Qarantal (Deir el Quruntul) (Monastery of the Temptation or of the Forty Days) (Mark 1:13; Matthew 4:2) Greek Orthodox monastery 4 km. (2.5 miles) northwest of Jericho built onto the side of a sheer cliff, overlooking the Jericho oasis; one of the most fabulous locations in the Holy […]
Read more →Qidron Stream (Kidron Valley) (II Samuel 15:23; I Kings 2:37; I Kings 15:13; Jeremiah 31:40) Called in the Bible Brook of Kidron and appears many times. The stream, often called the Kedron Valley, originates in Jerusalem between Mt. Scopus and the Old City, and empties into the […]
Read more →Qumran (Mezad Hasidim) Remains of a settlement from the days of the Second Temple, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Located near the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. Two Bedouin shepherds accidentally came across a clay jar in a cave that contained the now world-famous […]
Read more →(El) Qubeiba (in the Judean Hills) (Luke 24:18) Arab village in Judean Hills. Site of Crusader settlement called Mahomaria Lapetita in Spanish. The Frankish name was Parva Mahomaria. Both names are translations of the Arabic Qubeiba, which means “little dome.” http://religionfilm.com/it/loans-for-bad According to a late Christian tradition, […]
Read more →Rachel’s Tomb (Genesis 35:19) (Matthew 2:16-18) Holy tomb at northern entrance to Bethlehem. Ancient tradition designates the site as the burial place of the matriarch Rachel: “So Rachel died and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is Bethlehem)” (Genesis 35:19). Other sources locate the […]
Read more →Rehob (Rehov) Name derives from ancient Rehob. Now a Moshav 4 km. south of Bet She’an, near an ancient synagogue. Tel Rehov to the northeast, is the tel of an ancient settlement identified with Biblical Rehob. Adjacent is a ruin of a Moslem holy shrine called Sheikh […]
Read more →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 →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 →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 […]
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