{"id":2398,"date":"2019-12-16T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2020-04-26T00:31:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T07:31:38","slug":"jordan-research-trip-post-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Research Trip, Post #5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Medeba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripture refers to Medeba in lists of cities seized by the Israelites (Numbers 21:30; Joshua 13:9, 16). Joab, during David\u2019s reign, fought the Amorites and Ammonites at Medeba (1 Chronicles 19:6\u201315). About 150 years later, King Mesha of Moab (see 2 Kings 3:4) erected a stela (the Moabite Stela) mentioning how Omri had taken Medeba, but Mesha had liberated it from Jehoram (2 Kings 3:27). The city sits on the King\u2019s Highway about 18 miles south of Amman. The city has become best known for the mosaic map discovered in 1897 on the floor of a 6th century AD church. To date, it represents the earliest known map of Israel and her surroundings. The map originally covered the eastern Mediterranean world from Byblos, Syria in the north to Thebes, Egypt in in the south. Greek labels appear to follow Eusebius\u2019 descriptions in his Onomasticon<\/em>. The map\u2019s size must have been about 51 feet long and a little over 18 feet wide. Around 150 place names survive in the current map, which is not complete. As with modern maps of Israel, the Medeba map is oriented toward the east. While the map gives the approximate locations of cities, the creators placed them along the ancient highways or routes for trade and travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea near top of this section of the Medeba Map. Below the boat on the Dead Sea, brown lettering labels the city of Jerusalem (HAGIA POLIS = Holy City). The two column-lined streets depict the two Roman Cardos in Jerusalem.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Below the Jordan River before it enters the Dead Sea, the city of Jericho appears with its palm trees. To the right of Jerusalem (see previous image), Bethlehem is written in red letters just below the bare spot (missing tiles).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The large river in the lower right (Pelous…) is the Nile. Above the multicolored section in red letters: “Desert of Sin where manna and quail came down.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mt. Nebo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mount Nebo is a peak in the Abarim mountain range in Moab sitting opposite and east of Jericho (Deuteronomy 32:49; 34:1, 4). The range lies northeast of the Dead Sea and forms the northwestern rim of the Moab plateau. The peaks of Abarim rise about 600 feet above the plateau. The Dead Sea lies about 4,000 feet below their summits. The Israelites camped there (Numbers 33:47) and Moses viewed the land of Canaan before he died there (Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49). When I visited Mt. Nebo twenty-one years ago, we could barely make out the west side of the Jordan River due to the haze. On this visit, some rain and wind gave us a little clearer view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern Dead Sea as seen from Mt. Nebo. The Jordan River flows into it from the right. On the far horizon sit the hills of Judea atop which Jerusalem sits.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Peor (Numbers 23:28; 25:3\u20135) sits on the brown ridge north of Mt. Nebo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Medeba Scripture refers to Medeba in lists of cities seized by the Israelites (Numbers 21:30; Joshua 13:9, 16). Joab, during David\u2019s reign, fought the Amorites and Ammonites at Medeba (1 Chronicles 19:6\u201315). About 150 years later, King Mesha of Moab (see 2 Kings 3:4) erected a stela (the Moabite Stela) mentioning how Omri had taken 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