Jeruel
Jeruel
(Heb. Yeruel’, , founded by God, otherwise fear of God; SEE JERIEL; Sept. ), a desert (, i.e. open common) mentioned in the prediction by Jahaziel of Jehoshaphat’s victory over the Moabites and Ammonites, where it is described as being situated on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem, at the foot of the valley leading towards the cliff Ziz (2Ch 20:16). The desert was probably so called as adjoining some town or village of the same name. From the context it appears to have lain beyond the wilderness of Tekoa (2Ch 20:20), in the direction of Engedi (2Ch 20:2), near a certain watchtower overlooking the pass (2Ch 20:24). It appears to correspond to the tract el- Hussasah, sloping from Tekoa to the precipice of Ain-Jidy, described by Dr. Robinson as fertile in the northwestern part (Researches, 2, 212), but sterile as it approaches the Ghor (p. 243), and forming part of the Desert of Judaea. The invading tribes, having marched round the south of the Dead Sea, had encamped at Engedi. The road thence to Jerusalem ascends from the shore by a steep and terrible pass (Walcott, Bib. Sac. 1, 69), and thence leads northward, passing below Tekoa (Robinson, Bib. Res. 1, 501, 508). The valley (brook, 2Ch 20:16), at the end of which the enemy were to be found, was probably the wady Jehar, which, with its continuation wady el-Ghar, traverses the southern part of this plateau (Robinson’s Res. 2, 185); and its upper end appears to have been the same through which the triumphant host passed on their return. and named it BERACHAH SEE BERACHAH (q.v.), i.e. blessing, in commemoration of the victory (2Ch 20:26).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Jeruel
founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract of country now called el-Hasasah.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Jeruel
JERUEL.The part of the wilderness of Juda that faces the W. shore of the Dead Sea below En-gedi. It was here that Jehoshaphat encountered a great host of the children of Moab, Ammon, and other trans-Jordanic tribes (2Ch 20:16).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jeruel
je-rooel, jeroo-el (, yeru’el, founded by El): Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat should meet the hordes of Moabites and Ammonites, after they had come up by the ascent of Ziz, at the end of the valley (i.e. wady), before the wilderness of Jeruel (2Ch 20:16). The particular part of the wilderness intended, is unknown. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) thinks this may be an error for the Jezreel of Judah, mentioned in Jos 15:56, etc. See JEZREEL.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Jeruel
[Jeru’el]
A wilderness where Jehoshaphat was to find his enemies, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir, who destroyed one another. 2Ch 20:16; 2Ch 20:23. Doubtless in some part of the wilderness west of the Dead Sea, but it is not definitely identified.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Jeruel
H3385
A wilderness in southern Judah.
2Ch 20:16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Jeruel
Jer’uel. (founded by God). The wilderness of Jeruel. The place in which Jehoshaphat was informed by Jahaziel, the Levite, that he should encounter the hordes of Ammon, Moab and the Mehunims. 2Ch 20:16. The name has not been met with.