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Negev. / 30.833°N 34.750°E / 30.833; 34.750. The Negev ( / ˈnɛɡɛv / NEG-ev; Hebrew: הַנֶּגֶב, romanized : hanNégev) or Negeb ( Arabic: ٱلنَّقَب, romanized : an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 214,162), in the north.
Desert of Paran. The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (also sometimes spelled Pharan or Faran; Hebrew: מִדְבַּר פָּארָן, Midbar Pa'ran ), is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the places where the Israelites spent part of their 40 years of wandering after the Exodus, and was also a home to Ishmael, and a ...
From the Wilderness and Lebanon - An Israeli soldier's story of war and recovery ( Hebrew: מן המדבר והלבנון) is the English translation of the first book by Israeli author Asael Lubotzky . The book records his experiences when serving as an officer in the Israeli army during the 2006 Lebanon War and recounts autobiographically his ...
Massah ( Hebrew: מַסָּה) and Meribah ( Hebrew: מְרִיבָה, also spelled " Mirabah ") are place names found in the Hebrew Bible. The Israelites are said to have travelled through Massah and Meribah during the Exodus, although the continuous list of visited stations in Numbers 33 does not mention this. In Exodus 17:7, Meribah is ...
Golden calf. According to the Bible and the Quran, the golden calf ( Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized : ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "the sin of the calf" ( Hebrew: חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל, romanized : ḥēṭəʾ ...
Saul, Israel's first king, built a fort there for his campaign against the Amalekites (I Samuel 14:48 and 15:2–9). The prophet Elijah took refuge in Beersheba when Jezebel ordered him killed (I Kings 19:3). The prophet Amos mentions the city in regard to idolatry (Amos 5:5 and 8:14).
Estimated at 5,000–7,000 (30,000 according to Yalkut Me'am Loez) Casualties and losses. Unknown, but relatively few. Very heavy. The Battle of Refidim (or Rephidim ), as described in the Bible, took place between the Israelites and the Amalekites, which occurred in Rephidim while the former were moving towards the Promised Land.
According to the Hebrew Bible, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz (himself the son of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites and the brother of Israel) and Eliphaz's concubine Timna. Timna was a Horite and sister of Lotan. [2] According to a midrash, Timna was a princess who tried to convert to Judaism. However, she was rejected by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.