Bible Location
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The valley of Shittim was the lowland associated with the acacia groves east of the Jordan near Israel's final encampment before crossing into the land. It is important because it stands at the threshold between the wilderness journey and entry into Canaan. First appears in Joel 3:18.1
AI summary: The valley of Shittim belongs to Israel's last staging ground before the crossing of the Jordan. Its significance comes from that liminal role: it is part of the geography of waiting, preparation, and transition just before the story turns from wilderness wandering to inheritance in the land.1
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Joel |
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.