A. Upper Galilee
NOTE:
Both Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee information is combined and listed under Lower Galilee. |
B. Lower Galilee
1. It is divided between Upper Galilee (3,000 to 4,000 feet) and Lower
Galilee (1,500 feet)
a. Upper: Litani River (Leontes) to Valley of Beth Hakerem - Famous for olive trees
b. Lower: Valley of Beth Hakerem to the Hills of Samaria
2. Part of the land that Moses saw before his death - Deuteronomy 34:2
3. Part of the northern confederacy against Joshua - Joshua 11:2
4. Area was captured by Joshua - Joshua 11:1-15
5. Settled by the Tribes of Asher, Zebulun, Issachar and Naphtali - Joshua 20:7; 21:32; I
Chronicles 6:76
6. Later parts of it were given to Hiram - I Kings 9:10-14
7. Taken by Tiglath Pileser III - II Kings 15:29
8. Taken by Aristobulus I and made part of the Hasmonean Kingdom
9. Isaiah gave a unique prophecy concerning Galilee (Isaiah 9:1-2) which was fulfilled in
the ministry of Jesus (Matthew 4:12-16, 23)
10. Herod was tetrarch of Galilee - Luke 3:1
11. Area of Jesus’ ministry:
a. Matthew
(1) 2:22
(2) 3:13
(3) 4:12, 23, 25
(4) 17:22
(5) 19:1
(6) 21:11
(7) 26:32, 69
(8) 27:55
(9) 28:7, 10, 16
b. Mark
(1) 1:14, 28, 39
(2) 3:7
(3) 6:21
(4) 9:30
(5) 14:28
(6) 15:41
(7) 16:7
c. Luke
(1) 2:4, 39
(2) 4:14, 44
(3) 5:17
(4) 8:26
(5) 17:11
(6) 23:5-6, 49, 55
(7) 24:6
d. John
(1) 1:43
(2) 4:3, 43, 45, 47, 54
(3) 7:1, 9, 41, 52
12. Area of Apostolic Ministry: Acts
a. 1:11
b. 9:31
c. 10:37
d. 13:31
13. Galilee was an area which the Jews began to settle as a result of
the Zionist movement
14. The first settlement in Upper Galilee was Rosh Pinna (1882) and in Lower Galilee it was
Ilania (1899) |
C. The Hill Country of Ephraim
1. Size: 40 x 50 miles
2. Heavily wooded - Joshua 17:15-18
3. Part of the land that Moses saw - Deuteronomy 34:2
4. Taken by Joshua at the fall of Ai - Joshua 8:1-35
5. The Anakim were cut off from here - Joshua 11:21
6. Settled by the Tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh - Joshua 17:14-18
7. Contained Shechem, one of the cities of refuge - Joshua 21:21; I Chronicles 6:67
8. Home of Joshua - Joshua 19:49-50
9. Burial place of Joshua - Judges 2:9
10. Eleazer was buried here - Joshua 24:33
11. It revolted against Cush Rishathaim - Judges 3:27
12. Home of Deborah - Judges 4:5
13. Revolted against Midian - Judges 7:24
14. Home of Tola, one of the Judges of Israel - Judges 10:1
15. Where the story of Micah and the Levite took place - Judges 17:1 18:26
16. The Tribe of Dan passed through here on their migration to the north - Judges 18:2
17. Home of the Levite and his concubine - Judges 19:1, 18
18. Home of the man who took the Levite in - Judges 19:16
19. Home of Samuel the Prophet - I Samuel 1:1
20. Saul searched for his asses - I Samuel 9:4
21. Hiding place for Jews during Philistine occupation - I Samuel 14:22
22. Home of Sheba who led the second revolt against David - II Samuel 20:21
23. The First Solomonic District - I Kings 4:8
24. Mentioned in Gehazi’s lie - II Kings 5:22
25. Abijah made his speech to Jeroboam condemning him for his failure to obey - II Chronicles
13:4-12
26. Asa cleansed the cities he took in this area - II Chronicles 15:8
27. Marked the northern area of Jehoshaphat’s evangelistic campaigns - II Chronicles
19:4
28. Foreigners were settled into this area by Assyria - II Kings 17:26
29. In the Prophets - Jeremiah 4:15; 31:6; 50:19 |
D. The Hill Country of Judah
1. Size: 50 x 20 miles
2. Part of the area that Moses saw - Deuteronomy 34:2
3. United against Joshua - Joshua 9:1
4. Taken by Joshua - Joshua 10:1-14, 36-39
5. The Anakim were cut off - Joshua 11:21
6. Sections given to the Tribe of Levi - Joshua 21:11
7. The fortified cities in the Hill Country were destroyed by Sennacherib - II Kings 18:13
8. It was developed by Jotham - II Chronicles 27:4
9. Home of Elizabeth and Zacharias - Luke 1:65 |
E. The Wilderness of Judah
1. From Wadi Kelt in the north to the Negev in the south
2. Size: 15 x 50 miles
3. Area where the Benjaminites were defeated - Judges 20:42, 45, 47
4. Some of David’s hiding places during the flight from Saul - I Samuel 23:14-26:3;
Psalm 3:superscription
5. Part of David’s flight from Absalom - II Samuel 17:16
6. Uzziah built towers in the Wilderness - II Chronicles 26:10
7. It was a place of refuge for the Maccabees under Jonathan in the years 160-155 B.C.
8. Area where John the Baptist grew up - Luke 1:80
9. Where John received his call - Luke 3:2
10. Site of the preaching of John the Baptist - Matthew 3:1-4; 11:7; Mark 1:3 4; Luke 3:4;
7:24; John 1:23
11. The 40 days of fasting and the first temptation of Jesus - Matthew 4:1 4; Mark 1:12-13;
Luke 4:1
12. The home of over sixty monasteries which developed since the fourth century, especially
Greek Orthodox; a number of which continue to exist to this day:
a. St. George - Originally called Cosiba, it was rebuilt in the nineteenth
century
b. Karantal (Quarantal) - A nineteenth century monastery built near the remains of Douka,
founded in 340 B.C. by Chariton, the father of Judean Desert monasticism
c. Theodosius - The largest in the Judean Desert, built in the fifth century and
measures 221 feet by 328 feet
d. Mar Saba - The burial place of Saint Sabas who founded ten different monasteries |
F. The Negev
1. Basic Facts
a. Average rainfall: 5-8 inches
(1) Twelve inches in the North
(2) Almost zero in the Eilat area
b. Western Negev - Flat, dusty plain slashed with wadis
c. Eastern Negev - Mountainous terrain composed of flint, limestone, chalk,
dolomite and granite
2. One of the homes of Abraham - Genesis 12:9; 13:1; 20:1; 21:14; 20 21
3. Where Ishmael grew up - Genesis 21:14; 20-21
4. Major area of the Wilderness Wanderings -
Numbers 10:12; 12:16; 13:3, 26; Judges 11:16, 18; 14:1-45
5. The 12 spies were sent to the Land from here - Numbers 13:17, 22, 29
6. Part of the area seen by Moses - Deuteronomy 34:2
7. Taken by Joshua - Joshua 11:16
8. Taken by the Tribe of Judah - Judges 1:9
9. Settled by the Tribes of Judah and Simeon - Judges 1:16
10. Raided by David while he abode in Ziglag - I Samuel 27:10
11. Elijah fled here from Jezebel - I Kings 19:4-7
12. Taken by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz - II Chronicles 28:18
13. In the Prophets - Obadiah 19
14. Civilization development a. Nabatean b. Roman c. Byzantine - 100,000 people
15. Jewish settlement began with Negba in 1939 and in 1943 with Revivim, Gevulot and Beit
Eshel
16. 1946 - Eleven more settlements established all in one day: Yom Kippur
17. 1948 - 26 total settlements
18. 160 mile pipeline from Sea of Galilee supplies water for Negev settlements
19. Today - Sixty percent of the land area of Israel but only 10 percent of the population
20. The Makteshim - The Negev is pockmarked by three craters which may have been
caused by the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah:
a. Hamaktesh Hakatan - The Little Crater
(1) Approximately three by five miles
(2) Drained by Wadi Hatzera which runs into Wadi Zin
(3) The rim rises 250 feet above the floor
(4) Uniqueness: It is almost perfectly circular with steep walls
b. Hamaktesh Hagadol - The Big Crater
(1) Approximately four by eight miles
(2) The rim is 250 feet above the floor
(3) Has steep slopes on top but gentle sloping on the bottom
(4) Contains fossils of coral reefs, sea lilies and sea urchins
c. Maktesh Ramon - The Great Crater
(1) Approximately five by 25 miles
(2) The rim rises 375 feet above the floor
(3) Subdivided into two valleys by Mount Ardon
(a) The Ardon Valley - Drained by Wadi Nekarot via Wadi Haririm,
Wadi Geled and Wadi Hotit
(b) The Mahmal Valley
(4) It has steep slopes on top and gentle slopes on the bottom
(5) Contains a great variety of geological phenomena |
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