The fall of Ai gave the Israelites entrance to the heart of Canaan, where at once they became established, Bethel and other towns in the vicinity seeming to have yielded without a struggle. Ai was rebuilt at some later period, and is mentioned by Isaiah ( Isaiah 10:28 ) in his vivid description of the approach of the Assyrian army, the feminine ...

This is my map of Central Israel, showing the position of the ancient settlements of Bethel and Ai, which were situated south of Shechem, in the hills of Israel. The city is mentioned nearly 60 times, in 13 different books of the Bible.

Genesis 12:8 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.

2014年2月9日 · The site associated with the Biblical Ai is often based upon the location associated with the Biblical Beth-el. W. F. Albright made the suggestion that Ai was mistaken for Beth-el by the writers of the Bible. Other scholars believe that Beth-el is near Shechem which would place Ai closer to Shechem as well.

2021年1月1日 · This article is Dr. Livingston's groundbreaking work on challenging the scholarly consensus pertaining to the location of Bethel and Ai. For over a century most scholars have been agreed that the village of Beitin, north of Jerusalem, is the site of biblical Bethel.

2019年4月12日 · In order to identify the site of the ancient city of Ai from Joshua’s day a number of biblical criteria need to be met relating to geography and topography: It must: Be adjacent to Beth Aven (Josh. 7:2) Be East of and near to Bethel (Josh. 7:2; 12:9) Have an ambush site between Bethel and Ai (Josh. 8:9, 12)

This is my map of Southern Israel showing the position of the town of Bethel, which was about ten miles North of Jerusalem. Bethel is first mentioned in Genesis, where Abraham camped (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3).

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2008年4月14日 · Most scholars today locate Old Testament Bethel at the Arab village of Beitin about 11 mi north of Jerusalem. An examination of the evidence, however, indicates that this identification in incorrect. It is important to correctly locate Bethel because Ai is located with relation to Bethel (Gn 12:8; Jos 7:2), and finding Ai has been a major focus ...

2024年4月1日 · All other maps in this Atlas have been recently updated to use these same locations for Ai and Bethel. Soon after the Israelites entered the Promised Land and captured the city of Jericho, they sent a force of only three thousand men to capture the much smaller fortified town of Ai (Joshua 7).