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+ Genesis ↑

Genesis 12:6

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2 Abram took his wife Sarai, his brother's son Lot, all the possessions that they had accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

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Abram passed through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, by the terebinth of Moreh. (The Canaanites were then in the land.)

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The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.

2. [5] Persons: slaves and retainers that formed the social aggregate under the leadership of Abraham; cf Genesis 14:14.

Genesis 13:18

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Set forth and walk about in the land, through its length and breadth, for to you I will give it."

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Abram moved his tents and went on to settle near the terebinth of Mamre, which is at Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

Genesis 14:13

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taking with them Abram's nephew Lot, who had been living in Sodom, as well as his possessions.

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4 A fugitive came and brought the news to Abram the Hebrew, who was camping at the terebinth of Mamre the Amorite, a kinsman of Eshcol and Aner; these were in league with Abram.

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When Abram heard that his nephew had been captured, he mustered three hundred and eighteen of his retainers, born in his house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

4. [13] Abram the Hebrew: elsewhere in the Old Testament, until the last pre-Christian centuries, the term "Hebrew" is used only by non-Israelites, or by Israelites in speaking to foreigners, since it evidently had a disparaging connotation--something like "immigrant." The account in this chapter may, therefore, have been taken originally from a non-Israelite source, in which Abraham, a warlike sheik of Palestine, appears as a truly historical figure of profane history.

Genesis 18:1

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The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot.

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Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,

+ Deuteronomy ↑

Deuteronomy 11:30

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4 When the LORD, your God, brings you into the land which you are to enter and occupy, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim, the curse on Mount Ebal.

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(Are they not beyond the Jordan, on the other side of the western road in the country of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite the Gilgal beside the terebinth of Moreh?)

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For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and occupy the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you. When, therefore, you take possession of it and settle there,

4. [29] You shall pronounce the blessing . . . the curse: for the full ceremony, see Deut 27-28. Gerizim . . . Ebal: adjacent mountains in Samaria with a deep ravine between them. Their summits command an excellent view of the entire country.

+ Judges ↑

Judges 6:11, 19

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And I said to you: I, the LORD, am your God; you shall not venerate the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are dwelling. But you did not obey me."

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Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. While his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press to save it from the Midianites,

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the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, "The LORD is with you, O champion!"

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Do not depart from here, I pray you, until I come back to you and bring out my offering and set it before you." He answered, "I will await your return."

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So Gideon went off and prepared a kid and an ephah of flour in the form of unleavened cakes. Putting the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out to him under the terebinth and presented them.

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The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay them on this rock; then pour out the broth." When he had done so,

Judges 9:6

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He then went to his ancestral house in Ophrah, and slew his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. Only the youngest son of Jerubbaal, Jotham, escaped, for he was hidden.

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Then all the citizens of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and proceeded to make Abimelech king by the terebinth at the memorial pillar in Shechem.

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When this was reported to him, Jotham went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and standing there, cried out to them in a loud voice: "Hear me, citizens of Shechem, that God may then hear you!

+ 1 Samuel ↑

1 Samuel 10:3

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1 When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin, who will say to you, 'The asses you went to look for have been found. Your father is no longer worried about the asses, but is anxious about you and says, What shall I do about my son?'

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Farther on, when you arrive at the terebinth of Tabor, you will be met by three men going up to God at Bethel; one will be bringing three kids, another three loaves of bread, and the third a skin of wine.

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They will greet you and offer you two wave offerings of bread, which you will take from them.

1. [2] Here, as in Jeremiah 31:15 Rachel's tomb is placed north of Jerusalem. Later tradition understood Genesis 35:19-20 in the sense given by Matthew 2:16-18 and placed the tomb at Bethlehem, farther south.

1 Samuel 17:2, 19

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The Philistines rallied their forces for battle at Socoh in Judah and camped between Socoh and Azekah at Ephes-dammim.

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Saul and the Israelites also gathered and camped in the Vale of the Terebinth, drawing up their battle line to meet the Philistines.

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The Philistines were stationed on one hill and the Israelites on an opposite hill, with a valley between them.

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Also take these ten cheeses for the field officer. Greet your brothers and bring home some token from them.

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Saul, and they, and all Israel are fighting against the Philistines in the Vale of the Terebinth."

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Early the next morning, having left the flock with a shepherd, David set out on his errand, as Jesse had commanded him. He reached the barricade of the camp just as the army, on their way to the battleground, were shouting their battle cry.

1 Samuel 21:10

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David then asked Ahimelech: "Do you have a spear or a sword on hand? I brought along neither my sword nor my weapons, because the king's business was urgent."

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The priest replied: "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Vale of the Terebinth, is here (wrapped in a mantle) behind an ephod. If you wish to take that, take it; there is no sword here except that one." David said: "There is none to match it. Give it to me!"

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That same day David took to flight from Saul, going to Achish, king of Gath.

+ 2 Samuel ↑

2 Samuel 18:9-10

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The battle spread out over that entire region, and the thickets consumed more combatants that day than did the sword.

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Absalom unexpectedly came up against David's servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large terebinth, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule he had been riding ran off.

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Someone saw this and reported to Joab that he had seen Absalom hanging from a terebinth.

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Joab said to his informant: "If you saw him, why did you not strike him to the ground on the spot? Then it would have been my duty to give you fifty pieces of silver and a belt."

+ 1 Kings ↑

1 Kings 13:14

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Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." When they had saddled it, he mounted

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and followed the man of God, whom he found seated under a terebinth. When he asked him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" he answered, "Yes."

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Then he said, "Come home with me and have some bread."

+ Sirach ↑

Sirach 24:16

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2 Like cinnamon, or fragrant balm, or precious myrrh, I give forth perfume; Like galbanum and onycha and sweet spices, like the odor of incense in the holy place.

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I spread out my branches like a terebinth, my branches so bright and so graceful.

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I bud forth delights like the vine, my blossoms become fruit fair and rich.

2. [15] These substances were associated with worship, being mentioned in Exodus 30:22,23,34 as the ingredients of the anointing oil and the sacred incense. Israel was a priestly nation.

+ Isaiah ↑

Isaiah 6:13

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7 Until the LORD removes men far away, and the land is abandoned more and more.

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If there be still a tenth part in it, then this in turn shall be laid waste; As with a terebinth or an oak whose trunk remains when its leaves have fallen. (Holy offspring is the trunk.)

7. [12] Several limited deportations in the time of Isaiah would later culminate in the Babylonian exile.

+ Hosea ↑

Hosea 4:13

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2 They consult their piece of wood, and their wand makes pronouncements for them, For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray; they commit harlotry, forsaking their God.

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On the mountaintops they offer sacrifice and on the hills they burn incense, Beneath oak and poplar and terebinth, because of their pleasant shade. That is why your daughters play the harlot, and your daughters-in-law are adulteresses.

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3 Am I then to punish your daughters for their harlotry, your daughters-in-law for their adultery? You yourselves consort with harlots, and with prostitutes you offer sacrifice! So must a people without understanding come to ruin.

2. [12] Wood . . . wand: an idol used in divination.

3. [14] With prostitutes you offer sacrifice: the ritual prostitution practiced at the Canaanite shrine was introduced even into sanctuaries dedicated to the Lord. In comparison, the adultery that had become common in Israel was a far less reprehensible crime.