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Rahab (center) in James Tissot's The Harlot of Jericho and the Two Spies.Rahab (/ ˈ r eɪ h æ b /; [1] Hebrew: רָחָב, Modern: Raẖav, Tiberian: Rāḥāḇ, "broad", "large") was, according to the Book of Joshua, a Gentile and a Canaanite woman who resided within Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites by hiding two men who had been sent to scout the city prior to ...
The spies stayed in the house of Rahab, a local prostitute. The king of Jericho sent soldiers who asked Rahab to bring out the spies. Instead, she hid them under bundles of flax on the roof. After escaping, the spies promised to spare Rahab and her family after taking the city, if she would mark her house by hanging a red cord out the window.
Photograph of the location where Guru Tegh Bahadur's body was cremated by Bhai Lakhi Rai Banjara, Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, Delhi, ca.1920's. The Gurdwara marks the site, where Lakhi Shah Banjara and his son Bhai Naghaiya burnt their own house to cremate the headless body of the Sikh Guru Guru Tegh Bahadur sahib who, on 11 November 1675, was martyred by beheading at Chandni Chowk on the ...
The main course of the Wadi Rahabah flows from east to west, receiving in its path the contribution of several ravines and tributary wadis, to the left and right, of which the most relevant, due to its flow and length, is the Wadi Zireb, [1] tributary on the right, whose mouth occurs very shortly before the dam built in 2021 (Rahba Dam), [9] intended to feed underground water resources and ...
Al Rehab (Arabic: مدينة الرحاب pronounced [mæˈdiːnɪt eɾ.ɾeˈħæːb], literal meaning: "City of Spaciousness") is a district of New Cairo and a part of Greater Cairo, in the Cairo Governorate, Egypt.
Located on more than 140 acres, the property includes a plantation house built in 1721, a two-story apartment building, and a three-bedroom, one-bathroom Manager’s House. Currently, the property ...
Rahab (Hebrew: רַהַב, Modern: Rahav, Tiberian: Rahaḇ, "blusterer") is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate pride or arrogance, a mystical sea monster, as an emblematic or poetic name for Egypt, [1] and for the sea. [2] Rahab (Hebrew: רָחָב, Rachav, "spacious place") is also one of the Hebrew words for the Abyss.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were "Greek" Christians, located south of esh-Sheikh Mohammed. [3]Rahbeh is the second biggest village in North Lebanon, with a majority Christian Orthodox population, along with other Christian sectors and a minority Muslim population.