Bible Map of Mt Ebal Mt Gerizim
Bible Map of Mt Ebal Mt Gerizim. 3D Map of Shechem, Mount Ebal, and Mount Gerizim in what was Central Canaan, in the heart of the Promised Land.
Shechem
Map of Battle at Ai
Map of Battle at Ai
3D map of Battle at Ai of the Israelites, led by Joshua during their invasion of Canaan.
Battle at Ai
Bible Map of Gibeon
Bible Map of Gibeon
Bible map of Gibeon, city that tricks Joshua into peace treaty. 3D map of Gibeon and Gilgal. Gibeon tricked Joshua into agreeing to a peace treaty when other cities were destroyed.
Gibeon tricks Joshua
Map of Assyrian invasion into Judah
Map of Assyrian invasion into Judah
Map Isaiah 10 Assyrian Invasion into Judah
Assyrians at the Gate of Jerusalem
3D Bible map for Jonah
Shechem and Samaria, capitals of Israel
Shechem and Samaria, capitals of Israel
Israel's capital cities
The northern Jewish nation of Israel had three capitals. Shechem was the first. Samaria became the most famous...infamous because of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel who ruled there. Tirzah was capital in between the time of Jeroboam's Shechem and Samaria, built by Ahab's father, Omri.Shechem first
"King Jeroboam built up Shechem as his capital city, in the hills of Ephraim’s tribe. He did the same for the city of Peniel.Jeroboam's fear
Jeroboam said, 'These tribes of Israel could very well reunite under a king from David’s family. If they continue their tradition of worshiping in Jerusalem, their hearts might draw them back to their legitimate king. If that happens, they’ll kill me first. And then King Rehoboam of Judah will welcome them back.'The solution: new worship centers
So, the king talked with his advisors about how to handle this problem. They agreed to create northern places for the people to worship. And they made two golden calves. Jeroboam told the people, 'Enough is enough. You’ve gone up to Jerusalem long enough. So, we’re bringing closer to home the gods who led you out of Egypt.'Golden calves again
He put one golden calf in a shrine he set up at Bethel. And he put another one in the far north, at Dan. The people of Israel worshiped at these shrines. It was a sinful thing to do. Jeroboam also built hilltop shrines throughout the land. And he appointed priests who were not from the tribe God had chosen for priests. God assigned men from the tribe of Levi—the Levites—to serve as priests for all the people." (1 Kings 12:25-32)For more Bible features
Stephen M. Miller's website , The Casual English Bible, and Bible YouTube channelShechem and Samaria
Saul’s hunt for lost donkeys
Saul's hunt for lost donkeys
The good donkey herder Saul goes looking for his lost donkeys
1 SAMUEL 9
SAUL HUNTS DONKEY, FINDS PROPHET
Kish had some donkeys that strayed one day. So he told Saul, “Take a servant with you and round up the strays.”
They searched up and down Ephraim’s hills, and in the territories of Shalishah and Shaalim, and all over Benjamin’s tribal land. No luck. By the time they reached the territory of Zuph, Saul told the young man traveling with him, “We’d better get home. Before long, my dad’s going to start worrying about us instead of the donkeys.”
But the young man said, “Before we go home, there’s a man in the nearby town you might want to see. He serves God. People respect him. Whenever he says something will happen, it happens. Let’s go see him. Maybe he’ll help us finish what we started.”
That man was the prophet Samuel. And he was looking for the man God has selected to become the first king of Israel. Saul was that man.
Saul never found the lost donkeys. They got home some other way. By the time Saul got home, he had become the king of Israel...a job he didn't seem to want.
Saul hunts for lost donkeys