Valley of Hamon-gog
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| Type | valley |
|---|---|
| Also called | Valley of Hamon Gog, Valley of the Travelers, Hordes of Gog Valley, Valley of Gog’s Hordes, Valley of Hamon-Gog, Hamon-gog, The valley of Hamon-gog, Travelers’ Valley |
| Most likely | in Abarim (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.754° N, 35.715° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Ezekiel 39:11 |
Valley of Hamon-gog is a valley named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely in Abarim (low confidence; 4 other proposals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| in Abarim | low (23%) | 31.754° N, 35.715° E |
| not a specific place (symbolic) | low (19%) | — |
| in the Transjordan | very low (14%) | 31.955° N, 35.934° E |
| another name for the Valley of Jezreel | very low (13%) | 32.596° N, 35.242° E |
| Hinnom Valley | very low (8%) | 31.769° N, 35.228° E |
Verses
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 39:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog.And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
- Ezekiel 39:15And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
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.