Bible Location
Meaning: fear · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Jeruel was the wilderness area on the ascent from the Dead Sea where Jehoshaphat's enemies would be found. It is important because it belongs to one of Chronicles' clearest deliverance narratives. First appears in 2 Chr 20:16.1
Place meaning
fear
Coordinates
31.57, 35.41
First appears
2 Chr 20:16
AI summary: Jeruel matters because battle in the Chronicler's story is transformed by prayer and divine intervention before Judah even reaches the field. The place belongs to the geography of expectant obedience and astonishing deliverance.1
Place meaning
fear
Latitude
31.57
Longitude
35.41
Bible references
1
Founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract of country now called el-Hasasah. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.