Beth Shemesh, Israel: Return of the Ark by the Philistines, Samson, Samuel, Sorek Valley, Zorah
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- See Tel Beth Shemesh and the place where the Philistines returned the Ark of the Covenant back to Israel during the days of Samuel.
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Location
1. Beth-Shemesh lies 13 miles (21 km.) west of Jerusalem and 20 miles (32 km.) east of the Mediterranean Sea. It’s on Hwy. 38, about 5.5 miles (8 km.) south of Hwy. 1.
2. Beth-Shemesh was the most important city in the Sorek Valley as it was a guard-city to both east-west and north-south traffic through the region.
3. It was a border city between Judah and Dan that was given to the Levites.
4. Just across the valley (north) is the town of Zorah, where Samson lived. Some ruins and his tomb can be seen today.
5. Down the valley (west) a short distance was the town of Timnah, the hometown of Samson’s first wife, and the area where his girlfriend Delilah lived.
6. Beth-Shemesh means “House of the Sun” and probably got its name from sun worship by the Canaanites.
7. Beth-Shemesh is most known as the place where the Ark of the Covenant arrived when it was returned by the Philistines in 1 Samuel 6.
Historical Background
1. Beth Shemesh was a large thriving city belonging to the Canaanites when the Israelites arrived in about 1400 BC.
2. The Philistines were part of the Canaanite people group who lived in the land (Gen. 21:34). They possessed iron and were the high-tech people of the day.
3. At the time of Judges and 1 Samuel (1050 AD), the Philistines had a stronghold in the coastal plain area.
4. As the Philistines gained territory, they moved inland. Beth Shemesh and the cities in the Sorek Valley were affected and became border towns between the Philistines and the Israelites.
5. Samson, who lived across from Beth Shemesh in Zorah, engaged in battle with the Philistines to liberate the area from their grasp and return it to the Israelites.
6. The Philistines worshipped the false god, Dagon, who was supposedly the father of Baalsabul, or Baal. He was a fish god of fertility and was represented as a half-man, half-fish creature.
Places of Interest
1. Tel Beth-Shemesh
• 5th century AD Byzantine Monastery
• Underground Water Reservoir
• Northern Double Chambered Gate
• Southern Gate
• Mosque Ruins
• Tombs
• Large rock where the Israelites did the burnt offering after receiving back the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines.
2. Sorek Valley
3. Nahal Sorek Stream
4. Zorah
• Samson's Tomb
5. Tel Timnah
6. Modern Beth-Shemesh
Praise the Lord, I was just reading this in Samuel, so it was awesome to look over the area of Beth-shemesh as you taught this amazing lesson.
I am so pleased that the law of sacrifice is no longer needed.
I thank God for leading me to you.
Thank you for another wonderful lesson.
God bless you ❤️
Nice final message! We must not be part of this world, mirror its immorality, dishonesty and violence.
I love all these holy sites and learning all that went on scripture
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Walking with the Lord🙏🔥❤️Amen. Thank you for all the things that you do and I am following your teachings. More blessings to you and your Ministry. You are the light of the world for pastoring the words of God through your teachings. God is walking with me through your video biblical location teachings. God bless🙏
So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting. God bless.
God is awesome!
Alléluia pasteur. Merci.
Thank you for this wonderful teaching.
That was beautiful good thank you Shalom
As well to God our Father in our Lord Jesus Christ all Glory and Praise is directed for your office and thank you for your teaching as I am just finished judges and starting 1 Samuel.
Thanks for your comment.
thanks a lot for this teaching. we have to be very careful not to be influenced by earthly values.
你們的光也當這樣照在人前，叫他們看見你們的好行為，便將榮耀歸給你們在天上的父。」
NIV In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Thank you. God bless.
I enjoyed your video. Thank you so much for teaching what God put in your heart. I learned a lot in the small amount that there is.
Nice to see the place I read from Samuel in the Bible. I love watching your videos. The narrations highlights and gave me visual familiarization of the place in Beth Shemesh what I have been reading in the Bible. Thanks
Amen praise the lord Jesus Christ.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm blessed by these videos...I read then look...and listen...
Thanks for sharing. We're blessed God is using these videos in your life.
Thank God for this ministry. I have learned soooo much through your videos. I always tried to imagine the Bible on a “western side” point of view, but getting to know the actual land, places and customs is like living in Bible times. Thank you, pastor. Always in my prayers. God bless you always. Amen 🙏🏼
BTW, I love the background music, and your voice is so soothing it gets to the very core of my heart. ❤️
Great job Pastor, just read this and was studying the maps. Most important you redirect the church to examine themselves to make sure they are not repeating the same choices & mistakes. God bless!
Reading the book of Samuel this Sabbath day✨& how he was very much needed at this time to help guide the Israelites away from philistine culture & idol worship. I smiled & laughed😏😁 when i read how dagon fell twice to the ground & his head & hands were broken before the Ark of the Lord
Praise the Lord I love 2017 Hallelujah Amen
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Thank you pastor Todd for this video, my husband and I enjoyed it, God Bless you, Sir.
Thankyou. Praise be to God.
👏👏👏Amen Aleluya great teaching brother Awesome video shalom from
New Mexico God bless u 🙌🙌👆
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting. God bless.
Reading up on the bOok of Samuel this morning.
Great teaching thanks
PRAISE THE LORD amen
Another beautiful visual sermon my friend. Thank you so much. Amen.
You are so welcome
Amen and Amen. Good morning pastor happy Friday Amen. Thank you pastor for beautiful video amen. Praise the lord. Pastor please pray for me Amen. I am from Fiji lsland Labasa amen
Awesome...this was really good, I learned something in this video. Appreciate it, now I can go and study this further in detail, see if there are more connections to this place. GBU
Thank you for these videos it truly helped me as I study God’s Word! God bless
You are very welcome. May God richly bless you as you seek Him.
Ya no any doubt, the our God. Hallelujah
Jeremiah 3:16
“And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
1 Corinthians 3:16
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
Merci 🙏🙏
It's good that most of these accounts are put on videos because the people do not know the history that has surrounded the Ark which is a message to the world that the Ark is not a possession of man but a possession of God and sits where God wants to be for as long as he wants
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Look up the ARK files, Ron Wyatt, Love ur videos Thanks, God Bless you, and All of US, In JESUS Name, AMEN,
7 months in captivity. 7 is the number of completion.
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Over and over the Israelite went astray, God Allmighty punished them let their enemy vex them and then they repented they called God and He forgave them and restored them!
Thanks for sharing.
Amen.
Repent and turn to God
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The idol didn't just fall, God smote off it's head and hands
House of the Sun
There's an Added Perspective that thee Ark represents " THEE PRESENCE OF GOD!"
What would you do, If God's Presence came to Your Neighborhood?
(Like he Should be with You, in Your Neighborhood! Hmmm?)
I wonder where they buried the 30000 Israelites killed in the battle. Any findings of their skeletons?
7:00 I love how they know there is only One God even though they worship fake ones 😂
Praise the One true living God!
There are two "religions". Yahwehs and not Yahwehs. The truth and the lies. Praise Jesus.
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