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Ancient Carmel - Map of New Testament Israel

CAR`MEL (full of corn), i. A city of Judah on the Mountain of Carmel six miles south-east of Hebron. Nabal`s possession, 1 Sam. 25:2 ; seat of Saul`s trophy, 25:12 ; and Uzziah`s vineyards, 2 Chron. 26:10. ii. The bold promontory which forms the bay of Acre, 1500 feet high, separating Sharon from Esdraelon. Familiar by histories of Elijah and...

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Ancient Gilboa - Map of New Testament Israel

GIL-BO`A (wheel of inquiry), The mountain range on the south east of Esdraelon overlooking Jezreel, 1 Sam. 28:4. Scene of the defeat of Saul and Jonathan, 1 Sam. 31:1 ; 2 Sam. 1:6....

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Ancient Jerusalem - Map of New Testament Israel

JE-RU`SA-LEM (vision of peace) If not the Salem of Gen. 14:18, certainly the Jebus of the Old Testament until the time of David when the name Jerusalem was fully adopted. Situated in the southern portion of Benjamin, twenty-four miles from the Jordan and thirtyseven miles from the Mediterranean Sea near the summit of a broad mountain ridge. P...

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Ancient Damascus - Map of New Testament Israel

DA-MAS`CUS (sack full of blood, similitude of burning), A city of Syria east of Anti-Lebanus, and in the midst of a lovely and fertile plain opening on the Desert. Gen. 14:15 , 15:2 Contiguous region called "Syria of Damascus," 2 Sam. 8:5. Taken by David, 8: 5, 6, and by Jeroboam, 2 Kings 14:28. Afterwards subject to Assyria, Babylon, Persia, ...

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Ancient Dead Sea or Salt Sea - Map of New Testament Israel

DEAD SEA, Not so called until the second century. In Old Testament "the Salt Sea," and "Sea of the Plain."...

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Ancient Hebron - Map of New Testament Israel

HE`BRON (friendship), i. Third son of Kohath and uncle of Moses and Aaron, Ex. 6:18 ; Num. 3:19, 27. ii. In 1 Chron. 2:42 a place is probably meant. iii. A city of Judah among the mountains twenty miles south of Jerusalem. It was one of the most ancient cities of Canaan, Num. 13:22 ; was known to Abraham, Gen. 13:18. Its original name was Arb...

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Ancient Judea - Map of New Testament Israel

JU-DAE`A, JU-DE`A (land of Judah), In a general sense the whole of Israel, but more particularly that southern portion which constituted the kingdom of Judah, viz., the allotments of Judah, Benjamin, and parts of Simeon and Dan. Word first used in Dan. 5:13. Became general after the captivity, Ezra 5:8 ; Neh. 11:3 ; Matt, 19:1 ; Mark 10:1. Un...

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Ancient Bethany - Map of New Testament Israel

BETH`A-NY (house of song, or affliction), A village of Israel, on the slope of Olivet, about four miles from Jerusalem, now called Lazarieh, "village of Lazarus," Mark 11:1 ; Luke 19:29....

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Ancient Decapolis - Map of New Testament Israel

DE-CAP`0-LIS (ten cities). An illy defined province of Syria and Israel created by the Romans, lying on both sides of the Jordan but principally on the east. The ten cities it contained according to Pliny were: Scythopolis, Hippos, Gadera, Pella, Philadelphia, Gerasa, Dion, Canatha, Damascus and Raphana, Matt. 4:25; Mark 5:20; 7:31...

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Ancient Hermon - Map of New Testament Israel

HER`MON (lofty, prominent). The most conspicuous and beautiful mountain in Israel. It is the southern point of the Anti-Lebanon range, at the head waters of the Jordan. Called Sirion by Sidonians, Shenir by Amorites, and Sion in Deut. 4:4S. It was the great northern landmark of the Hebrews. Height 10,000 feet, Josh, 11:17; Deut. 3:8....

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