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Abimelech, King of Gerar, returns Sarah to Abraham; painting by Elias van Nijmegen (1667-1755), Museum Rotterdam. Gerar (Hebrew: גְּרָר Gərār, "lodging-place") was a Philistine town and district in what is today south central Israel, mentioned in the Book of Genesis and in the Second Book of Chronicles of the Hebrew Bible.
Nahal Gerar is named after the Biblical sites mentioned in the Book of Genesis 20.1: "Abraham went thence into the country of Negeb, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; sojourning in Gerar." [5] The city of Gerar is now generally believed to be located at Tel Haror/Tell Abu Hareira.
The Book of Judith is considered canonical by most Christians, but not by Jews and most Protestants. The Septuagint calls it Aisora, Arasousia, Aisoraa, or Assaron, depending on the manuscript. [12] The book of Judith places it between Choba and the Valley of Salem. [12] According to Cheyne and Black (1899), the exact location is uncertain. [12]
(1) According to the Book of Genesis, already Abraham lived for a while in the central and biblical Negev after being banished from Egypt. [12] Notably, he spent a brief period living in Kadesh [Barnea] [13] and later resided as a guest in Beersheba, which at that time was purportedly part of the kingdom of the Philistine king of Gerar.
The City of David (Hebrew: עיר דוד, romanized: ʿĪr Davīd), known locally mostly as Wadi Hilweh (Arabic: وادي حلوة), [1] is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
In 164 BCE, Hebron was conquered by Judas Maccabeus who destroyed the city and its fortifications. [13] In 112 BCE, the Hasmonean prince John Hyrcanus I waged war against the Edomites, who were given the choice of expulsion or conversion. Thus, Hebron became a Jewish city, with a population that included former Edomites.
Ezekiel 47:19 "And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the Brook, unto the Great Sea. This is the south side southward." Ezekiel 48:28 "And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook, unto the Great Sea."