CITIES OF ANCIENT ISRAEL (2)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

Bethany Mary, Martha, and Lazarus lived in village, place where Lazarus raised from the dead by Jesus. (Luke10:38-41, John 11)		Lachish Canaanite city captured by Joshua. Amaziah, King of Judah, murdered in city. (Joshua 10:31-32; 2Kings 14:19)
Bethel Jacob sees vision of a ladder and names city. The school of prophets was located in Bethel. (Genesis 28:10-22; 2Kings 2:3)		Mamre In Mamre Abraham told by two men he will have a son in his old age then told by a third man of the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (Genesis 13:18, 18)
Bethlehem Place where Jesus was born. (Matthew 2)		Megiddo Megiddo, part of the valley of Jezreel, is the great battlefield of Israel. Egypt's army fought and killed Judah's King Josiah in Megiddo. Also called Armageddon, it is the general location of the final battle between good (Jesus at his second coming) and evil (Antichrist). (Revelation 16:12,14,16)
Bethsaida City where Jesus' disciples Philip, Andrew and Peter lived and where Jesus healed a blind man. (John 1:44, Mark 8:22-26)		Mizpah A city from which Samuel judged the Israelites and one of two places Saul declared King. Place the people met during great national emergencies. (Judges 20:1-3; 1Samuel 7:5-16, 10:17-25)

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