Eshcol
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Eshcol One of three Amorite confederates of Abram
in the Hebron
area, who joined their forces with those of Abraham
in pursuit of king Chedorlaomer
and his armies who had taken Abram's nephew Lot and others as captives.
2. A valley in which the twelve spies obtained an enormous cluster of grapes in "the brook Eshcol," (called "the valley of Eshcol" in and ), which they took back with them to the camp of Israel as a specimen of the fruits of the Promised Land
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Abraham
Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...
in the Hebron
Hebron
Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...
area, who joined their forces with those of Abraham
Abraham
Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...
in pursuit of king Chedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer "a handful of sheaves", was a king of Elam according to the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis Chapter 14. He ruled fourteen years, from the East in southwestern Persia, occupying the regions east of the Jordan river, in the days of Abram...
and his armies who had taken Abram's nephew Lot and others as captives.
2. A valley in which the twelve spies obtained an enormous cluster of grapes in "the brook Eshcol," (called "the valley of Eshcol" in and ), which they took back with them to the camp of Israel as a specimen of the fruits of the Promised Land
Promised land
The Promised Land is a term used to describe the land promised or given by God, according to the Hebrew Bible, to the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob. The promise is firstly made to Abraham and then renewed to his son Isaac, and to Isaac's son Jacob , Abraham's grandson...
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