The Plain of Elah

Conflict with the Philistines

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September 20th 2008
Lachish was on the principal road between Jerusalem and Egypt. Sennacherib besieged the city, and from there sent Rabshakeh to taunt King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. As the Assyrian army left Lachish on their way to Jerusalem, Jehovah's angel slaughtered of 185,000 soldiers in a single night. Next we visited the Plain of Elah. Here the armies of Philistia and Israel faced off across a valley, neit ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more