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The Valley of Rephaim (Hebrew: עמק רפאים, Emeq Rephaim) (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16, R.V.) is a valley descending southwest from Jerusalem to Nahal Sorek below, it is an ancient route from the coastal plain to the Judean Hills, probably named after the legendary race of giants. Emek Refaim (Hebrew: עמק רפאים), the German Colony ...
Emek Refaim (Hebrew: עמק רפאים, English: Valley of Ghosts) is the German Colony, a neighborhood in Jerusalem, as well as its main street. It takes its name from the biblical Valley of Rephaim which began its descent from Jerusalem here.
The main freeway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, which further extends to the Jordan Valley as a regular road. Highway 1, passes through the Judaean Mountains, between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem. An Israel Railways line, Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, runs from Beit Shemesh along the Brook of Sorek and Valley of Rephaim to the Jerusalem Malha Train ...
In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite or Repha'im (cf. the plural word in Hebrew: רְפָאִים, romanized: rəfāʾīm; Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎔𐎜𐎎, romanized: rpʾum, [1] Phoenician: 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤌, romanized: rpʾm) [2] refers either to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11, or ...
Valley of Elah viewed from the top of Tel Azekah. The Valley of Elah, Ella Valley ("the valley of the terebinth"; [1] from the Hebrew: עמק האלה Emek HaElah), or Wadi es-Sunt (Arabic: وادي السنط), is a long, shallow valley in the Shephelah area of Israel, best known from the Hebrew Bible as the place where David defeated Goliath (1 Samuel 17:2; 1 Samuel 17:19).
It was near the Valley of Rephaim, west of Jerusalem. Some scholars [ who? ] suggest a site 4 km northwest of Jerusalem , named Sheikh Bodr, to be identical with Ba'al-Perazim. There is also a valley near Mount Sodom in the Judaean Desert , called "Wadi Perazim".
A dig in the Rephaim Valley carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the region of the Malha Shopping Mall and Biblical Zoo uncovered a village dating back to the Middle Bronze Age II B (1,700 – 1,800 BCE). Beneath this, remains of an earlier village were found from the Early Bronze Age IV (2,200 – 2,100 BCE). [7]
Map of Horites lands The Horites ( Hebrew : חֹרִים Ḥōrīm ), were a people mentioned in the Torah ( Genesis 14:6, 36:20 , Deuteronomy 2:12 ) inhabiting areas around Mount Seir in Canaan ( Genesis 36:2,5 ).