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• NegevBible

  The Negev is an Old Testament place name for the arid region south of the hill country of Judah, extending around Beersheba and Arad. In Hebrew the word can also denote the compass direction "south."

• AradBible

  Arad was a Canaanite city in the Negev, the arid region south of Judah, mentioned in the Old Testament. The Book of Numbers records that its king attacked Israel during the wilderness journey.

• ZiklagBible

  Ziklag was a town in the Negev region of southern Judah. Achish king of Gath gave it to David, who used it as his base while taking refuge in Philistine territory from Saul. It is known as the town raided by the Amalekites.

• HormahBible

  Hormah was a town in the Negev, the southern region of Canaan. During the wilderness period, Israel was defeated and driven back as far as this place, and the town was later named for the "utter destruction" Israel brought upon it. It appears in Numbers, Joshua, Judges, and other books.

• BeershebaBible

  Beersheba was a town at the southern edge of the land of Judah, in the northern Negev. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dug wells and worshiped God there, and the expression "from Dan to Beersheba" marks the southern boundary of Israel.

• Broom TreeBible

  The broom tree (Hebrew *rotem*) is a leguminous shrub that grows in arid regions such as the Sinai wilderness and the Negev. In the Bible it is best known as the place where Elijah, fleeing from Jezebel, asked to die and was then given food by an angel.

• Valley of EshcolBible

  The Valley of Eshcol is a valley near Hebron where the twelve spies cut down a large cluster of grapes while scouting out Canaan. Its name means "cluster" in Hebrew.

• CherethitesBible

  The Cherethites were an Old Testament people living near the Philistine coastal region. They are best known as part of King David's bodyguard, "the Cherethites and the Pelethites," and many scholars associate them with the island of Crete.

• Genesis 13Bible

  Genesis 13 is the chapter in which Abram and his nephew Lot, having returned from Egypt, part ways because their livestock has grown too numerous. After Lot departs, God renews His promise to give Abram all the land he can see and descendants beyond counting.

• Neo-evangelicalismHistory

  Neo-evangelicalism was a Protestant movement that arose in the United States in the 1940s. It sought to preserve the conservative theology of fundamentalism while moving beyond fundamentalism's separatism, which kept other churches at a distance, and its disregard for scholarship.