Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1. The "valley" here was probably the Ghor or valley of the Jordan, and hence the "mount" would be the hilly region in the north end of the Dead Sea. ( Joshua 13:19), a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben. It was situated in the far north, and in Babylonian inscriptions is described as a mountain called Im-Kharasak, "the mighty mountain of Bel, whose head reaches heaven, whose root is the holy deep." In their geography they are said to have identified it with mount El-wend, near Ecbatana. Only in Isaiah 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat of the gods. The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih ("the wandering"), mentioned Deuteronomy 1:19, 20, "that great and terrible wilderness." ( 2 Kings 23:13 Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so called because idol temples were there erected in the time of Solomon, temples to the Zidonian Ashtoreth and to the "abominations" of Moab and Ammon.Ī place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim ( Judges 12:15). The composition of the Palestinian hills is limestone, with occasional strata of chalk, and hence the numerous caves, some of large extent, found there. These gradually descend to a level at the river Arnon, which was the boundary of the ancient trans-Jordanic territory toward the south. South of the river Hieromax there is again a succession of hills, which are traversed by wadies running toward the Jordan. The mountains of Western and Middle Palestine do not extend to the sea, but gently slope into plains, and toward the Jordan fall down into the Ghor.Įast of the Jordan the Anti-Lebanon, stretching south, terminates in the hilly district called Jebel Heish, which reaches down to the Sea of Gennesareth. The isolated peak of Tabor rises from the elevated plain of Esdraelon, which, in the south, is shut in by hills spreading over the greater part of Samaria. West of Jordan the mountains stretch from Lebanon far down into Galilee, terminating in Carmel.
Easton's Bible DictionaryPalestine is a hilly country ( Deuteronomy 3:25 11:11 Ezek.
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