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    Shebarim

    שְׁבָרִים

    Shebarim was a place near Ai where the Israelites fled after being defeated due to Achan's sin (Josh. 7:5).

    Where the story of Shebarim happens Where the gazetteer locates Shebarim, framed to them: Shebarim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Shebarim
    Where the gazetteer locates Shebarim
    verses
    1
    first named
    Joshua 7:5
    last named
    Joshua 7:5
    feature
    natural area
    coordinates
    31.91°N · 35.31°E
    natural area31.91°N · 35.31°E

    western cliff of Wadi Makkuk (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Shebarim in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Shebarim is mentioned briefly in the account of Israel's defeat at Ai (Josh. 7:5). After the conquest of Jericho, the Israelites attacked the city of Ai but were defeated because of Achan's sin of taking devoted things from Jericho. As a result, the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six Israelites and pursued them from the city gate as far as Shebarim.

    The exact location of Shebarim is unknown, but it was likely a place near Ai where the terrain allowed the defenders to overtake the fleeing Israelites. The name "Shebarim" means "the breaks" or "the quarries," possibly indicating a rocky or broken landscape that made escape difficult.

    The mention of Shebarim in this narrative highlights the consequences of disobedience and sin within the Israelite camp. Achan's violation of God's command led to defeat and humiliation at the hands of a smaller enemy force. The pursuit of the Israelites to Shebarim underscores the extent of their defeat and the vulnerability caused by their failure to uphold God's standards of holiness.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Shebarim is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSJOSHUA1 VERSE60 books and 978 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSJOSHUA1 VERSE60 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Shebarim is named in 1 verse — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 65 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      7:5

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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