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Abel

אָבֵל · a.vel · H0059G“a city; mourning; vanity; breath; vapor” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in 1 Samuel

Where it is

No coordinates are recorded for this place.

Names and references: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Mentioned most in

1 Samuel · 1
Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Psa.6.18 mentions a large stone called Abel in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh. The Ark of the Covenant was returned by the Philistines on a cart pulled by two cows. The cows stopped beside this large stone in Joshua's field. The Levites then took down the Ark and placed the Philistines' guilt offering next to the stone. The people of Beth-shemesh offered sacrifices there that day. Abel served as a memorial marker for this event.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Samuel 1 mention

1 Samuel 6:18and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on…

What the dictionary says

(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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