The Wilderness of Jeruel, where Jehoshaphat and Judah defeated their enemies (2Ch.20.16).
The Wilderness of Jeruel is mentioned in 2Ch.20.16 as the location where King Jehoshaphat of Judah and his people were instructed to go to witness the Lord's victory over their enemies. The Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites had come to attack Judah, but God caused them to turn against each other, resulting in their defeat without Judah having to fight. The exact location of the Wilderness of Jeruel is uncertain, but it is believed to be near Tekoa, southeast of Jerusalem, in the Judean Wilderness.
Approximate location: 31.573, 35.406 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
Founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract of country now called el-Hasasah.
(founded by God), The wilderness of, the place in which Jehoshaphat was informed by Jahaziel the Levite that he should encounter the hordes of Ammon, Moab and the Mehunims. (2 Chronicles 20:16) The name has not been met with.
fear, or vision of God
JER'UEL (founded of God), THE WIL'DERNESS OF, the place in which Jehoshaphat met and defeated the Ammonites, Moabites, and their allies. 2 Chr 20:16. It was near Tekoah and the valley of Berachah, on the west of the Dead Sea, probably the tract known as el-Hasasah, on the road from En-gedi to Jerusalem.
JER'UEL (founded of God), THE WIL'DERNESS OF, the place in which Jehoshaphat met and defeated the Ammonites, Moabites, and their allies. 2 Chr 20:16. It was near Tekoah and the valley of Berachah, on the west of the Dead Sea, probably the tract known as el-Hasasah, on the road from En-gedi to Jerusalem.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3385
Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
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