place
Zeboim Valley
צְבֹעִים+H1516I
The Valley of Zeboim, a location mentioned in the context of Saul's military campaigns against the Philistines (1Sam. 13:18).
- verses
- 1
- first named
- 1 Samuel 13:18
- last named
- 1 Samuel 13:18
- feature
- valley
- coordinates
- 31.83°N · 35.38°E
Wadi Abu ed Diba (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 6 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Zeboim Valley in the text
The Valley of Zeboim is mentioned in 1Sa.13.18 as one of the destinations of the Philistine raiding parties sent out from their camp at Michmash during the reign of King Saul. The passage describes three groups of raiders: one turned toward Ophrah in the land of Shual, another toward Beth-horon, and the third toward the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness. The exact location of the Valley of Zeboim is uncertain, but based on the context, it is believed to have been situated somewhere east of Michmash, possibly in the wilderness region near the Dead Sea. The name "Zeboim" may be related to the ancient city of Zeboiim, one of the cities of the plain destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah, although a direct connection is not certain. The mention of the Valley of Zeboim in this passage provides insight into the geography of the region and the military activities of the Philistines during Saul's reign, as they sought to assert their control over the territory of Israel.
Relations
Direct connections
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Stands in the same events as
- Beth-horon Lower1 event
- Ophrah1 event
- Shual1 event
The pattern
Where Zeboim Valley 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.
1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Samuel (1).
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