Ezion-Geber ( Hebrew : עֶצְיֹן גֶּבֶר , Modern : ʻEṣyōn Gevér , Tiberian : ʿEṣyōn Geḇer, Biblical : Ġeṣyōn Geḇer ; also Asiongaber ) is a city only known from the Hebrew Bible , in Idumea , a seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba , in modern terms somewhere in the area of modern Aqaba and Eilat .
15-548: Etzion (Hebrew: עציון , lit. of the tree ), also spelled Ezion , can refer to places and topics relating to modern, ancient Israel and the West Bank: Ezion-Geber , a biblical Idumaean and Israelite port on the Red Sea Kfar Etzion , a kibbutz established in the early 20th century south of Jerusalem Gush Etzion , an eponymous bloc surrounding
30-402: A casemate fortress, tentatively dated by to the first half of the 8th century BCE. A 45 × 45–metre offset-inset, or "salients and recesses" wall was abutted on the inside by a continuous row of rooms, these constituting the "casemate" element from its name. In the centre of the courtyard stood a four-room building , almost square and measuring approximately 13 × 13 metres, possibly serving as
45-407: A citadel. The earlier fortress was replaced by a radically different fortified settlement of much larger proportions, 56 × 59 × 59 × 63 m. This was protected by an offset-inset wall and a four-chambered gateway . Large parts of the older casemate fortress and its four-room building were preserved and used in the northwestern corner of the new, enlarged structure. Finkelstein identifies it as
60-566: A period between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE with occupation continuing possibly into the 4th century BCE. However, Marta Luciani argues that old and newly identified samples of Qurayya ware at the site indicate that it was occupied from the Late Bronze Age onwards. Alternatively, some scholars identify Pharaoh's Island with biblical Ezion-Geber. 29°32′50″N 34°58′49″E / 29.54722°N 34.98028°E / 29.54722; 34.98028 This article related to
75-435: A small settlement existing at the site or nearby during the 12th century BCE, and possibly into the 11th. In any case, there are no material remains from ca. 1000–800 BCE, a time span that includes the time of both Solomon and Jehoshaphat . Marta Luciani argues that old and newly identified samples of Qurayya ware at the site indicate that it was occupied during the Late Bronze Age . The first architectural remains are of
90-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ezion-Geber According to Targum Jonathan , the name means "city of the rooster" (כְּרַך תַּרְנְגוֹלָא). Ezion-Geber is mentioned six times in the Tanakh . According to the Book of Numbers , Ezion-Geber was a place first mentioned as an Israelite campsite toward the close of the nation's 40 years in
105-519: The Assyrian fort of Ezion-geber, guarding the trade routes with Arabia along with the forts at Tamar ( Ein Hazeva ) and Khirbet en-Nahas , as part of a strategic Assyrian domination system built between the very end of the 8th and the first half of the 7th century BCE. Finkelstein dates the end of this phase to the late 7th century, Pratico to the early 6th. Pottery and Aramaic ostraca attest to
120-570: The Hebrew Bible is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tell el-Kheleifeh 29°32′50″N 34°58′49″E / 29.54722°N 34.98028°E / 29.54722; 34.98028 Tell el-Kheleifeh (also Tell el-Chulefi ) is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba . Its older identification with
135-467: The 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer archaeological assessments, while its identification with biblical Ezion-geber and/or Elath of a later date remains a matter of speculative interpretation. During his excavations in 1933, the researcher Fritz Frank stated that he believed the ruins were those of Ezion-geber. During his excavations from 1938 to 1940, American archaeologist Nelson Glueck adopted
150-705: The Haganah to the four blockaded kibbutz im of Gush Etzion Gush Etzion Junction ("Tzomet HaGush") also known as Gush Junction Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Etzion . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Etzion&oldid=1255261482 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Hebrew-language text Short description
165-466: The alliance, and the ships were broken in the port. In 1 Kings 9:26 (King James Version) it says: The location of Ezion-Geber is debated and has yet to be confirmed by archaeology. Ruins at Tell el-Kheleifeh were identified with Ezion-Geber by the German explorer F. Frank and later excavated by Nelson Glueck , who thought he had confirmed the identification, but a later re-evaluation dates them to
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#1732773378844180-646: The codename for the Israeli Air Force base in Žatec , Czechoslovakia, in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Yehuda Etzion , an Israeli activist and member of the Jewish Underground Yeshiva Etzion , a yeshiva located in Queens, NY, established in 2003 by Rabbi Avraham Gaon Yeshivat Or Etzion , a Hesder Yeshiva, religious high school, and religious army preparation high school Gush Etzion Convoy , one of many convoys sent by
195-540: The kibbutz Gush Etzion Regional Council , a modern local government in that area Kfar Etzion massacre , a Jordanian massacre of kibbutz members Nir Etzion , a moshav established by survivors of the massacre Har Etzion , a yeshiva founded during the bloc's reestablishment Etzion Airbase , a former Israeli AFB in the Sinai Peninsula near the Red Sea (currently Taba International Airport) Etzion,
210-644: The same thesis. He distinguished five settlement periods, which he dated to between the 10th and 5th centuries BCE. In 1985, Gary Pratico presented a comprehensive reassessment of the architectural and ceramic finds. Particularly in the case of ceramics, he came to a shorter dating of the settlement through comparative studies with numerous other sites from Israel and Jordan. According to his results, largely reconfirmed and expanded on in 2014 by Israel Finkelstein , two main phases of habitation can be assumed, with one or two additional minor ones: Sparse ceramic findings without associated architectural remains might hint at
225-588: The wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. The "ships of Tharshish " of Solomon and Hiram started from this port on their voyage to Ophir . It was the main port for Israel's commerce with the countries bordering on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. According to Book of II Chronicles , Jehoshaphat , the King of Judah, joined with Ahaziah , the King of Israel, to make ships in Ezion-geber; but God disapproved of
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