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For historical purposes, the Negev can roughly be divided into four subregions: [1] The biblical Negev (yellow), referring to the small, semi-arid northeastern Arad-Beersheba Valley. Only this area is referred to as the "Negev" in the Bible, as according to biblical historiography, the holdings of the Judeans in the Negev were confined to this ...
According to Israeli archaeologists, in the Hebrew Bible, the term Negev only relates to the northern, semi-arid part of what we call Negev today; of this, the Arad-Beersheba Valley, which receives enough rain to permit agriculture and therefore sedentary occupation (the "desert fringe"), is accordingly defined as "the eastern (biblical) Negev ...
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites/Qenites (/ ˈ k iː n aɪ t / or / ˈ k ɛ n aɪ t /; Hebrew: קֵינִי , romanized: Qēni) were a tribe in the ancient Levant. [1] [2] They settled in the towns and cities in the northeastern Negev in an area known as the "Negev of the Kenites" near Arad, and played an important role in the ...
Hatzerim (Hebrew: חֲצֵרִים, lit. Farmyards) is a kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel.It is named after the Bible (Deuteronomy 2:23), [2] mentioning a site nearby: "the Avvites who lived in farmyards as far as Gaza".
Yeruham is situated in the northern Negev, 15 km from Dimona, 600 meters above sea level. It is located within the Negev desert and has erosion cirques or ‘craters’ and close by is the Yeruham Iris Nature Reserve, where the rare native iris Iris petrana is found. [8]
The Artists House of the Negev, in a Mandate-era building, showcases artwork connected in some way to the Negev. [130] The Negev Museum of Art reopened in 2004 in the Ottoman Governor's House, and an art and media center for young people was established in the Old City. In 2009, a new tourist and information center, Gateway to the Negev, was built.
Nahal Gerar, also Nachal Grar (Hebrew: נחל גרר) is a wadi in Israel, in the Negev desert. Its Arabic name is Wadi esh-Sheri'a (also Wady el Sharia and other variations). [1] Along this wadi, there are several important ancient Bronze Age archaeological sites. During the Early Iron Age this was an area of Philistine settlement.
The Book of Genesis (in Genesis 10:14) refers to Casluhim as the origin of the Philistines.Biblical scholars regard this as an eponym rather than a person, and it is thought possible that the name is a corruption of Halusah; with the identification of Ziklag as Haluza, this suggests that Ziklag was the original base from which the Philistines captured the remainder of their territory. [3]