Bible Location
Meaning: sons of sorrow · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Bene-jaakan was one of Israel's wilderness stations in the later desert itinerary. It is important because it preserves another step in the remembered route toward the plains east of the Jordan. First appears in Num 33:31.1
Place meaning
sons of sorrow
Coordinates
30.32, 35.41
First appears
Num 33:31
AI summary: Bene-jaakan matters through itinerary memory rather than a single dramatic incident. Numbers preserves it as a named halting-place, helping keep the long wilderness journey concrete and traceable. The cross references present Bene-jaakan as a late wilderness station in the ordered memory of Israel's travels.1
Place meaning
sons of sorrow
Latitude
30.32
Longitude
35.41
Bible references
2
Children of Jaakan (Num. 33:31, 32), the same as Beeroth. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
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.