Jacob returns to Bethel (35:1-28) God came to Jacob when he was in danger of being annihilated by the people of the land. 1. God also said to him, I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you. 3. 19 He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred [] pieces of money. (Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of . (c) In the Jewish tractate Pirqe Abhoth, iii.l, we read of a Jew named 'Aqabhyah, which is a name composed of the same verbal root as that in Jacob, together with the Divine name Yahu (i.e. 13 The bondage of the will is a soteriological concept, unrelated to our present discussion. The two unworthy sons of Samuel were Judges in Beersheba (1 Sam 8:2) and Zibiah, mother of King Jehoash, was born there (2 Ki 12:1; 2 Ch 24:1). JACOB. The Torah does not tell us anything about what happened to her for the remainder of her life, nor if she ever married and raised a family. Abraham saw Moriah at some little distance (Genesis 22:4) on the third day; the distance, two days' journey from Beersheba, would just bring him to Zion, but not so far as Moreh and Gerizim (Genesis 12:6) where some fix Moriah. And now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me. And she said to him, Speak. Then he said, Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife. And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak to the king for you. So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.Beersheba in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Josh 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Josh 15:28). (3.) It was thirty years after Jacob's vow to return to Bethel that he determined to fulfill it, and this in light of the fact that Bethel lay only thirty miles from Shechem. (See JEHOVAH JIREH; GERIZIM.) Jacob had built a house in Succoth (33:17) and formed alliances in Shechem with the Canaanites, which would have brought about the ruin of the nation that was to emerge from Jacobs descendants. Jacob actually purchased a some land at Shechem. What Jehovah has made one see (this hophal mowreh occurs four times in the Pentateuch, nowhere in later books) "the vision of Jehovah". Here Solomon's temple was built, on the spot that had been the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite (2 Sam. 23 The command of our Lord, This be doing in remembrance of Me (Luke 22:19, my translation), is a present imperative, suggesting a continuing observance through the ages, till He comes (cf. Jacob leaves Beersheba and flees to Haran in c.1703BC. 6:2, 18). Then she said, I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you. So she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife. And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? In the cave of Machpelah all the patriarchs and their wives, except Rachel, were buried (49:30 f; 50:13). And Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachels grave to this day (Genesis 35:16-20). The burial of Isaac was a cooperative effort of both Jacob and Esau. They were lost years, for they were a time of independence and disobedience on Jacobs part. An incident later in the history of Israel helps us to grasp what prompted this act and the penalty exacted by Jacob. I have previously suggested that Jacob would have felt obliged to give the tithe that he had promised (28:22), which might have been a bitter pill to swallow. Insofar as the Scriptures report, God had been silent for nearly ten years, ever since He had commanded Jacob to leave Paddan-aram and return to Bethel (31:3).12 The question must be asked, Why did God wait so long to instruct Jacob to get on with the matter of returning to Bethel, as He had clearly commanded him earlier? To me, the answer is quite simpleuntil now Jacob wasnt listening. Joseph's Bones and God's Faithfulness Believing at Midnight The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. Deborah and Rachel died before he reached Hebron; Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, was sold into Egypt eleven years before the death of Isaac; and Jacob had probably exceeded his 130th year when he went tither. That which was promised he would have received in some good way; but Jacob and his mother, distrusting God's promise, sought the promised blessing in a wrong way, and received with it trouble and sorrow. HOHAM (which see), king of Hebron, was one of the five kings defeated by Joshua at Beth-horon and slain at Makkedah (Josh 10:3 f). Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. Ya'acov) was the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham the first Hebrew. The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. Tanis) in Egypt (Nu 13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities," perhaps because divided at one time into four quarters, but according to Jewish writers so called because four patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Adam were buried there. Egypt. In the 40th year of David's reign 2,700 of them, at Jazer in Gilead, "mighty men of valor," superintended for the king the two and a half tribes "in matters pertaining to God and the king" (1 Chronicles 26:30- 32); Jerijah was their chief. Jacob died there 17 years later, and Joseph carried Jacob's remains to the land of Canaan, where he gave them stately burial in the same Cave of Machpelah as were buried Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca and Jacob's wife Leah (Genesis 49:29- 50:14 ) Genesis 26:18 - And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Leviticus 26:42 - Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Deuteronomy 30:20 - That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.Genesis 25:21 - And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Genesis 35:12 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.Genesis 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.Joshua 24:4 - And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.Genesis 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.Genesis 22:9 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.2 Chronicles 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.Deuteronomy 29:13 - That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Jeremiah 33:26 - Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.Deuteronomy 9:5 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Genesis 27:22 - And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.Exodus 33:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:Amos 7:16 - Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.Genesis 28:6 - When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Exodus 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.Deuteronomy 6:10 - And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,1 Kings 18:36 - And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.Genesis 22:3 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.Genesis 28:13 - And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Romans 9:7 - Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Genesis 17:19 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.Genesis 22:2 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.Genesis 25:20 - And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 32:9 - And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:Deuteronomy 1:8 - Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.1 Chronicles 29:18 - O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: Beersheba in Easton's Bible Dictionary well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). At the close of the fourteen years of service, Jacob desired to return to his parents, but at the entreaty of Laban he tarried yet six years with him, tending his flocks (31:41). A Hivite chieftain named Hamor was the father of a man named Shechem, who lived in the city that bore his name. Walking in the path which God has revealed to us is not strolling along some rose petal-strewn pathway, free from the adversities of life. In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name --Bir es-Seba. It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. northeast of Tel Aviv. Gods will can be resisted for a season and at a great price, but ultimately God will create an atmosphere in which we will gladly hear and obey. How old was Dinah when when she visited the daughters of Shechem in Exodus 13:14ff. A city in the south of territory of the tribe of Judah 1Sa 30:27 -3. The well dug by Abraham and secured to him by oath had been covered and lost. He, like Adonijah, was the older brother, who would have been expected to assume the rights of the firstborn. Its Position: Geographically Beersheba marked the southern limit of Judah, though theoretically this extended to the "river of Egypt" (Gen 15:18)--the modern Wady el`Avish--60 miles farther south. But I took your . Jacob stayed at the brook Jabbok, near Peniel, the night. The southern limit of the Holy Land, as Dan in the N.: "from Dan to Beersheba" (compare in David's census, 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Samuel 24:2-7) comprehends the whole. Hebron is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing; and in this respect it is the rival of Damascus. 4. 21:17); (3) the priestly office in the family (Num. 7. 8:17; 12:16).Bethel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("house of God".) He was presented to Pharaoh, and dwelt for seventeen years in Rameses and Goshen, and died in his 147th year. [2][3] Before the birth of Benjamin, Jacob is renamed "Israel" by an angel, the name after which the modern nation of Israel is named. Oak. 34:30). When he stood before Pharaoh he was thirty (41:46). Patriarchal Era: Shechem -Archaeological & Contextual Significance As we will see, this choice had tragic consequences. At this point, Joseph was the youngest son (Gen 33:2) and the only child of Rachel. Caleb drove out from Hebron the "three sons of Anak" (Josh 14:12; 15:14); it became one of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:54), but was set apart for the Kohathite Levites (Josh 21:10 f), and became a city of refuge (Josh 20:7). From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. History of the City. 2. "Seven wells" is improbable on etymological grounds; the numeral should in that case be first. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. While all of the men of Shechem had been put to the sword, the women and children were taken alive. At the western end is another, 85 ft. long by 55 broad. But in closing the life of Isaac it is proper to mention his death, though in reality this did not occur for another twelve years. And his mother's name [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.Genesis 21:32 - Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.2 Samuel 17:11 - Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.2 Samuel 24:15 - So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.2 Chronicles 19:4 - And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.Judges 20:1 - Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.2 Samuel 3:10 - To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.2 Samuel 24:7 - And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, [even] to Beersheba.1 Kings 4:25 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.Genesis 21:33 - And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.Genesis 46:1 - And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.1 Samuel 3:20 - And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD.1 Kings 19:3 - And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.Genesis 21:31 - Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.1 Samuel 8:2 - Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.Genesis 26:33 - And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.Joshua 19:2 - And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,1 Chronicles 4:28 - And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,Nehemiah 11:27 - And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and [in] the villages thereof,Genesis 28:10 - And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 18 Both in verse 4 and verse 8, the oak tree is called the oak, not an oak. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). For twenty long years, Jacob most likely imagined how and when Esau would settle the score. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). It was afterwards known as Mamre. ), suffering, and sorrow (II Corinthians 6:4-5; 12:7-10). of God, a favorite name for Abraham; compare Jas 2:23). En reise fra min hukommelse March 24, 2021 There, Jacob called the people to 'put away the foreign gods that are among you' so they buried their household gods, treating them as 'dead . There he met with Rachel (29). 9. There is not so much as a hint that Esau still intended to carry out his threat from years past that he would get even with Jacob once his father died (cf. Hebron. . This is the first parcel of the Promised Land owned by a descendant, since Abraham buys the cave for Sarah . If you have a family, be sure to set aside time for devotions with your spouse and children. Jacob shows us, Matthew Henry writes, that "where we have a tent God must have an altar, where we have a house he must have a church in it.". Now there were twelve sons of Jacobthe sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacobs first-born, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; and the sons of Bilhah, Rachels maid: Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Leahs maid: Gad and Asher. You must, in biblical terminology, be born again (John 3:3); you must be saved (Acts 4:12; 16:31). A piece of land It states, "For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.". Not many years after the Israelites read of the burial (literally, hiding) of these pagan artifacts, they would be called upon by Joshua to put away their foreign gods. By the time Jacob was in Shechem, Dinah was of a marriageable age (cf. After promising to meet Esau at Seir (33:14), Jacob traveled the opposite direction, first to Succoth, then to Shechem. There cannot be renewal without obedience. Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. The town was situated in a narrow valley - the "Valley of the Eschol; " whose sides are clothed with vineyards, groves of olives, and other fruit trees. The faith of Jacob must become the faith of his children. Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). 31:41). If anything, this constitutes evidence Israel was aware that God wanted him to keep his oath at Bethel. Far worse, it had been ten years since Jacob had left Laban and returned to the land of promise. Jacobs renewal at Bethel necessitated several actions on Jacobs part. Evidently the threshing floor on Moriah was near the real Mount Zion, the city of David (on the eastern not the western half of Jerusalem).Mount Moriah in Hitchcock's Bible Names bitterness of the LordMount Moriah in Smiths Bible Dictionary (chosen by Jehovah). But in the final analysis we will do what God has purposed. That very night the Angel of the Lord wrestled with him in a dream (Gen. 32:24-32) and because Jacob strove with God and prevailed the Lord changed his name to Israel. He kidnapped her and forced her to stay and live with him. 1837. In obedience to the command of God, Jacob finally returned to Bethel, and there he built an altar, calling the place El-Bethel, for the God of Bethel had revealed Himself there. Jacob's love for Rachel, made him ask Laban that he would work 7 years if he could marry Rachel at the end. 20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. --ED.) 13:22). 1. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. Is this not the very thing which motivates us to be faithful and encourages us when we have failed? There seems to be little question but what Bilhah was a woman who was far from young. In the morning Jacob set up "for a pillar" the stone which had served as his pillow (Gen 28:18; see PILLAR, matstsebhah), poured oil upon it and called the name of the place Bethel, "house of God"; that is, of God whose epiphany was for him associated with the pillar. Shechem is located about 30 miles (48 km.) Later he journeyed southward and dwelt at Hebron which was the location of the events around his son Joseph. Here also Jacob dug a well for his many herds. The next morning Esau came, and his desire was to be kind to his brother (Gen. 33:1-16). Bethel is the name given by anticipation to the place; appropriately so, as Abram virtually made it the "house of God." Isaac was 60 years (old when Jacob was born Genesis 25:26). Bethel in Easton's Bible Dictionary house of God. 5. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. 20:1; 1 Chr. Besides the frequent mention of his name in conjunction with the names of the other two patriarchs, there are distinct references to the events in the life of Jacob in four books of the New Testament - Joh 1:51; 4:5,12; Ac 7:12,16; Ro 9:11-13; Heb 11:21; 12:16Jacob in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE I. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? it is the Eastern eminence of Jerusalem, separated from Mount Zion by the Tyropoeon valley. He divided the children between Leah and Rachel and the two maidservants. These Canaanites undoubtedly kept their gods with them (or made new ones) when they were taken captive. Wilderness of, Hagar miraculously sees a well in Ge 21:14-19 An angel fed Elijah in 1Ki 19:5,7Beersheba in Smith's Bible Dictionary (well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Israel which formed the southern limit of the country. Not only did Abram live here in Shechem. He said, "Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau." God reminded Jacob of his vow. 16 Up here does not mean north, for Bethel was south. ESV And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. The third lesson has to do with reaping what we have sown (cf. One Step Forward(33:1-16) Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. And then His purposes will be realized in our lives. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, etc.). It states that even after Simeon and Levi slew the city of Shechem, Dinah refused to leave captivity. Gene 23:19 About a mile from the town, up the valley, is one of the largest oak trees in Israel. When Jacob fled from his brother Esau he laid down to sleep for the night at Bethel, where he met the Lord and received the vision of the heavenly ladder (Gen. 28:11-22). Second, it designates a specific oak, probably one that could be pointed out in Moses day (cf. All day long he is gracious and lends; And his descendants are a blessing (Psalm 37:23-26). The tumultuous Dinah affair also occurred during Jacob's stay at Shechem. Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. And God said to him, Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name. Thus He called him Israel. In the first great revolt 1 Chronicles 12:38 - All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel [were] of one heart to make David king.2 Samuel 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.2 Samuel 3:19 - And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.1 Chronicles 29:27 - And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.2 Samuel 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.1 Kings 2:11 - And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.Joshua 10:39 - And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.2 Samuel 3:20 - So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day." It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. 13. Jacob has many faults, but he is committed to serving the Lord. We may be like those in the church at Ephesus, who have lost their first love (Revelation 2:4), or those at Laodicea who, due to their wealth and security, considered themselves to be doing well spiritually when they were destitute, cold, and indifferent (Revelation 3:15-17). He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. Islam sees Jacob (Ya'qub) as a Prophet of Islam and Muslims believe that he preached the same monotheistic faith as his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Now Gods people will be begotten through all the sons of Jacob.20. 11:30). Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. Map of the Journeys & History of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob It was the extreme border of the cultivated land. The word again particularly inclines us toward this conclusion. Did Jacob mislead his brother Esau in Genesis 33:14?