Safed (Zefat) City associated with Jewish mysticism in the Galilee at the ascent of Mt. Kena’an, 845-900 meters (2952 feet) above sea level. The origin of the name is not known. Perhaps from the Hebrew root zafa (to observe or watch) since the city is a natural […]
Read more →Samarian Hills (I Kings 16:24) Large hilly region in the center of the country. Bounded in the north by the Jezreel Valley, in the northwest by the Iron Valley, in the west by the Sharon Plain, in the south by the Judean Hills and in the east […]
Read more →Sartaba (Alexandrion) http://www.northfieldlines.com/online-payday-loans-texas-direct-lenders Cone-shaped hill overlooking the Jordan Valley, 6 km. west of Adam Bridge (Damiya). Height: 377 meters (1237 feet) above sea level. At summit is Alexandrion fortress built by King Alexander Yannai (ca. 126-76 BCE) or by Queen Salome Alexandra (Shelomziyyon HaMalka) in 90 BCE. […]
Read more →Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) (Joshua 12:3) Sweet water lake in the northern Jordan Valley known as the Sea of Galilee or Lake Kinneret and associated with the miracles of Jesus. It is bounded on the east by the Golan Heights, the west by the mountains of […]
Read more →Shephelah – Judean Foothills (Jeremiah 17:26) atv loans with bad credit Hilly region in the center of country between the Judean Hills in the east and the Coastal Plain in the west. Bounded by the Samarian Hills in the north and the Negeb in the south. Its […]
Read more →Shechem (Nablus) (Genesis 33:18) Arab city in Samarian Hills between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal. Site of ancient city continuously occupied from Bronze Age to the present-day. History: Shechem is mentioned in Egyptian writings from 19th century BCE and in Tell el Amarna letters from the 14th […]
Read more →Shiloh (Shillo) (Joshua 18:1 etc.) Ruins of the ancient city of Shiloh. Religious center after the Israelite Conquest (Joshua 18:1). The Benjaminites seized daughters of Shiloh for wives as they came out to dance (Judges 21:19-23). Apparently destroyed by the Philistines after their victory over the Israelites […]
Read more →Shivta (Subeita, Isbeita) Ruins of ancient city in Negev south of the Beersheba-Nizzana road, 9 miles to the west of Sede Boqer. Originally it was a Nabatean road station, which was apparently built in the 1st century BCE; it reached its prime in the Byzantine Period when […]
Read more →Sodom (Genesis 13:10) “And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you came unto […]
Read more →St. George’ s Monastery (Deir Mar Jiryes) Greek Orthodox monastery in the Judean Desert, built on the mountain side of Wadi Qilt ravine, 5 km. west of Jericho. Believed to stand on site of 4th century synagogue founded by John of Coziba and extended and enlarged in […]
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