Ezel
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| Type | stone heap |
|---|---|
| Most likely | not a proper name (stone heap) (medium confidence) |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | 1 Samuel 20:19 |
Ezel is a stone heap named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely not a proper name (stone heap) (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| not a proper name (stone heap) | medium (41%) | — |
| within 1 km of Gibeah | very low (-2%) | 31.823° N, 35.231° E |
Verses
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 20:19And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
- 1 Samuel 20:41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.