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Bozrah means sheepfold or enclosure in Hebrew [3] and was a pastoral city [citation needed] in Edom southeast of the Dead Sea.According to the biblical narrative, it was the home city of one of Edom's kings, Jobab son of Zerah (Genesis 36:32–33) and the homeland of Jacob's twin brother, Esau.
Shiloh (Hebrew שילו Šîlô / שלו Šīlô / שלה Šīlōh) was an assembly place for the people of Israel where there was a sanctuary containing the Ark of the Covenant. Shiloh, Arkansas (disambiguation) Shiloh, Georgia; Shiloh, Indiana; Shiloh, Michigan, mostly abandoned; Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio; Shiloh, Hampshire County, West ...
The ancient capital of Edom was Bozrah, now Busaira, Jordan. [37] According to the Book of Genesis , Esau's descendants settled in the land after they had displaced the Horites . [ 38 ] It was also called the land of Seir; Mount Seir appears to have been strongly identified with them and may have been a cultic site.
The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country during the late second millennium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millennium BCE.
2010-07-12T19:43:31Z Richardprins 720x859 (63800 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=Map showing the ancient levant borders and ancient cities such as [[Urmomium]] and [[Jerash]]. The map also shows the region in the 9th century BCE. Notice the coastal land of Philistia, from; Uploaded with derivativeFX
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.
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in central Israel, containing a large network of caves recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. [1] The national park includes the remains of the historical towns of Maresha, one of the important towns of Judah during the First Temple Period, [2] and Bayt Jibrin, a depopulated Palestinian town known as Eleutheropolis in the Roman era. [3]
Chalcolithic Temple of Ein Gedi: El Khiam [66] Type-site of the Khiamian culture Emmaus Nicopolis: Emmaus [67] Tel Erani: Tell esh-Sheikh Ahmed el-ʿAreini [68] Et-Tell: Ai [69] Ekron: Tel Miqne, Khirbet el-Muqanna, Accaron [70] Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription: Eleutheropolis: Eshtemoa synagogue [71] Tell el-Far'ah (North) Tirzah