Bible Location
Meaning: circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn · 22 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Carmel entry refers to the Judahite town south of Hebron, not Mount Carmel on the Mediterranean side of the land. It is important because it is linked with Nabal and Abigail in David's story and with settled agricultural life in the southern hill country. First appears in Josh 12:22.1
Place meaning
circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn
Coordinates
31.42, 35.13
First appears
Josh 12:22
AI summary: The name Carmel can point to a famous mountain, but this page refers instead to the town in Judah. Its significance comes chiefly from the narratives around Nabal, Abigail, and David, where it becomes a setting for wealth, tension, wisdom, and royal providence. It also appears in relation to agriculture and settled life in Judah's southern hill country. The cross references therefore present this Carmel as a southern town of Davidic-era narrative importance, distinct from Mount Carmel's prophetic associations.1
Place meaning
circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn
Latitude
31.42
Longitude
35.13
Bible references
22
A town in the hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:55), the residence of Nabal (1 Sam. 25:2, 5, 7, 40), and the native place of Abigail, who became David’s wife (1 Sam. 27:3). Here king Uzziah had his vineyards (2 Chr. 26:10). The ruins of this town still remain under the name of Kurmul, about 10 miles south-south-east of Hebron, close to those of Maon. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.