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The battle for Nish was not one, but five different battles. The first engagement was a battle against a small garrison in Nish and the Crusaders captured, pillaged, and burned the town. [ 12 ] This was followed by three battles against three different Ottoman armies advancing on Nish.
Name in Hebrew reads שלומית (Shlomit) and is derived from Shalom שלום, meaning "peace". Matthew, Mark [ 173 ] [ 174 ] Salome #2 – a follower of Jesus present at his crucifixion as well as the empty tomb.
'the stone of help') is a location that is mentioned by the Books of Samuel as the scene of battles between the Israelites and Philistines. It is specified as having been less than a day's journey by foot from Shiloh , near Aphek , in the neighbourhood of Mizpah , near the western entrance of the pass of Bethoron .
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
The Romans occupied the town in the period of the "Dardanian War" (75-73 BC), and set up a legionary camp. [17] The city (called refugia and vici in pre-Roman relation), because of its strategic position (Thracians were based to the south [17]) developed as an important garrison and market town of the province of Moesia Superior. [18]
The earliest historical record of Keilah is found in the Amarna letters from the 14th century BCE. [2] In some of them, Qeilah and her king Shuwardatha are mentioned. [2] It is possible to infer from them the importance of this city among the cities of Canaan that bordered near Egypt before the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites.
In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (/ ˈ æ b ɪ ʃ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. [1] Among Abishag's duties was to lie next to David and pass along her body heat and vigor because "they put covers on him, but he could not get warm".
Upper Bethoron is first mentioned in the Book of Joshua as a city on the border between the Israelite tribes of Benjamin and Ephraim (Joshua 16:5).The borderline passed alongside the two Bethorons (Joshua 16:5; 21:22 [8]) who belonged to the latter Israelite tribe and therefore, later on, to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, while the tribe of Benjamin belonged to the Kingdom of Judah.