Bayt ʿIṭāb, was a Palestinian Arab village located in which Subdistrict, an ancient tunnel which led to the village spring is associated with story of Samson, who was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last of the leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy?
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Bayt 'Itab Bayt ʿIṭāb (Arabic: بيت عطاب‎ ‎ ) was a Palestinian Arab village located in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The village is believed to have been inhabited since biblical times. An ancient tunnel which led to the village spring is associated with story of Samson. Prior to, during, and after its incorporation into Crusader fiefdoms in the 12th century, its population was Arab. Sheikhs from the Lahham family clan, who were associated with the Qays tribo-political faction, ruled the village during Ottoman era. In the 19th century, this clan controlled 24 villages in the vicinity. The homes were built of stone. The local farmers cultivated cereals, fruit trees and olive groves and some engaged in livestock breeding.
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Samson Samson ( ; Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן,  "Shimshon ",  "Šimšôn " , meaning "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last of the leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered to be an Israelite version of the popular Middle Eastern Heracles figure.
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Books of Samuel The Books of Samuel, "1 Samuel" and "2 Samuel", form part of the narrative history of Israel in the Nevi'im or "prophets" section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and are considered by many biblical scholars to belong to the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings) which constitute a theological history of the Israelites and aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets. According to Jewish tradition, the book was written by Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan; modern scholarly thinking is that the entire Deuteronomistic history was composed in the period c. 630–540 BC by combining a number of independent texts of various ages.
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Anak Anak ( ; Hebrew: ‎ , "ɐ̆nɔːq ", 'Neck' ‎ ) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible. His descendants are mentioned in narratives concerning the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. According to the Book of Numbers, Anak was a forefather of the Anakim. The Bible describes them as very tall descendants of the Nephilim. The text states that the Anakim were Rephaites, and that Anak was a son of Arba. Etymologically, means "neck", implying that the "sons of Anak" were "long-necked men."
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Book of Exodus The Book of Exodus or, simply, Exodus (from Ancient Greek: ἔξοδος , "éxodos", meaning "going out"; Hebrew: וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת‎ , "we'elleh shəmōṯ", "These are the names", the beginning words of the text: "These are the names of the sons of Israel" Hebrew: וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמֹות בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ), is the second book of the Torah and the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament).
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Jebusite According to the Hebrew Bible, the Jebusites ( ; "Ybusi") were a Canaanite tribe who inhabited Jerusalem prior to its conquest by Joshua (11:3 and 12:10) or King David (2 Samuel 5:6-10). The Books of Kings state that Jerusalem was known as Jebus prior to this event. According to some biblical chronologies, the city was conquered by King David in 1003 BCE, or according to other sources 869 BCE.
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Bnei Bathyra Bnei Bathyra (Hebrew: בני בתירא‎ ‎ , lit. ""The Children of Bathyra""; Also referred to in the Jerusalem Talmud as זקני בתירא, lit. ""The Elders of Bathyra"") were Jewish sages family that in a certain period of time, headed the religious leadership of the Jewish people, during the Destruction of the Second Temple, and in close proximity to the beginning of the era of the Tannaim. This family is known for its many important Jewish Sages over the course of many generations. A hundred-year before the Destruction of the Second Temple, the family's sages have passed the torch of the Jewish leadership to Hillel the Elder, that made Aliya to the Land of Israel from Babylon and had studied at Sh'maya and Abtalion. The sages of the family are considered "Gedolei Hador", the intellectual giants of the religious world of these generations, even after the Destruction of the Second Temple, and are known to have held a prominent position among the Yavne Sages. The general consensus attributes some Tannaim to this family, and the most known of these attributions is Judah ben Bathyra, who resided in Nusaybin west to Babylon.
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Zebah and Zalmunna Zebah (Hebrew: זֶ֫בַח‎ ‎ "Zeḇaḥ", "sacrifice", Zebee in the Brenton Septuagint Translation and the Douai-Rheims Bible) and Zalmunna (צַלְמֻנָּע "Ṣalmunnā‘", "shade denied", Salmana in the Brenton Septuagint Translation and the Douai-Rheims Bible) were the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judges 8). Zebah and Zalmunna had succeeded in escaping across the Jordan River with a remnant of the Midianite host, but were overtaken at Karkor, probably in the Hauran, and routed by Gideon. The kings were taken alive and brought back across the Jordan; and confessing that they had personally taken part in the killing of Gideon's brothers, they were put to death.
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Manoah Manoah (Hebrew: מָנ֫וֹחַ‎ ‎ "Mānoaḥ") is a figure from the Book of Judges 13:1-23 and 14:2-4 of the Hebrew Bible. His name means "rest" or "quiet".
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Mount Hor Mount Hor (Hebrew: הֹר הָהָר‎ , "Hor Ha-Har") is the name given in the Old Testament to two distinct mountains. One borders the land of Edom in the area south of the Dead Sea, and the other is by the Mediterranean Sea at the Northern border of the Land of Israel. Mount Hor is significant to the Jews as Aaron the high priest, brother of Moses, died there.
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Ono, Benjamin Ono was a biblical town of Benjamin in the "plain of Ono" (1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33). The modern Kiryat Ono is not to be confused with the biblical Ono. The bibilical town of Ono (1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 6:2) has been identified by most scholars with the Arab village, Kafr 'Ana, whereon is now built Or Yehuda. Kafr 'Ana actually represents a Byzantine-period expansion of a nearby and much older site –– "Kafr Juna", believed to be the ancient Ono. The territory of Benjamin was known to stretch from a place around Jerusalem to the plains on the west.
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Mount Gaash Mount Gaash was the name of a hill in ancient Israel, in the mountainous region of Ephraim, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It is mentioned as a place of torrent valleys, which may refer to ravines in the vicinity:
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Simeon the Just Simeon the Righteous or Simeon the Just (Hebrew: שמעון הצדיק‎ ‎ "Shimon HaTzaddik") was a Jewish High Priest during the time of the Second Temple. He is also referred to in the Mishnah, where he is described as one of the last members of the Great Assembly (Avot 1:1). Some of his views are also recorded in the Mishnah, making him a "Tanna" in Rabbinic terminology.
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Moab Moab ( ; Moabite: 𐤌𐤀𐤁 "mʾb"; <a href="Arabic%20language">Arabic</a>: مؤاب‎ ‎ "muʾāb"; ; <a href="Ancient%26nbsp%3BGreek">Ancient Greek</a>: Μωάβ "Mōáb"; <a href="Akkadian%20language">Assyrian</a> "Mu'aba", "Ma'ba", "Ma'ab"; <a href="Egyptian%20language">Egyptian</a> "Mu'ab") is the historical name for a mountainous tract of land in <a href="Jordan">Jordan</a>. The land lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archaeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel. The Moabite capital was Dibon. According to the Hebrew Bible, Moab was often in conflict with its Israelite neighbours to the west.
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Allar, Jerusalem Allar (Arabic: علار‎ ‎ ) or 'Allar el-Fawqa ("Upper Allar") was a Palestinian Arab village located southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem near Wadi Surar ("Valley of Pebbles"), along "Wadi Tannur". The name was shared by the twin village of Allar al-Sifla ("Lower Allar") or Khirbat al-Tannur, with official imperial ledgers often listing them both under the single entry of Allar.
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Zadok Zadok (Hebrew: צדוק‎ "Tsadoq", meaning "Righteous") or Zadoq is a legendary priest, said to be descended from Eleazar the son of Aaron (1 Chron 6:4-8). He aided King David during the revolt of his son Absalom and was subsequently instrumental in bringing King Solomon to the throne. After Solomon's building of The First Temple in Jerusalem, Zadok was the first High Priest to serve there.
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Kidron Valley The Kidron Valley (classical transliteration, "Cedron", from Hebrew: נחל קדרון‎ ‎ , "Naḥal Qidron", literally Qidron River; also Qidron Valley; Arabic: وادي الجوز‎ ‎ , "Wadi al-Joz" for the upper segment near the Temple Mount, and "Wadi an-Nar" for the rest of it) is the valley on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. It continues east through the Judean Desert in the West Bank, towards the Dead Sea, descending 4000 feet along its 20-mile course. The settlement Kedar, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after it. The neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz bears the valley's Arabic name. The Hebrew Bible calls it "Emek Yehoshafat", the "Valley of Jehoshaphat". It appears in Jewish eschatologic prophecies, which include the return of Elijah, followed by the arrival of the Messiah, and the War of Gog and Magog and Judgment Day.
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Oyun Musa The "springs of Moses" found 20 km South of the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel in South Sinai, are a collection of fresh water springs said to be where Moses during the Israelite Exodus was directed by Yahweh to throw a tree branch, possibly a barberry into the bitter springs to make them sweet enough to drink.
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Qasr el Yahud Qasr el Yahud (Arabic: قصر اليهود‎ ; also Kasser/Qasser al-Yahud/Yehud etc.; lit. "Castle of the Jews", Hebrew: קאסר אל יהוד‎ ) is the official name of a baptism site in the Jordan River Valley region of the West Bank that is claimed by the State of Palestine and under Israeli occupation. The site and facilities are administered by the Israeli Civil Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism as part of an Israeli national park.
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Jacob Jacob ( ; ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎ ‎ "Yaʿqūb "), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant. He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, Sarah and Bethuel, the nephew of Ishmael, and the younger twin brother of Esau. Jacob had twelve sons and at least one daughter, by his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and by their handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah.
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Jabesh-Gilead Jabesh-Gilead (also "Yavesh Gil'ad") is an ancient town referred to in four books of the Hebrew Bible. Some biblical scholars believe it to have been located east of the Jordan River, in the vicinity of Wadi Yabes.
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Dayr Aban Dayr Aban (also spelled Deir Aban; Arabic: دير آبان‎ ‎ ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located on the lower slope of a high ridge that formed the western slope of a mountain, to the east of Beit Shemesh. It was formerly bordered by olive trees to the north, east, and west. The valley, "Wadi en-Najil", ran north and south on the west-side of the village. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 19, 1948, under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 21 km west of Jerusalem.