The city in Israel where we flew into was Tel Aviv. Israel is sprinkled with
villages and towns that begin with Tel. Simply translated to "Hill" Tels
most often are the remains of ancient cities built one on top of another.
Earthquakes, fires, and wars all could result in a city being leveled.
Because often times these city-sites were militarily or commercially
strategic, new towns would be built directly on top of the rubble from the
old one. The resulting hills dot the landscape of Israel. The Tell at Beit
Shean has 21 documented layers of civilizations built one on top of another.
The Biblical connection to this site is found in 1 Samuel 31:10
"The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul
and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. They cut off his head and
stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the
Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among
their people. They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and
fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
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Is there any fighting going on over there right now?
ReplyDeleteReporting on conflict in Israel tends to be sensationalized. Per capita violent crime is much less then the US so we feel vary safe. Hospitality is above and behond. Occationaly there is conflict but most people in this land on either side wish for peace.
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