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Jericho is described in the Bible as the "city of palm trees". [16] In 2023, the archaeological site in the center of the city, known as Tell es-Sultan / Old Jericho, was inscribed in UNESCO's list as a World Heritage Site in the State of Palestine, and described as the "oldest fortified city in the world". [17] [18]
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" "رحاب") 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 ...
The story of Jericho and the rest of the conquest represents the nationalist propaganda of the Kingdom of Judah and their claims to the territory of the Kingdom of Israel after 722 BCE; [3] and that those chapters were later incorporated into an early form of Joshua likely written late in the reign of King Josiah (reigned 640–609 BCE), and ...
Each settlement was to comprise a walled city and the common land around it for pasture, measured radially as one thousand cubits in each direction, [1] or as a square measuring two thousand cubits along each side. [2] The land for the cities was to be "donated" by the host tribe [3] and was allocated to the Levites according to their tribal ...
The first time the place is mentioned is in the Bible.Ketef Jericho is part of Mount of Temptation and is known for its many caves. They are mentioned in the Book of Joshua, it is the location where Rahab sent the spies, while in the Book of Maccabees and "The Jewish War" it is noted as the refuge place to where Ptolemy son of Abubus fled after assassinating Simon son of Mattathias.
City name References in the Hebrew Bible Location Notes Hebrew Transliteration [1] English Strong's Nr Joshua All Tribe / Region Modern [2] אבץ ʾbṣ Abez, Ebez Joshua 19:20 1 Issachar אדם ʾdm Adam Joshua 3:16 1 ? (Located by the Jordan, near Zaretan, far from Jericho) Bedhat esh-Sha'ab [3] אדמה ʾdmh Adamah Joshua 19:36 1
Gethsemane: Immediately after the Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples go to the garden at Gethsemane, the location of his agony in the garden and his arrest. [50] Jericho: The healing the blind Bartimaeus occurs near Jericho. [51] Mount of Olives: This mountain appears in several New Testament passaages, and the Olivet Discourse is
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