The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. Psalm 89:11-13 The Jezreel Valley is bordered on the east by three mountains: Tabor, Moreh, and Gilboa (from north to south). I’ve been focused on the latter two recently. I finally want to move north to Mount Tabor. Mount Tabor has a very distinctive rounded shape, visible from all angles. It was rather hairy driving up […]
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Jezreel
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. 1 Kings 16:29-31 Continuing in the same geographic region again, today’s site is Jezreel. The tel is built above the […]
On Top of the Valley
The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. Psalm 89:11-12 We said good-bye to the Sea of Galilee and turned our car southwest. Driving through the hills of Lower Galilee, we eventually reached our next destination: Mount Tabor. This distinctive mountain can be seen for miles around and easily identified by its distinctive shape. At the top today is a Franciscan church which remembers Jesus’ transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-13). While this mountain has been the […]
Overlooks
Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past.Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind,he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 32:7-8 The second day of our Galilee trip began south of the Sea of Galilee at the site of Beth Shean. It’s located in the Rift Valley where the rift connects with another valley heading west that attaches to the large Jezreel Valley, making this another […]
From Sea to Dusty Sea
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry.Bashan and Carmel wither and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away.The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it. Nahum 1:3-5 I’m falling little behind after a long weekend traversing the Galilee region in northern Israel. We were on the […]