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    The Shephelah (Biblical Hebrew: הַשְּפֵלָה, romanized: hašŠəp̄ēlā, lit. 'the Lowlands') or Shfela (Modern Hebrew: הַשְּׁפֵלָה, romanized: haŠfelá), or...
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    Sokho (redirect from Socoh (Shephelah))
    Michael G.; Garfinkel, Yosef; Weiss, Shifra (2017). Socoh of the Judean Shephelah: The 2010 Survey. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns Inc. ISBN 9781575067667...
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  • et al. "An Abecedary of the Mid-Tenth Century B.C.E. from the Judaean Shephelah." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 344, 2006...
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    ʾAyyālōn), also written Aijalon and Ajalon, is a valley in the lowland of the Shephelah in Israel. The Ayalon Valley has been an important route connecting the...
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    and shrubland-covered mountains gently sloping towards the hills of the Shephelah in the west, to the dry and arid landscapes of the Judaean Desert descending...
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    steep decline in both economy and population and lost the Negev, the Shephelah, and part of the Judean hill country, including Hebron, to encroachments...
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    southern portion of the land, which was highly suitable for pasture. The Shephelah (Hebrew: lowland) – the coastal region, between the highlands and the...
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  • mid-10th century BCE, the spread of the alphabet was restricted to the Shephelah. From the mid-10th to early 9th century BCE, the alphabet transitioned...
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    ISBN 978-0-567-66903-2. Débora Sandhaus (2021). "Settlements and Borders in the Shephelah from the Fourth to the First Centuries BCE". In Andrea M. Berlin, Paul...
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    floor at Zorah Shown within Israel Alternative name Sarea Location Region Shephelah Coordinates 31°46′30″N 34°59′07″E / 31.775086°N 34.98535°E / 31.775086;...
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    Be'er Ya'akov, while shrapnel was also reported to have landed in the Shephelah and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut. Later that day, a UAV launched by the group...
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    with its capital in Jerusalem, controlled the Judaean Mountains, the Shephelah, the Judaean Desert and parts of the Negev. After the fall of Israel,...
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    capital always in Jerusalem, controlling the Judaean Mountains, most of the Shephelah and the Beersheba valley in the northern Negev. In 854 BCE, according...
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    The forests of contemporary Israel are mainly the result of a massive afforestation campaign by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). This article is a list...
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    25°43′07″N 32°39′27″E / 25.71874°N 32.6574°E / 25.71874; 32.6574 The Bubastite Portal gate is located in Karnak, within the Precinct of Amun-Re temple...
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    identified in over 100 settlements across Judea, mainly concentrated in the Shephelah, Hebron Hills, and Beit El Mountains, with fewer in Galilee. Most of these...
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    Many place names in Palestine were Arabized forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used in biblical times or later Aramaic formations. Most...
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    having occurred between the Israelites and the Philistines: The Battle of Shephelah Israelites defeated at the Battle of Aphek, Philistines capture the Ark...
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    along the frontier of the two satrapies. Spanning most of Judea—from the Shephelah in the west to the Dead Sea in the east—it was one of several Persian...
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    desirous of life) is a religious kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2022...
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  • Gunnar, "The United Monarchy in the Countryside: Jerusalem, Judah, and the Shephelah during the Tenth Century BCE", in Vaughn Andrew G. and Killebrew, Ann...
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    Masada – contested; Sicarii (1st century CE), including a genizah In the Shephelah (Judaean foothills): Umm el-Umdan at Modi'in – end 2nd–beginning 1st century...
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    Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The city had a population...
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    74111°E / 31.83028; 34.74111 Country  Israel District Central Council Gederot Region Shephelah Founded 1954 Founded by Iranian Jews Population  (2022) 586...
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    is unknown). These jars were all manufactured in a single site in the Shephelah, possibly at Lachish, under the authority of the king (alluded to in 1...
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    Likud's 2022 electoral list, which the party reserves for a resident of the Shephelah. After receiving support from former mayor of Lod Pinhas Idan, Revivo...
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    (Joshua 19) The region they were trying to settle extended south into the Shephelah in the area of Timnah; as a result, the modern state of Israel refers...
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    high places a quid pro quo for this. Apparent devastation of the fertile Shephelah, coupled with growth of the population of the highlands and the southeast...
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    thousand troops. This kingdom would have included parts of the lowlands (the Shephelah), the Jezreel plain, lower Galilee and parts of the Transjordan. Ahab's...
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  • Assyrians attacked Judah in 701 they did so via the Philistine coast and the Shephelah, the border region which included Micah's village of Moresheth, as well...
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