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In 164 BCE, Hebron was conquered by Judas Maccabeus who destroyed the city and its fortifications. [13] In 112 BCE, the Hasmonean prince John Hyrcanus I waged war against the Edomites, who were given the choice of expulsion or conversion. Thus, Hebron became a Jewish city, with a population that included former Edomites.
The Old City of Hebron (Arabic: البلدة القديمة الخليل Hebrew: עיר העתיקה של חברון) is the historic city centre of Hebron in the West Bank, Palestine. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida , which is approximately 200 meters (660 ft) west of ...
Louis-Hugues Vincent (1872-1960), a French monk and archaeologist who lived in Jerusalem, discusses the site in his two-volume work Hebron in 1923. [ citation needed ] In 1935, Zev Vilnay wrote that visitors were required to pay to access the site, and that it once connected to the Tomb of Machpela but was filled in during the First World War ...
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[5] [6] [14] [15] As Jesus travels towards Jerusalem through Perea he returns to the area where he was baptized. [16] [17] [18] Final week in Jerusalem The final part of Jesus' ministry begins (Matthew 21 and Mark 11) with his triumphal entry into Jerusalem after the raising of Lazarus which takes place in Bethany.
The province's Jewish population was now mainly concentrated in Galilee, the coastal plain (especially in Lydda, Joppa, and Caesarea), and smaller Jewish communities continued to live in the Beth She'an Valley, the Carmel, and Judea's northern and southern frontiers, including the southern Hebron Hills and along the shores of the Dead Sea. [34 ...
Hebron is a leading commercial and industrial center in the Levantine region. [263] The presence of minerals and resources in surroundings have increased the city's value. [263] It emerged as in important trade hub in the West Bank. [263] Hebron is most productive region in the country after Jerusalem–Bethlehem–Ramallah area.