekah is a place mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:21, which claims that Er, the son of

Judah (son of Jacob) Judah () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Tribe of Judah of the Israelites. By extension, he is indirectly the eponym of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea, and the wo ...

settled there.

Luhith

The "ascent of Luhith" is a location in Moab mentioned in Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:5.

M

Mahaneh Dan

Mahaneh Dan or Mahaneh-dan is a location associated with the

tribe of Dan The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land, later moving northwards. Biblical narrative In th ...

. According to Judges 18:12, it was located to the west of Kirjath-jearim.S. A. Cook, "Mahaneh-dan", in On the other hand, Judges 13:25 names it as the place where

lived and where "the spirit of the LORD began to stir in him", but gives it a different location, "between

Zorah Zorah ( he, צרעה) or Tzorah (), was a biblical town in the Judaean Foothills. It is identified with the depopulated village of Sar'a. It has been identified with the former village of Sar'a, now often referred to as Tel Tzora. Location Z ...

and

Eshtaol ( he, אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל) is a moshav in central Israel, and a Hebrew Bible, biblical location mentioned in the Book of Joshua, Books of Joshua and Book of Judges, Judges and in the 1 Chronicles, first Book of Chronicles. Located north of ...

Makaz

Makaz is a location mentioned in 1 Kings 4:9, in a passage which describes king Solomon administering the kingdom of Israel by division into twelve districts. Makaz appears in a list of cities the rest of which belonged to the territory traditionally assigned to the

, so it appears likely that Makaz was originally intended as a reference to some location in Dan.T. K. Cheyne, "Makaz", in

Makkedah

Makkedah ( he, מַקֵּדָה; in

grc, Μακηδά or Μακέδ as in

1 Maccabees The First Book of Maccabees, also known as First Maccabees (written in shorthand as 1 Maccabees or 1 Macc.), is a book written in Hebrew by an anonymousRappaport, U., ''47. 1 Maccabees'' in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001)The Oxford Bible Comme ...

; in

Vulgate The Vulgate (; also called (Bible in common tongue), ) is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels u ...

lat, Mageth) was a city in the land of

. Joshua 12:16 gives a list of thirty-one cities whose kings, according to the Book of Joshua, were defeated in the conquest of Canaan following

the Exodus The Exodus (Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, ''Yeẓi’at Miẓrayim'': ) is the founding myth of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four books of the Torah (or Pentateuch, corresponding to the first five books of the Bible), namely E ...

, and Makkedah is included. Joshua 15:41 locates it in the part of the

assigned to the

. Joshua 10 relates a story of five "

" kings hiding in the "cave of Makkedah" after a battle; afterward, they were removed from the cave and killed in a humiliating fashion. After this, Makkedah was captured.T. K. Cheyne, "Makkedah", in

, Müller and Budge identify Makouta mentioned in the Annals of Thutmose III at the

with biblical Makkeda.

Historical geographers Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. It is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, e ...

have struggled with its modern identification, with PEF surveyors Conder & Kitchener thinking the ancient site to be where was once built the Arab village of el-Mughar, north of

Nahal Sorek Naḥal Sorek ( he, נחל שורק, translation=Brook of Sorek; ar, وادي الصرار, translit=Wadi al-Sirar), also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills. It is mentioned in the Book of Judges 16:4 ...

Manocho

Manocho appears in the

version of the Book of Joshua.

Maon

''This entry is about the location known as Maon or the "Wilderness of Maon". For the ethnic group known by that name, see List of minor biblical tribes § Maon''. Maon, according to Joshua 15:55, was a place in the highlands of the

identified in modern times with Khirbet Maʿin (or in Hebrew, Horvat Maʿon).Jodi Magness
''The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine''
Eisenbrauns, 2003 Vol.1 pp.96–97 According to 1 Samuel 23:24, the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon, was one of the places where

hid from

King Saul Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered tri ...

.T. K. Cheyne, "Maon", in

Nabal According to the 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25, Nabal ( ''Nāḇāl'', "fool") was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly. He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult, and ultimately killed by God. Biblica ...

, the rich but callous property owner who refused to support David's men in 1 Samuel 25:1-11 was from Maon. In the

version of 1 Samuel, David retreated to the Wilderness of Maon after the death of Samuel, but in the

Massoretic Text The Masoretic Text (MT or 𝕸; he, נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, Nūssāḥ Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. ...

he went to the

Wilderness of Paran The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (also sometimes spelled Pharan or Faran; he, מִדְבַּר פָּארָן, ''Midbar Pa'ran''), is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the places where the Israelites spent part of th ...

. Through the use of genealogy, Maon was personified as a descendant of Hebron. There was an

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

village and there is now an Israeli settlement at

Ma'on, Har Hebron Ma'on ( he, מָעוֹן) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In , it had a ...

in the

Maralah

Maralah is a place mentioned only in Joshua 19:11, where it describes a locality in the territory of the

, along its southwestern border.T. K. Cheyne, "Maralah", in

Masrekah

Masrekah, according to Genesis 36:36 and 1 Chronicles 1:47, is where the Edomite king Samlah lived.

Meah

Meah is the name of a tower named in Nehemiah 3:1 and 12:39.

Mejarcon

Mejarcon (also spelled Mejarkon or Me-jarkon) was a location on the border of the

Meonenim

Meonenim appears in Judges 9:37, in the Hebrew phrase ''elon meonenim'' which is variously translated as "plain of Meonenim," "Elon-meonenim," "oak of Meonenim," or "the Diviners' Oak."T. K. Cheyne, "Meonenim", in

Mephaath

Mephaath was a

of the

Merarites The Merarites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Merarites were all descended from the eponymous Merari, a son of Levi, although some biblical scholars regard this as a postdictional ...

lying in the district of the Mishor in the territory of the

tribe of Reuben According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben () was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Unlike the majority of the tribes, the land of Reuben, along with that of Gad and half of Manasseh, was on the eastern side of the Jordan and shared a ...

according to Joshua 21:37, and was mentioned in condemnation by the prophet

Jeremiah Jeremiah, Modern: , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ieremíās; meaning " Yah shall raise" (c. 650 – c. 570 BC), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewi ...

in Jeremiah 48:21.

Michmethath

Michmethath (Michmethah, Mikmethath, Micmethath) is the name of a place mentioned in Joshua 16:6 and 17:7. 16:6 records that it is along the north end of the territory of the

Tribe of Ephraim According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim ( he, אֶפְרַיִם, ''ʾEp̄rayīm,'' in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם, ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was one of the tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh together with Ephraim formed the '' House ...

. 17:7 indicates that it was along the south end of the territory of the

. From the biblical description it would appear to have been southeast of Shechem.

Middin

The town of Middin is mentioned in passing in Joshua 15:61, in a list of six towns in the wilderness of the territory of the

tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

. Its exact location is unknown.

Migron

There is a place called Migron on the outskirts of

Gibeah Gibeah (; he, גִּבְעָה ''Gīḇəʿā''; he, גִּבְעַת, link=no ''Gīḇəʿaṯ'') is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively. Gibeah of Benjamin is th ...

mentioned in 1 Samuel 14:2, where

was based, different from the Migron mentioned in Isaiah 10:28, which is north of Michmash.

Minni

Minni is mentioned in Jeremiah 51:27 as the name of a province in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

, which was at this time under the Median kings. Armenia is regarded by some as Har-minni i.e., the mountainous country of Minni.

Minnith

Minnith is mentioned in Judges 11:33 as marking the extent of

Jephthah Jephthah (pronounced ; he, יִפְתָּח, ''Yīftāḥ''), appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (). According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, ...

's victory over the

Ammon Ammon ( Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''ʻAmān''; he, עַמּוֹן ''ʻAmmōn''; ar, عمّون, ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in ...

ites and in Ezekiel 27:17 as a wheat-farming city. Minnith, Missouri takes its name from the reference in Ezekiel.

Misrephoth-maim

Misrephoth-maim is the name of a place associated with

Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

where, according to the Book of Joshua,

pursued the retreating Canaanites after a battle at Merom.T. K. Cheyne, "Misrephoth-maim", in According to Joshua 13:6 it is found near the boundary between the northern territory of the

Tribes of Israel The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( he, שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, translit=Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit=Tribes of Israel) are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, thro ...

and the Sidonians.

Mount Jearim

''See Jearim.''

N

Neah

Neah is a location mentioned only in Joshua 19:13."Neah", in The Book of Joshua places it in the territory of the

, near the valley of Iphtah-el.

Neballat

Neballat is the name of a town listed among the towns where people of the

lived according to Nehemiah 11:34."Neballat", in Today it is known as Beit Nebala.

Nibshan

Nibshan is the name of a town in the wilderness of Judah, mentioned only in Judges 15:62.

No

No or No-amon is the name of a city in Egypt mentioned in negative terms by the prophets Jeremiah (46:25), Ezekiel (30:14-16), and Nahum (3:8). It is most commonly identified in modern scholarship with Thebes, but in the Septuagint, Vulgate, and a variety of rabbinical commentators it is interpreted as

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

P

Parbar

Parbar, according to the King James Version, is a place-name mentioned in 1 Chronicles 26:18, in a description of the divisions of gatekeepers for the Temple in Jerusalem. However, in more recent scholarship, the word ''parbar'' or ''parwar'' is generally taken not as a

proper noun A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity (''Africa'', ''Jupiter'', '' Sarah'', ''Microsoft)'' as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (''continent, ...

, but as a

common noun A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity (''Africa'', ''Jupiter'', ''Sarah'', ''Microsoft)'' as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (''continent, ...

, with various proposals as to its meaning. Canadian academic Donna Runnalls suggests that "it seems to refer to a structure which was located at the top of the road on the west side of the temple". The New Revised Standard Version translates the word as " the colonnade on the west".

Perez Uzzah

Perez Uzzah (Hebrew, "outburst against Uzzah") is a place name which appears only in the biblical narrative about

Uzzah According to the Tanakh, עזה, Uzzah or Uzza, meaning "Her Strength", was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant. The account of Uzzah appears in two places in scripture: 2 Samuel 6:3-8 and 1 Chronicles 1 ...

, a man who was killed by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant (2 Samuel 6:8; 1 Chronicles 13:11).

named it in commemoration of Uzzah's death. The location has not been identified.

Phagor

Phagor ( gr, Φαγὼρ) appears in the

version of the Book of Joshua, in a grouping of 11 cities of Judah not listed in the Hebrew text. It is rendered as "Peor" in the

Contemporary English Version The Contemporary English Version or CEV (also known as Bible for Today's Family) is a translation of the Bible into English, published by the American Bible Society. An anglicized version was produced by the British and Foreign Bible Society, w ...

(1995).

Pul

Pul, a place name in in Hebrew, may refer to Put or Phut.

R

Rabbith

Rabbith, according to Joshua 19:20, was a location within the territory of the

Racal

Racal (or Rachal or Rakal), according to 1 Samuel 30:29, was one of the locations were

sent plunder after defeating a group of Amalekites. The site is unknown and mentioned nowhere else. It may have been a copyist's error for Carmel.

Rakkath

Rakkath (also Rakat or Rakkat) is mentioned in Joshua 19:35 as a fenced or fortified city in the territory of the

and is considered according to Jewish tradition to be the location where the city of

Tiberias Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's F ...

was built from around 20 CE. It is identified by some with Tel Rakat (Khirbet el Kaneitriyeh on PEF Survey of Palestine map).

Rakkon

Rakkon, according to the

of Judges 19:46, is a place-name for a locality along the borders of the

. A common opinion is that the place-name Rakkon (Hebrew ''hrqwn'') originally through a mis-copying of part of the previous place-name Me Jarkon (Hebrew ''my hyrqwn''), which is mentioned immediately preceding it. If it is a genuine place-name, its location is uncertain, and it is unclear whether it refers to a town or a river. The

omits it altogether.

Ramath-Mizpeh

Ramath-Mizpeh, according to Joshua 13:26, was a location in the territory of the

, a Transjordanian tribe. It is possibly the same as present-day Iraq al-Amir.

Rammath-Lehi

Rammath-Lehi'', according to the Old Testament Book of Judges, was the name given to this place by Samson when he defeated a thousand Philistines.

Ramat-Negev

A place named Ramat-Negev (Hebrew ''rmt ngb'') is assigned to the

by Joshua 19:8. It is likely the same as location as the Ramot-Negev (''rmwt ngb'') in 1 Samuel 30:27, where it is named as a location to which David sent plunder from his raid against the Amalekites. Ramat or Ramot Negev is also mentioned in one of the Arad

ostraca An ostracon ( Greek: ''ostrakon'', plural ''ostraka'') is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical context, ''ostraca'' refer to sherds or even small pieces of ...

, a series of letters recovered from

Tel Arad Tel Arad ( he, תל ערד), in Arabic Tell 'Arad (تل عراد), is an archaeological tell, or mound, located west of the Dead Sea, about west of the modern Israeli city of Arad in an area surrounded by mountain ridges which is known as the ...

, ordering that soldiers be sent to Ramat-Negev as protection against

ite invasion. It is possible that Ramot-Negev is the place now known as Hurvath Uza. See also Baalath-Beer.

Rekem

''This is about the city. For individuals of the same name, see List of minor biblical figures § Rekem.'' Rekem is the name of a city or fortified town in the territory of the

according to Joshua 18:27. The location is unknown.

Rock of Escape

''See Sela Hammahlekoth.''

Rogelim

Rogelim is a place mentioned twice in 2 Samuel, both times in relation to Barzillai the Gileadite. It is identified as his city (17:27) and the place from which he came to meet King

after the revolt of Absalom (19:31). Its location was in

but has not been precisely identified. Strong's Concordance calls is "a (place of) fullers.

Rumah

Rumah or Ruma is a place-name in the Hebrew Bible. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 23:26, which identifies king

Jehoiakim Jehoiakim, also sometimes spelled Jehoikim; la, Joakim was the eighteenth and antepenultimate king of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of king Josiah () and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim.; ...

's mother as "Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah." A widespread, but not unanimous, identification sees this as the modern site of Ruma (Tell Rumeh) in the Lower Galilee. Joshua 15:52 lists a "Rumah" or "Dumah" (depending on the manuscript followed) as a city in the hill-country of Judah. This is often associated with the modern village of Dūme, although scholars have expressed some uncertainty about this location as well.

S

Salim

A place-name Salim appears in John 3:23, in the phrase "Aenon of Salim." The location has not been identified, though several possibilities have been suggested.

Sansannah

Sansannah appears in Joshua 15:31, in a list of towns in the Negev of Judah. Scholars equate it with the modern Kirbet esh-Shamsaniyat, although with some doubt. In Joshua 19, a portion of the territory of Judah is assigned to the

, and in this list instead of Sansannah the text reads "Hazar Susah" (verse 5).

Sebam

''See Sibmah.''

Secu

Secu (also Seku, Sechu) is a place-name found in 1 Samuel 19:22. Its site has not been identified, and it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible.

Sela Hammahlekoth

Sela Hammahlekoth (or Rock of Escape) is the name which according to 1 Samuel 23:28 was given to a location where

narrowly escaped being killed by

. The location has not been definitely identified, but the biblical story places it in the Wilderness of Maon.

Seneh

Seneh is the name of one of two rocky cliffs (the other being Bozez) through which Jonathan had to pass during his attack against a Philistine garrison (1 Samuel 14:4).

Shaalbim

Shaalbim is the name of a location which appears twice (in the form "Shaalbim") in the Hebrew Bible, in Judges 3:5 and again in 1 Kings 4:9. The passage in Judges 1 discusses the situation after the death of

, in which the

had difficulty expelling the

Amorites The Amorites (; sux, 𒈥𒌅, MAR.TU; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒊒𒌝 or 𒋾𒀉𒉡𒌝/𒊎 ; he, אֱמוֹרִי, 'Ĕmōrī; grc, Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied lar ...

from the land allotted to them, and the Amorites forced the Danites to live in the hill-country, keeping the valley for themselves (Judges 1:1-34). "But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary. And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward." 1 Kings 4 records that Solomon divided his kingdom into districts under various governors, and chose a man named Ben Deker as governor "in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan". In Joshua 19:42, a Shaalabbin is listed as a location within the territory allotted to Dan, and it is thus likely to be the same as the location "Shaalbim" which Dan was unable to occupy. This is generally considered to have been located on the site of modern Salbit.Eric. F. Mason, "Shaalbim", in It may also be the same as the location referred to as "Shaalban" (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33), and may have been the "Shaalim" of 1 Samuel 9:4.

Shaalim

Saul and his assistant passed through the land of Shaalim looking for his father's lost donkeys, according to 1 Samuel 9:4, probably in the highlands of Ephraim. Some manuscripts of the

locate the burial place of Abdon in Pirathon, in the hill country of Ephraim, in the land of Shaalim, although other versions read "in the hill country of the Amalekites".

Shamir

''This is about the biblical locations, not the person mentioned in 1 Chronicles 24:24.'' Shamir is the name of a biblical place which according to Joshua 15:48 was found in the hill-country of the

. According to Judges 10:1-2, the Israelite leader

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lived, died, and was buried in a location called Shamir in the hill-country of the

Shaveh Kiriathaim

According to Genesis 14:5, Chedorlaomer defeated the Emim at Shaveh Kiriathaim.

Shaveh, Valley of

A valley named Shaveh is the location where, according to Genesis 14:17, the king of Sodom went to meet Abram after the defeat of the forces of Chedorlaomer.

Sibmah

Sibmah (Hebrew, ''Sibmah'') is a location which according Numbers 32:37-38 and Joshua 13:19 was in the territory of the Tribe of Reuben. In the

it is sometimes spelled Shibmah. Isaiah 16:7-8 refers to it as a Moabite city, as does Jeremiah 48:31-32. In one case it is called Sebam (Hebrew ''Sebam''), spelled Shebam in the

(Numbers 32:3). Its specific location is not known.

Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben

The stone of Bohan, son of Reuben is mentioned in Joshua 15:6 as a point along the boundary of the land allocated to the

. Bohan is not named as one of Reuben's sons where they are listed in Genesis 46:9. Bohan is a name which appears twice in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Judah and the

."Bohan", in

Suphah

Suphah is mentioned in Numbers 21:14, quoting the lost

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, and is possibly the same as

Suph Suph is a place name that appears in Deuteronomy 1:1 (R.V. marg. "some ancient versions have the Red Sea," as in the A.V.). Some scholars (Patrick, Rosenmüller, and others) Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ...

version of

15:59-60.

Theco

Theco appears in the

version of

15:59-60.

Thether

Thether appears in the

version of

15:59-60.

Thobes

Thobes appears in the

version of

15:59-60.

U

Uzzen-sherah

Uzzen-sherah (or Uzzen-sheerah) is the name of a town mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 7:24. It was named for its builder, Sherah, daughter of Ephraim. While it is believed to have been located close to Beth-horon, the exact location has not been identified.

W

Well Lahairoi, the

''See Beer-lahai-roi.''

Z

Zaphon

Zaphon ( he, Tsaphonah, rendered ''Sephenia'' in some manuscripts of the Septuagint) is mentioned in Joshua 13:27 as a location within the territory of the

tribe of Gad According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes.Tribe still originated from the original Hebr ...

and in Judges 12:1 as the location where the Ephraimites met with

and his army to complain that Jephthah had fought the

ites without calling on the Ephraimites for military assistance. The Easy-to-Read Version calls it a "city". Some translations (e.g. the

) render ''Tsaphonah'' as "northwards".

Zelzah

A place at the border of Benjamin, where two men were to meet Saul as a sign of his kingship, in 1 Samuel 10:2. This is the only mention of the place in the Bible, and its location is unidentified.

Zereda

Zereda(h) is the birthplace of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the son of Nebat of the

Ziz

The "ascent of Ziz" is the place where, according to 2 Chronicles 20:16, Jahaziel told Jehoshaphat to expect an invading army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites to ascend in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.

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