The Book of Joshua, chapter seven, relates the story from which the valley's name comes. After the problems the Israelites had as a result of Achan's immoral theft of items commanded to be destroyed, the Israelite community stoned Achan and his household. The narrative about Achan is etiological, presenting a folk etymology.[2]
Due to the nature of this narrative, the phrase valley of trouble became eminently proverbial and occurs elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. The Book of Isaiah and Book of Hosea use the term – the valley of trouble, a place for herds to lie down in,[3]the valley of trouble for a door of hope,[4] as a way of describing the redemption promised by God.
Identificationedit
Eusebius (in Onomasticon) and Jerome (in Book of Sites and Names of Hebrew Places) implied that they thought it was a valley north of Jericho. In the nineteenth century some writers identified the valley with the wadi al-Qelt, a deep ravine located to Jericho's south.[5] In the twentieth century the Hyrcania valley (El-Buqei'a in Arabic) west and south of Qumran, and Wadi en-Nu'eima[6] have also been suggested.[7] One difficulty is that the narrative of Joshua[8] appears to place the valley of Achor to the north of Jericho, between Jericho and Ai; but Joshua[9] makes the valley part of the boundary between the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, to the south of Jericho, but not as far south as El-Buqei'a.[10]
Notesedit
^The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English Dictionary, Dr. Reuven Sivan and Dr. Edward A. Levenson, New York, 1975
achor, other, uses, disambiguation, hebrew, עכור, muddy, turbid, gloomy, dejected, name, valley, vicinity, jericho, contents, history, identification, notes, referenceshistory, editthe, book, joshua, chapter, seven, relates, story, from, which, valley, name, c. For other uses see Achor disambiguation Achor ˈ eɪ k er Hebrew עכור muddy turbid gloomy dejected 1 is the name of a valley in the vicinity of Jericho Contents 1 History 2 Identification 3 Notes 4 ReferencesHistory editThe Book of Joshua chapter seven relates the story from which the valley s name comes After the problems the Israelites had as a result of Achan s immoral theft of items commanded to be destroyed the Israelite community stoned Achan and his household The narrative about Achan is etiological presenting a folk etymology 2 Due to the nature of this narrative the phrase valley of trouble became eminently proverbial and occurs elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible The Book of Isaiah and Book of Hosea use the term the valley of trouble a place for herds to lie down in 3 the valley of trouble for a door of hope 4 as a way of describing the redemption promised by God Identification editEusebius in Onomasticon and Jerome in Book of Sites and Names of Hebrew Places implied that they thought it was a valley north of Jericho In the nineteenth century some writers identified the valley with the wadi al Qelt a deep ravine located to Jericho s south 5 In the twentieth century the Hyrcania valley El Buqei a in Arabic west and south of Qumran and Wadi en Nu eima 6 have also been suggested 7 One difficulty is that the narrative of Joshua 8 appears to place the valley of Achor to the north of Jericho between Jericho and Ai but Joshua 9 makes the valley part of the boundary between the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to the south of Jericho but not as far south as El Buqei a 10 Notes edit The New Bantam Megiddo Hebrew amp English Dictionary Dr Reuven Sivan and Dr Edward A Levenson New York 1975 Richard Nelson 1997 Joshua Louisville Kentucky Westminster John Knox Press p 99 Isaiah 65 10 Hosea 2 15 Moses Beer 1906 Accor Jewish Encyclopedia 31 53 N 35 32 E 31 883 N 35 533 E 31 883 35 533 G Johannes Botterweck Helmer Ringgren Heinz Josef Fabry eds 2000 Theological dictionary of the Old Testament vol 11 Eerdmans p 71 7 15 7 John H Walton Victor Harold Matthews Mark William Chavalas 2004 The IVP Bible background commentary Old Testament 6th Edition InterVarsity Press p 220References edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Easton Matthew George 1897 Achor Easton s Bible Dictionary New and revised ed T Nelson and Sons nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Moses Beer 1901 1906 Achor In Singer Isidore et al eds The Jewish Encyclopedia New York Funk amp Wagnalls 31 50 13 N 35 23 59 E 31 83686 N 35 399773 E 31 83686 35 399773 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Achor amp oldid 1181054083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
