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Five kings of Midian slain by Israel (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible) Midian was the son of Abraham. [21] Abraham's great-grandson Joseph, after being thrown into a pit by his brothers, was sold to either Midianites or Ishmaelites. [22] Moses spent 40 years in voluntary exile in Midian after killing an Egyptian. [23]
The Ishmaelites (Hebrew: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים, romanized: Yīšməʿēʾlīm; Arabic: بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل, romanized: Banī Ismā'īl, lit. 'sons of Ishmael') were a collection of various Arab tribes, tribal confederations and small kingdoms described in Abrahamic tradition as being descended from and named after Ishmael, a prophet according to the Quran, the first son of ...
Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Set in the southern Transjordanian regions of Moab and Midian , it narrates the Israelites waging war against the Midianites, commanded by Phinehas and Moses .
[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 history of ancient Israel. One of the most recognized Kenites is Jethro , Moses's father-in-law, who was a shepherd and a priest in the land of Midian ( Judges 1:16 ). [ 3 ]
The name appears in a list of Egypt's enemies inscribed on column bases at the temple of Soleb built by Amenhotep III. Among the details uncovered at the temple was a reference to a place called "sʿrr, in the land of Shasu" (tꜣ-shꜣsw sʿr), a name thought to be related to or near to Petra, Jordan. [8] [9]
Found near the Temple of Inshushinak in Susa, these statuettes would have been considered charged with beneficial power. [ 58 ] While archaeologists cannot be certain that the location where these figures were found indicates a date before or in the time of the Elamite king Shilhak-Inshushinak, stylistic features can help ground the figures in ...
Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson.Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca. 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Beit Shemesh, near moshav Tal Shahar in Israel, known in Hebrew as Tel Batash (תל בטש) or Teluliot ...
The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, discovered at the ancient city of Magdala, close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in northeastern Israel. It is one of two ancient former synagogues that were in use in the Second Temple period, which places them among the oldest synagogues found in Israel.