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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 city was conquered by Joshua during his battle against the five Amorite kings of the south. The king of Hebron was Hoham. The biblical narratives states that the city was completely destroyed, leaving no living soul. [6] As was part of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, Hebron was awarded to Caleb son of Jephunneh. However, being one of ...
(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.
Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael into the desert, illustration by Gustave Doré. The Wilderness or Desert of Paran is said to be the place where Hagar was sent into exile from Abraham's dwelling in Beersheba. (Hagar was the Egyptian servant girl of Abraham's wife Sarah/Sarai, at Sarah's suggestion was made Abraham's wife, and had a son Ishmael ...
Genesis 20:1 "And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar." Numbers 13:26 "And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all ...
Position of Tel Haror on the shore of Nahal Gerar river. Tel Haror (Hebrew name) or Tell Abu Hureyra [1] (Arabic name; also spelled Hureira and Hareira), also known as Tel Heror, [citation needed] is an archaeological site in the western Negev Desert, Israel, [1] northwest of Beersheba, about 20 km east of the Mediterranean Sea, [citation needed] situated on the north bank of Wadi Gerar, [1] a ...