Yavneh (Jabneel; Jabneh; Jamnia; Ybellin) (II Chronicles 26:6) Town on Coastal Plain. Site of ancient Jabneh. Ancient Jabneh: This Biblical city first called Jabneel, then Jabneh, was located in the tribal allotment of Judah. “And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the […]
Read more →Yizre’el; Jezreel (Josh. 19:18) Now a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley, with same name as the Biblical city of Jezreel (Yizre’el in Hebrew), whose name was preserved in that of abandoned neighboring village Zar’in. Ancient Jezreel: Biblical Jezreel was included in the tribal allotment of Issachar. Saul […]
Read more →Method Data Points Included Zippori (Sepphoris) (Diocaesarea) History: First mentioned in connection with the war fought nearby by Alexander Yannai (103 BCE). In the days of Gabinius it was the center of the Galilee and seat of a small Sanhedrin. According to Christian tradition it is the […]
Read more →Zorah (Tzora) (Joshua 19: 41) Kibbutz named after the Biblical city of Zorah, identified at adjacent Tell Sora. Close by, near a spring, is a tel with remains of structures and shards from the Iron Age, and Roman and Byzantine Periods. To the southwest are 2 mounds where […]
Read more →Suseya Ruins of large Byzantine settlement in the southern Judean Hills. Cisterns and caves are scattered over a large area. In the center of the ruin are remains of one of the most splendid synagogues yet discovered in the country. Apparently built in the 4th century, […]
Read more →Gath “From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:” (Joshua 13:3) www.metalpol.com/payday-loans-no-interest The ancient city of […]
Read more →Rehoboth (in the Negeb) (Genesis 26:22) Large settlement ruins in the Negeb. “And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for […]
Read more →Timnah (Genesis 36:40) “And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth…” Copper mine in the southern Arabah, 15.5 miles north of Elath. A mining company began […]
Read more →Gaza (Azza) (Josh. 15:47) Arab city on southern Coastal Plain in heart of Gaza Strip. The Hebrew Azza is from ancient Semitic word meaning might. The archaeological mound of the ancient city is located near the shore, within the boundaries of the modern city. Gaza is the […]
Read more →Ophrah The Arab village Tayiba in the Samarian Hills, 6 miles northeast of Ramallah, is believed to be the site of ancient Ophrah, a city in the Benjamin tribal allotment: “And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned […]
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