THROUGH THE LAND OF ISRAEL I

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Tel Arad National Park, the Biblical Arad (25th January, 2008)...see below for details




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Labels: First mentioned in Bible when the king of Arad attacked the Israelites under Moses during their Journey in wilderness (Numbers 21:1).

Tel Arad National Park Entrance....




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Labels: Arad was later conquered by the Israelites under Joshua (Joshua 12:7-8).

The jewish fort in Tel Arad....see below for details




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Labels: It is also the place where the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law settled later (Judges 1:16)

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Visiting Tel Arad (Biblical Arad)/ Has a lower Canaanite City (4000-2650 BC) and an upper Israelite City (1100-597 BC).




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Labels: 37 km from Beer Sheva/ via Bus 388/ get down at Tel Arad junction /and walk 3 km. The only ever location outside Jerusalem where Temple of Yahweh/Yehovah' is discovered so far.

From the way to Tel Arad




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Labels: Modern Arad (8 km from Tel Arad) is notable for its clean dry air and therefore serves as a major attraction to asthmatics worldwide.

View from outside




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Snaps from the entrance gate




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View from Jewish fort




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Labels: The Jewish fort (citadel) and sanctuary were constructed in the time of King David and Solomon until ultimately it was destroyed between 597 BCE and 577 BCE by Babylonians.

The Jewish fortress mound




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Labels: The most fascinating artifacts unearthed from this site are an ostraca/pot (7th cent BC) that referred this citadel as the House of Yahweh.

The Jewish fort contd...




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Labels: However Arad had habitation during Persian (5th-4th BC Centuries)/ Greek and Roman periods and also under Islamic period finally to abandoned in 861 AD.
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My way of classifying Israel geographically is very crude. Roughly Israel can be divided into three. The green fertile northern region includes Galilee and Golan; with Haifa and Netanya the major cities.

The political, scientific and religious hub of Israel is the central region where you have Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

However, where I reside is the southern part called Negev which has Beer Sheva and Eilat as major cities.

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