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fields and vineyards, some 4 miles North of Hebron and less than a mile to the East of the modern carriage road.
Where is Halhul in the Bible?
Halhul was a town in the hill country of Judah, located approximately four miles north of Hebron in the West Bank region. It appears in the Bible in Joshua 15:58 as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Judah during the division of the Promised Land. The town was known for its agricultural lands, including fields and vineyards. In later Jewish and Islamic tradition, Halhul became associated with significant religious figures, including a shrine believed by some to mark the tomb of Gad the Seer, a prophet who served King David.
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Halhul
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)fields and vineyards, some 4 miles North of Hebron and less than a mile to the East of the modern carriage road. It is conspicuous from a considerable distance on account of its ancient mosque, Wely Nebi Yulnas, the "shrine of the Prophet Jonah"--a tradition going back at least to the 14th century. The mosque, which has a minaret or tower, is built upon a rock platform artificially leveled. In the 14th century it was stated by Isaac Chilo (a Jewish pilgrim) that the tomb of Gad the Seer (1Sa 22:5; 2Sa 24:11 f) was situated in this town. Beth-zur (Belt Sur) and Gedor (Jedur) are both near. In Josephus (BJ, IV, ix, 6) we read of an Alurus (where the Idumeans assembled), and in Jerome (OS 119 7) of a village Alula near Hebron, which both probably refer to the same place (PEF, III, 305; Sh XXI).
E. W. G. Masterman
ha'-li (chali): A town named with Helkath, Beten and Achshaph on the border of Asher (Jos 19:25). No certain identification is possible; but it may be represented by the modern Khirb