Halhul
Halhul
(Heb. Chalchul’, , etymol. doubtful, but, according to Frst, full of hollows; Sept. . r. ), a town in the highlands of Judah, mentioned in the fourth group of six north of Hebron (Keil, Joshua p. 387), among them Beth-zur and Gedor (Jos 15:58). Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Elul) says it existed in his time near Hebron as a small village (vilula) by the name of Alta. Dr. Robinson found it in the modern Hulhul, a short distance north of Hebron, consisting of a ruined mosque (called Neby Yunas or Prophet Jonah) upon a long hill, surrounded by the remains of ancient walls and foundations (Researches, 1, 319). During his last visit to Palestine he visited it again, and describes it as situated high on the eastern brow of the ridge, the head town of the district, inhabited by an uncivil people; the environs are thrifty and well cultivated. The old mosque is a poor structure, but has a minaret (new ed. of Researches, 3, 281). Schwarz also identifies it with this village on a mount, 5 Eng. miles north-east of Hebron (Palestine, p. 107). So likewise De Saulcy (Dead Sea, i, 451). The hill is quite a Conspicuous one, half a mile to the left of the road from Jerusalem to Hebron, the village somewhat at its eastern foot, while opposite it, on the other side of the road, is Best-stir, the modern representative of Beth-zur, and a little further to the north is Jedfir, the ancient Gedor. In Jewish tradition quoted by Hottinger (Cippi Hebraicae p. 38), and reported by an old Hebrew traveler (Jo. Chel, 1334; see Carmody, Itin. Hebrew, p. 242), it is said to be the burial-place of (ad, David’s seer (2Sa 24:11). Hence it was for a time a place of Jewish pilgrimage (Wilson, Lands of Bible, 1, 384). See also the citations of Zunz in Asher’s Betj. of Tudela (2, 437, note). SEE CHELLUS.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Halhul (2)
The modern representative of this place, Halhul, is described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (3:305) as “a large stone village on a hill-top, with two springs and a well; also a fine spring below (‘Hin ed-Dhirweh). On the west is the mosque of Neby Yunis, now in a partly ruinous condition, with a minaret. There are rock-cut tombs south of the village. The hills on the north have vineyards on them, and there are other tombs here also.” These last are elsewhere more fully detailed (3:329).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Halhul
full of hollows, a town in the highlands of Judah (Josh. 15:58). It is now a small village of the same name, and is situated about 5 miles north-east of Hebron on the way to Jerusalem. There is an old Jewish tradition that Gad, David’s See r (2 Sam. 24:11), was buried here.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Halhul
A town in the Judah mountains. The hill is still so named, with ruins of walls and foundations, a mile to the left of the road from Jerusalem to Hebron, four miles front the latter. A mosque stands there, named Nebi Yunus, the prophet Jonah (Jos 15:58). Close to Beitsur (Bethzur) and Jedur (Gedor).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Halhul
HALHUL.A city of Judah (Jos 15:58). It is the modern Halhul, a large village 4 miles north of Hebron.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Halhul
halhul (, halhul): A city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:58), Halhul, Beth-zur and Gedor. It is without doubt the modern Halhul, a village on a hill, surrounded by fine fields and vineyards, some 4 miles North of Hebron and less than a mile to the East of the modern carriage road. It is conspicuous from a considerable distance on account of its ancient mosque, Wely Nebi Yunas, the shrine of the Prophet Jonah – a tradition going back at least to the 14th century. The mosque, which has a minaret or tower, is built upon a rock platform artificially leveled. In the 14th century it was stated by Isaac Chilo (a Jewish pilgrim) that the tomb of Gad the Seer (1Sa 22:5; 2Sa 24:11 f) was situated in this town. Beth-zur (Beit Sur) and Gedor (Jedur) are both near. In Josephus (BJ, IV, ix, 6) we read of an Alurus (where the Idumeans assembled), and in Jerome (OS 119 7) of a village Alula near Hebron, which both probably refer to the same place (PEF, III, 305; Sh XXI).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Halhul
[Hal’hul]
City in the highlands of Judah. Jos 15:58. Identified with Hulhul, 31 35′ N, 35 6′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Halhul
H2478
A city in Judah.
Jos 15:58
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Halhul
Hal’hul. (trembling). A town of Judah in the mountain district. Jos 16:68. The name still remains unaltered, attached to a conspicuous hill a mile to the left of the road from Jerusalem to Hebron, between three and four miles from the latter.