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Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula) Aram/Aramea – (Modern Syria) Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city; Archevite; Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk; Ashdod; Ashkelon; Ashur/Asshur/Assur ...
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.
In the Book of Numbers, the laws concerning the cities of refuge state that, once he had claimed asylum, a perpetrator had to be taken from the city and put on trial; [5] if the trial found that the perpetrator was innocent of murder, then the perpetrator had to be returned under guard (for their own protection) to the city in which they had claimed asylum. [6]
Numbers 32:3 AR Izard County: Mount Olive ... is the name of three places in the Bible. In Genesis 26:22, ... is a city mentioned in the biblical Old Testament.
The delay in appointing to the Levites their cities arose from the nature of the arrangement which had to be made for the Levitical cities.' [8] This 'arrangement' was the fulfilment of Jacob 's prophecy in Genesis 49:5-7 - I will scatter them ( Simeon and Levi ) in Israel - which was a punishment for Simeon and Levi's massacre of the men of ...
The Book of Joshua lists almost 400 ancient Levantine city names (including alternative names and derivatives in the form of words describing citizens of a town) which refer to over 300 distinct locations in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Biblical cities (2 C, 4 P) D. Disputed biblical places (1 C, 10 P) N. New Testament places (5 C, 51 P) O. ... List of modern names for biblical place names
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, [159] but its site is unknown. [160] It is also referred to as Hilen or Hilez in 1 Chronicles 6:58 (verse 43 in some Bibles). [161]