Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Gilgal is mentioned 39 times, in particular in the Book of Joshua, as the place where the Israelites camped after crossing the Jordan River (Joshua 4:19 – 5:12). [1] The Hebrew term Gilgal most likely means "circle of stones". [2] Its name appears in Koine Greek on the Madaba Map. [3]
Similarly, the prophet Elijah used twelve stones (Hebrew: אֲבָנִים, romanized: ʾəvānim, lit. 'stones') to build an altar (1 Kings 18:30–31). The stones were from a broken altar that had been built on Mount Carmel before the First Temple was erected. Upon the completion of the Temple, offerings on other altars became forbidden.
An ancient underground quarry in the Jordan Valley was discovered in 2009 by University of Haifa archeologists. [3] [4] The quarry is located about 3 miles (5 km) north of Jericho, West Bank. [3] [4] [5]
The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.
Port city Aqaba, in southern Jordan, is packed with beach resorts; they’re ideal for a diving or water sports holiday. Aqaba Marine Park is a popular place from which to dive into the Red Sea ...
December 12, 2023 at 11:48 PM. ... The Rev Ron Johnson and Reggie White baptize a member of the Heavenly International Tour of the Holy Land in the River Jordan, near Tiberias, Israel in 1998. ...
[12] All Old and New ... of around 230 feet (70 m), is made of boulders and stones. ... is the site where the Sea of Galilee's water flows into the Jordan River, to ...
The Ring of Brodgar is a massive ceremonial stone circle dating back to the third millennium BC, and the Stones of Stenness was once a circle of 12 stones with a central hearth built more than ...