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The Moabites were subdued, but seeing Mesha's act of offering his own son (and singular heir) as a propitiatory human sacrifice on the walls of Kir of Moab filled Israel with horror, and they withdrew and returned to their own land. [19] According to the Book of Jeremiah, Moab was exiled to Babylon for his arrogance and
Biblical mile (Hebrew: מיל, romanized: mīl) is a unit of distance on land, or linear measure, principally used by Jews during the Herodian dynasty to ascertain distances between cities and to mark the Sabbath limit, equivalent to about ⅔ of an English statute mile, or what was about four furlongs (four stadia). [1]
"The Creation of History in Ancient Israel" (Routledge, 1995) Cook, Stephen L., "The social roots of biblical Yahwism" (Society of Biblical Literature, 2004) Day, John (ed.), "In search of pre-exilic Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar" (T&T Clark International, 2004) Frevel, Christian, "History of Ancient Israel" (SBL Press ...
The modern Highway 60 (Israel-Palestine) follows roughly the route of the Way of the Patriarchs. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name is used by biblical scholars because of mentions in biblical narratives that it was frequently travelled by Abraham , Isaac and Jacob .
Kerioth (Hebrew: קְרִיּוֹת, Qǝrīyyōṯ) is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2. [1]
Kir of Moab is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two main strongholds of Moab, the other being Ar. It is probably the same as the city called Kir-haresh (Isaiah 16:11, KJV ), Kir-hareseth ( Hebrew : קִיר-חֲרֶשֶׂת ; Isa 16:7 ), and Kir-heres ( Hebrew : קִיר חָרֶשׂ ; Isa 16:11 ; Jer 48:31 , 48:36 ). [ 1 ]
In the stele, Mesha, king of Moab, tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore the lands of Moab. It refers to Omri, king of Israel, [61] to the god Yahweh, [62 ...
The Bible reports that, on hearing this news, Jews who had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and in other countries returned to Judah (Jeremiah 40:11–12). Gedaliah was assassinated by Ishmael son of Nethaniah two months later, and the population that had remained and those who had returned then fled to Egypt for safety ( 2 Kings 25:25–26 ...