Valley of Rephaim
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Valley of Rephaim
Original words
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עֵמֶק valley, valleys, vale, daleH6010
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רָפָא giants, giant, rephaim, rephaimsH7497
Where Valley of Rephaim appears in Scripture
כָּל-אֵלֶּה חָֽבְרוּ אֶל-עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּֽלַח׃
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא כְדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְהַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-רְפָאִים בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם וְאֶת-הַזּוּזִים בְּהָם וְאֵת הָֽאֵימִים בְּשָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ-סְדֹם וּמֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה וּמֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וּמֶלֶךְ (צביים) צְבוֹיִם וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִוא-צֹעַר וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ אִתָּם מִלְחָמָה בְּעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּֽים׃
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
וְעֵמֶק הַשִׂדִּים בֶּֽאֱרֹת בֶּֽאֱרֹת חֵמָר וַיָּנֻסוּ מֶֽלֶךְ-סְדֹם וַֽעֲמֹרָה וַיִּפְּלוּ-שָׁמָּה וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים הֶרָה נָּֽסוּ׃
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ-סְדֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ אַֽחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת-כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת-הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל-עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
וְאֶת-הַֽחִתִּי וְאֶת-הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת-הָֽרְפָאִֽים׃
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֶךְ-נָא רְאֵה אֶת-שְׁלוֹם אַחֶיךָ וְאֶת-שְׁלוֹם הַצֹּאן וַֽהֲשִׁבֵנִי דָּבָר וַיִּשְׁלָחֵהוּ מֵעֵמֶק חֶבְרוֹן וַיָּבֹא שְׁכֶֽמָה׃
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב בָּעֵמֶק מָחָר פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם הַמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יַם-סֽוּף׃
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
רְפָאִים יֵחָֽשְׁבוּ אַף-הֵם כָּֽעֲנָקִים וְהַמֹּאָבִים יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם אֵמִֽים׃
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
אֶֽרֶץ-רְפָאִים תֵּֽחָשֵׁב אַף-הִוא רְפָאִים יָֽשְׁבוּ-בָהּ לְפָנִים וְהָֽעַמֹּנִים יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם זַמְזֻמִּֽים׃
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
כִּי רַק-עוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן נִשְׁאַר מִיֶּתֶר הָֽרְפָאִים הִנֵּה עַרְשׂוֹ עֶרֶשׂ בַּרְזֶל הֲלֹה הִוא בְּרַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן תֵּשַׁע אַמּוֹת אָרְכָּהּ וְאַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת רָחְבָּהּ בְּאַמַּת-אִֽישׁ׃
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
וְיֶתֶר הַגִּלְעָד וְכָל-הַבָּשָׁן מַמְלֶכֶת עוֹג נָתַתִּי לַֽחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה כֹּל חֶבֶל הָֽאַרְגֹּב לְכָל-הַבָּשָׁן הַהוּא יִקָּרֵא אֶרֶץ רְפָאִֽים׃
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת-עָכָן בֶּן-זֶרַח וְאֶת-הַכֶּסֶף וְאֶת-הָֽאַדֶּרֶת וְֽאֶת-לְשׁוֹן הַזָּהָב וְֽאֶת-בָּנָיו וְֽאֶת-בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת-שׁוֹרוֹ וְאֶת-חֲמֹרוֹ וְאֶת-צֹאנוֹ וְאֶֽת-אָהֳלוֹ וְאֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר-לוֹ וְכָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ וַיַּֽעֲלוּ אֹתָם עֵמֶק עָכֽוֹר׃
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
וַיָּקִימוּ עָלָיו גַּל-אֲבָנִים גָּדוֹל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיָּשָׁב יְהוָה מֵֽחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ עַל-כֵּן קָרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא עֵמֶק עָכוֹר עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
וַיָּשִׂימוּ הָעָם אֶת-כָּל-הַֽמַּחֲנֶה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹן לָעִיר וְאֶת-עֲקֵבוֹ מִיָּם לָעִיר וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא בְּתוֹךְ הָעֵֽמֶק׃
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
אָז יְדַבֵּר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לַֽיהוָה בְּיוֹם תֵּת יְהוָה אֶת-הָאֱמֹרִי לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר׀ לְעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּגִבְעוֹן דּוֹם וְיָרֵחַ בְּעֵמֶק אַיָּלֽוֹן׃
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
וּגְבוּל עוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן מִיֶּתֶר הָֽרְפָאִים הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּעַשְׁתָּרוֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶֽעִי׃
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
כָּל-מַמְלְכוּת עוֹג בַּבָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר-מָלַךְ בְּעַשְׁתָּרוֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶעִי הוּא נִשְׁאַר מִיֶּתֶר הָֽרְפָאִים וַיַּכֵּם מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּֽרִשֵֽׁם׃
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
וְקִרְיָתַיִם וְשִׂבְמָה וְצֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר בְּהַר הָעֵֽמֶק׃
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
וּבָעֵמֶק בֵּית הָרָם וּבֵית נִמְרָה וְסֻכּוֹת וְצָפוֹן יֶתֶר מַמְלְכוּת סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן וּגְבֻל עַד-קְצֵה יָם-כִּנֶּרֶת עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרָֽחָה׃
And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל׀ דְּבִרָה מֵעֵמֶק עָכוֹר וְצָפוֹנָה פֹּנֶה אֶל-הַגִּלְגָּל אֲשֶׁר-נֹכַח לְמַֽעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים אֲשֶׁר מִנֶּגֶב לַנָּחַל וְעָבַר הַגְּבוּל אֶל-מֵי-עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ וְהָיוּ תֹֽצְאֹתָיו אֶל-עֵין רֹגֵֽל׃
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל גֵּי בֶן-הִנֹּם אֶל-כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנֶּגֶב הִיא יְרֽוּשָׁלִָם וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶל-רֹאשׁ הָהָר אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי גֵֽי-הִנֹּם יָמָּה אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה עֵֽמֶק-רְפָאִים צָפֽוֹנָה׃
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אִם-עַם-רַב אַתָּה עֲלֵה לְךָ הַיַּעְרָה וּבֵֽרֵאתָ לְךָ שָׁם בְּאֶרֶץ הַפְּרִזִּי וְהָֽרְפָאִים כִּי-אָץ לְךָ הַר-אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף לֹֽא-יִמָּצֵא לָנוּ הָהָר וְרֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל בְּכָל-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ-הָעֵמֶק לַֽאֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית-שְׁאָן וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְלַֽאֲשֶׁר בְּעֵמֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל אֶל-קְצֵה הָהָר אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי גֵּי בֶן-הִנֹּם אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִים צָפוֹנָה וְיָרַד גֵּי הִנֹּם אֶל-כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי נֶגְבָּה וְיָרַד עֵין רֹגֵֽל׃
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
וְהָיוּ הֶֽעָרִים לְמַטֵּה בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶם יְרִיחוֹ וּבֵית-חָגְלָה וְעֵמֶק קְצִֽיץ׃
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
וַיְהִי יְהוָה אֶת-יְהוּדָה וַיֹּרֶשׁ אֶת-הָהָר כִּי לֹא לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת-יֹֽשְׁבֵי הָעֵמֶק כִּי-רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל לָהֶֽם׃
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
וַיִּלְחֲצוּ הָֽאֱמֹרִי אֶת-בְּנֵי-דָן הָהָרָה כִּי-לֹא נְתָנוֹ לָרֶדֶת לָעֵֽמֶק׃
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
וְשָׂרַי בְּיִשָּׂשכָר עִם-דְּבֹרָה וְיִשָּׂשכָר כֵּן בָּרָק בָּעֵמֶק שֻׁלַּח בְּרַגְלָיו בִּפְלַגּוֹת רְאוּבֵן גְּדֹלִים חִקְקֵי-לֵֽב׃
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
וְכָל-מִדְיָן וַֽעֲמָלֵק וּבְנֵי-קֶדֶם נֶֽאֶסְפוּ יַחְדָּו וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעֵמֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְרֻבַּעַל הוּא גִדְעוֹן וְכָל-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ עַל-עֵין חֲרֹד וּמַֽחֲנֵה מִדְיָן הָֽיָה-לוֹ מִצָּפוֹן מִגִּבְעַת הַמּוֹרֶה בָּעֵֽמֶק׃
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת-צֵדָה הָעָם בְּיָדָם וְאֵת שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶם וְאֵת כָּל-אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׁלַּח אִישׁ לְאֹֽהָלָיו וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ-מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ הֶֽחֱזִיק וּמַֽחֲנֵה מִדְיָן הָיָה לוֹ מִתַּחַת בָּעֵֽמֶק׃
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
וּמִדְיָן וַֽעֲמָלֵק וְכָל-בְּנֵי-קֶדֶם נֹֽפְלִים בָּעֵמֶק כָּֽאַרְבֶּה לָרֹב וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם אֵין מִסְפָּר כַּחוֹל שֶֽׁעַל-שְׂפַת הַיָּם לָרֹֽב׃
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
וְאֵין מַצִּיל כִּי רְֽחוֹקָה-הִיא מִצִּידוֹן וְדָבָר אֵין-לָהֶם עִם-אָדָם וְהִיא בָּעֵמֶק אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית-רְחוֹב וַיִּבְנוּ אֶת-הָעִיר וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בָֽהּ׃
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
וּבֵית שֶׁמֶשׁ קֹֽצְרִים קְצִיר-חִטִּים בָּעֵמֶק וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת-עֵֽינֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרוֹן וַֽיִּשְׂמְחוּ לִרְאֽוֹת׃
And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
וְשָׁאוּל וְאִֽישׁ-יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶֽאֶסְפוּ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעֵמֶק הָֽאֵלָה וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ מִלְחָמָה לִקְרַאת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
וְשָׁאוּל וְהֵמָּה וְכָל-אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵמֶק הָֽאֵלָה נִלְחָמִים עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַכֹּהֵן חֶרֶב גָּלְיָת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֲשֶׁר-הִכִּיתָ׀ בְּעֵמֶק הָֽאֵלָה הִנֵּה-הִיא לוּטָה בַשִּׂמְלָה אַֽחֲרֵי הָֽאֵפוֹד אִם-אֹתָהּ תִּֽקַּח-לְךָ קָח כִּי אֵין אַחֶרֶת זֽוּלָתָהּ בָּזֶה וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֵין כָּמוֹהָ תְּנֶנָּה לִּֽי׃
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
וַיִּרְאוּ אַנְשֵֽׁי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר-בְּעֵבֶר הָעֵמֶק וַֽאֲשֶׁר׀ בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּֽי-נָסוּ אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכִי-מֵתוּ שָׁאוּל וּבָנָיו וַיַּֽעַזְבוּ אֶת-הֶֽעָרִים וַיָּנֻסוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ בָּהֶֽן׃
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
וּפְלִשְׁתִּים בָּאוּ וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁוּ בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
וַיֹּסִפוּ עוֹד פְּלִשְׁתִּים לַֽעֲלוֹת וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁוּ בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
וְאַבְשָׁלֹם לָקַח וַיַּצֶּב-לוֹ (בחיו) בְחַיָּיו אֶת-מַצֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵֽמֶק-הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אָמַר אֵֽין-לִי בֵן בַּֽעֲבוּר הַזְכִּיר שְׁמִי וַיִּקְרָא לַמַּצֶּבֶת עַל-שְׁמוֹ וַיִּקָּרֵא לָהּ יַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
(וישבו) וְיִשְׁבִּי בְּנֹב אֲשֶׁר׀ בִּֽילִידֵי הָֽרָפָה וּמִשְׁקַל קֵינוֹ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת מִשְׁקַל נְחֹשֶׁת וְהוּא חָגוּר חֲדָשָׁה וַיֹּאמֶר לְהַכּוֹת אֶת-דָּוִֽד׃
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
וַֽיְהִי אַֽחֲרֵי-כֵן וַתְּהִי-עוֹד הַמִּלְחָמָה בְּגוֹב עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים אָז הִכָּה סִבְּכַי הַחֻשָׁתִי אֶת-סַף אֲשֶׁר בִּֽילִדֵי הָֽרָפָֽה׃
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
וַתְּהִי-עוֹד מִלְחָמָה בְּגַת וַיְהִי׀ אִישׁ (מדין) מָדוֹן וְאֶצְבְּעֹת יָדָיו וְאֶצְבְּעֹת רַגְלָיו שֵׁשׁ וָשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע מִסְפָּר וְגַם-הוּא יֻלַּד לְהָֽרָפָֽה׃
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
אֶת-אַרְבַּעַת אֵלֶּה יֻלְּדוּ לְהָֽרָפָה בְּגַת וַיִּפְּלוּ בְיַד-דָּוִד וּבְיַד עֲבָדָֽיו׃
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
וַיֵּֽרְדוּ (שלשים) שְׁלֹשָׁה מֵֽהַשְּׁלֹשִׁים רֹאשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל-קָצִיר אֶל-דָּוִד אֶל-מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וְחַיַּת פְּלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
וַיִּגַּשׁ אִישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר כֹּֽה-אָמַר יְהוָה יַעַן אֲשֶׁר אָֽמְרוּ אֲרָם אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים יְהוָה וְלֹֽא-אֱלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים הוּא וְנָֽתַתִּי אֶת-כָּל-הֶֽהָמוֹן הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה בְּיָדֶךָ וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּֽי-אֲנִי יְהוָֽה׃
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
וַיִּרְאוּ כָּל-אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר-בָּעֵמֶק כִּי נָסוּ וְכִי-מֵתוּ שָׁאוּל וּבָנָיו וַיַּֽעַזְבוּ עָֽרֵיהֶם וַיָּנֻסוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ בָּהֶֽם׃
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
וַיֵּֽרְדוּ שְֽׁלוֹשָׁה מִן-הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁים רֹאשׁ עַל-הַצֻּר אֶל-דָּוִיד אֶל-מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וּמַֽחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
אֵלֶּה הֵם אֲשֶׁר עָֽבְרוּ אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁוֹן וְהוּא מְמַלֵּא עַל-כָּל-(גדיתיו) גְּדוֹתָיו וַיַּבְרִיחוּ אֶת-כָּל-הָעֲמָקִים לַמִּזְרָח וְלַֽמַּעֲרָֽב׃
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
וּפְלִשְׁתִּים בָּאוּ וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
וַיֹּסִיפוּ עוֹד פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ בָּעֵֽמֶק׃
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
וַֽיְהִי אַחֲרֵי כֵן וַתַּֽעֲמֹד מִלְחָמָה בְּגֶזֶר עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים אָז הִכָּה סִבְּכַי הַחֻֽשָׁתִי אֶת-סִפַּי מִֽילִידֵי הָֽרְפָאִים וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
וַתְּהִי-עוֹד מִלְחָמָה בְּגַת וַיְהִי׀ אִישׁ מִדָּה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו שֵׁשׁ-וָשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע וְגַם-הוּא נוֹלַד לְהָֽרָפָֽא׃
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
אֵל נוּלְּדוּ לְהָֽרָפָא בְּגַת וַיִּפְּלוּ בְיַד-דָּוִיד וּבְיַד-עֲבָדָֽיו׃
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
וְעַל-הַבָּקָר הָֽרֹעִים בַּשָּׁרוֹן (שטרי) שִׁרְטַי הַשָּֽׁרוֹנִי וְעַל-הַבָּקָר בָּֽעֲמָקִים שָׁפָט בֶּן-עַדְלָֽי׃
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
וּבַיּוֹם הָֽרְבִעִי נִקְהֲלוּ לְעֵמֶק בְּרָכָה כִּי-שָׁם בֵּרֲכוּ אֶת-יְהוָה עַל-כֵּן קָֽרְאוּ אֶת-שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא עֵמֶק בְּרָכָה עַד-הַיּֽוֹם׃
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
הֲֽתִקְשָׁר-רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתוֹ אִם-יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת-נָֽשֶׁק׃
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
אֱלֹהִים׀ דִּבֶּר בְּקָדְשׁוֹ אֶעְלֹזָה אֲחַלְּקָה שְׁכֶם וְעֵמֶק סֻכּוֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד׃
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
לָבְשׁוּ כָרִים׀ הַצֹּאן וַעֲמָקִים יַֽעַטְפוּ-בָר יִתְרוֹעֲעוּ אַף-יָשִֽׁירוּ׃
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
עֹבְרֵי׀ בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא מַעְיָן יְשִׁיתוּהוּ גַּם-בְּרָכוֹת יַעְטֶה מוֹרֶֽה׃
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
אֱלֹהִים׀ דִּבֶּר בְּקָדְשׁוֹ אֶעְלֹזָה אֲחַלְּקָה שְׁכֶם וְעֵמֶק סֻכּוֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד׃
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
אֲנִי חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
וְהָיָה כֶּֽאֱסֹף קָצִיר קָמָה וּזְרֹעוֹ שִׁבֳּלִים יִקְצוֹר וְהָיָה כִּמְלַקֵּט שִׁבֳּלִים בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
וַיְהִי מִבְחַר-עֲמָקַיִךְ מָלְאוּ רָכֶב וְהַפָּרָשִׁים שֹׁת שָׁתוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
כִּי כְהַר-פְּרָצִים יָקוּם יְהוָה כְּעֵמֶק בְּגִבְעוֹן יִרְגָּז לַעֲשׂוֹת מַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָר מַעֲשֵׂהוּ וְלַֽעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָתוֹ נָכְרִיָּה עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃
For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
וְהָיָה הַשָּׁרוֹן לִנְוֵה-צֹאן וְעֵמֶק עָכוֹר לְרֵבֶץ בָּקָר לְעַמִּי אֲשֶׁר דְּרָשֽׁוּנִי׃
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
הִנְנִי אֵלַיִךְ יֹשֶׁבֶת הָעֵמֶק צוּר הַמִּישֹׁר נְאֻם-יְהוָה הָאֹֽמְרִים מִֽי-יֵחַת עָלֵינוּ וּמִי יָבוֹא בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
וְכָל-הָעֵמֶק הַפְּגָרִים׀ וְהַדֶּשֶׁן וְכָֽל-(השרמות) הַשְּׁדֵמוֹת עַד-נַחַל קִדְרוֹן עַד-פִּנַּת שַׁעַר הַסּוּסִים מִזְרָחָה קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה לֹֽא-יִנָּתֵשׁ וְֽלֹא-יֵהָרֵס עוֹד לְעוֹלָֽם׃
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
בָּאָה קָרְחָה אֶל-עַזָּה נִדְמְתָה אַשְׁקְלוֹן שְׁאֵרִית עִמְקָם עַד-מָתַי תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
וְיָבֹא שֹׁדֵד אֶל-כָּל-עִיר וְעִיר לֹא תִמָּלֵט וְאָבַד הָעֵמֶק וְנִשְׁמַד הַמִּישֹׁר אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָֽה׃
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
מַה-תִּתְהַֽלְלִי בָּֽעֲמָקִים זָב עִמְקֵךְ הַבַּת הַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָה הַבֹּֽטְחָה בְּאֹצְרֹתֶיהָ מִי יָבוֹא אֵלָֽי׃
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי אֶת-קֶשֶׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵמֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
וְנָתַתִּי לָהּ אֶת-כְּרָמֶיהָ מִשָּׁם וְאֶת-עֵמֶק עָכוֹר לְפֶתַח תִּקְוָה וְעָנְתָה שָּׁמָּה כִּימֵי נְעוּרֶיהָ וִּכְיוֹם עֲלוֹתָהּ מֵאֶֽרֶץ-מִצְרָֽיִם׃
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
וְקִבַּצְתִּי אֶת-כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם וְהוֹרַדְתִּים אֶל-עֵמֶק יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי עִמָּם שָׁם עַל-עַמִּי וְנַחֲלָתִי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר פִּזְּרוּ בַגּוֹיִם וְאֶת-אַרְצִי חִלֵּֽקוּ׃
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
יֵעוֹרוּ וְיַעֲלוּ הַגּוֹיִם אֶל-עֵמֶק יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט כִּי שָׁם אֵשֵׁב לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת-כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם מִסָּבִֽיב׃
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
הֲמוֹנִים הֲמוֹנִים בְּעֵמֶק הֶֽחָרוּץ כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהוָה בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרֽוּץ׃
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
וְנָמַסּוּ הֶֽהָרִים תַּחְתָּיו וְהָעֲמָקִים יִתְבַּקָּעוּ כַּדּוֹנַג מִפְּנֵי הָאֵשׁ כְּמַיִם מֻגָּרִים בְּמוֹרָֽד׃
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.