Bible Location
Meaning: foolishness · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Chesil was a southern town of Judah likely connected with Bethul and Bethuel. It is important because it preserves one more naming form in the southern settlement tradition. First appears in Josh 15:30.1
Place meaning
foolishness
Coordinates
32.05, 35.73
First appears
Josh 15:30
AI summary: Chesil matters because the same southern town tradition can survive under different forms in different lists. The place belongs to the Negeb's stable but variably named geography.1
Place meaning
foolishness
Latitude
32.05
Longitude
35.73
Bible references
1
Ungodly, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:30); probably the same as Bethul (19:4) and Bethuel (1 Chr. 4:30); now Khelasa. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Josh |
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.