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The third holy structure in Kifl Haris, standing at some distance [2] in the southwest of the town, is a large open shrine dedicated to Prophet Dhul-Nun, identified with Yunus . [3] Jews see in it the tomb of Nun, the father of Joshua. [2]
The fable of the thistle and the cedar (or cypress) tree is a fable attributed to Jehoash King of Israel, and recounted in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 14:9–10. Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz , the son of Jehu , king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face one another in battle".
I also went about this place to look for young ones, but could find none at all. [9] Jean de Thévenot counted 23 trees in 1655: It is a Fobbery to say, that if one reckon the Cedars of Mount Lebanon twice, he shall have a different number, for in all, great and small, there is neither more or less than twenty three of them. [10]
The term "throne" is used both literally and metonymically in the Hebrew Bible.. As a symbol for kingship, the throne is seen as belonging to David, or to God Himself. In 1 Kings 1:37 Benaiah's blessing to Solomon was "may the LORD... make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David"; while in 1 Chronicles 29:23 we are told "Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king".
Thus; The Law was from God and the promise of the kingdom to Israel was by the Law, but if the kingdom of the Law be divided in itself, it must needs be destroyed; and thus Israel lost the Law, when the nation whose was the Law, rejected the fulfilment of the Law in Christ.
[3] [4] Some scholars hold that there was more than one Aphek. C. R. Conder identified the Aphek of Eben-Ezer [5] with a khirbet "ruin" some 3.7 miles (6 km) distant from Dayr Aban (believed to be Eben-Ezer), and known by the name Marj al-Fikiya; the name al-Fikiya being an Arabic etymological variant of Aphek. [6]
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The Bible describes it as being near Bashan, adjoining the province of Argob (Deuteronomy 3:14) and the kingdom of Aram or Syria (2 Samuel 15:8; 1 Chronicles 2:23). According to the Bible, it was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh which settled east of the Jordan River, but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled (Joshua 13:13).