ISRAEL (Ancient Land)
(See also Cities of Refuge; Galilee; Judea; Promised Land; Samaria [District]; Samaria [Land of Ten-Tribe Kingdom]; cities by name; regions and features by name)
agriculture: it-1 57-59, 740-742
benefits of lifestyle: it-1 58
booths: it-1 356, 555; ip-1 18-19
bulls used: it-1 374-375
calendar: it-1 390-392, 765; nwt 1796; w07 6/15 8-12; bi12 1647; w90 9/1 16-17
Carmel range: it-1 419-420
fields: it-1 829-830
harrowing: w12 5/1 29
harvest: it-1 1040-1041; it-2 953; w12 5/1 29-30
implements: it-1 810-811
irrigation: it-1 58
lure of Baal worship: w19.06 3-4
nipping figs of sycamore trees: it-1 99; it-2 1050; w07 2/1 16; w04 11/15 10
olive press: it-2 679
plowing: it-2 648-649; w12 5/1 28-29
produce: it-1 740-742; w11 9/1 11-13
soil conservation: it-1 58-59
sowing: it-2 1012-1013; w12 5/1 29
threshing: it-1 556, 811; it-2 953, 1096; nwt 1714; w12 5/1 30; w89 5/1 17
vines: w06 6/15 16-17
winepress: it-2 679-680; nwt 1716
winnowing: it-2 1189; w12 5/1 30
animals: it-1 260; it-2 571, 955; g86 8/8 30
lion: w15 5/1 9
apples: it-1 131-132
apportioning to tribes: mwb21.11 2; si 44-45
Arabah: it-1 138-139; it-2 570; si 271, 276-277
archaeological finds: it-1 150-153, 368; g05 5/22 28
alphabet: g 11/07 16-17
anchors in Dead Sea: g 1/08 27
aqueducts: it-2 40
beehives: w11 3/1 15; w11 4/15 28; w09 7/1 22; g 5/08 30
boat (Sea of Galilee): g 8/06 13-15; w05 8/15 8; g96 12/22 29; w92 1/1 25; g86 11/22 31
bones of man executed on a stake: it-2 463; mwb17.12 5; w87 8/15 28-29
calendar: it-1 392, 928, 960, 1069; w07 6/15 8, 11
certificate of divorce: w08 9/1 25
copper: w13 12/1 12-13; si 65
cosmetic containers: w12 12/1 25
Dead Sea Scrolls: it-2 315; g 2/08 20; w01 2/15 3-7; ba 8; w92 1/1 32; w91 4/15 10-13; si 118-119, 306, 311-312; gm 20-21; w87 5/15 24
desolation of Judah: it-1 150; g 6/12 14; w06 11/15 32; gm 120
divine name: w21.01 31; it-1 142, 325; w08 7/1 24-25; w07 11/15 13; w87 5/15 24
Ein Gedi scroll (Leviticus): w19.06 31
fall of northern kingdom: gm 47-48
gates of Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer: it-1 158, 866, 928, 1049-1050; it-2 365; w88 8/15 24-26; w86 2/15 23
golden calf: g90 12/8 28
Gospel inscription on tomb: g04 9/8 29
“House of David” stela (Tel Dan): mrt article 7; w19.11 32; w15 2/1 7; g 5/12 17; g 11/07 5; la 12-13; ba 14; w96 10/15 30-31
houses: it-1 1154; it-2 654
inscription naming Solomon’s temple: g98 5/8 29
ivories: it-1 59, 100-101, 948; it-2 845; w90 11/1 17; si 149; w87 5/15 25
James ossuary: w03 6/15 3-4
jug with oil (Dead Sea area): w12 12/1 26; g89 8/22 28
name Jaazaniah: it-1 1239
potsherd about Ophir gold (Tel Aviv area): it-2 558; w10 6/1 15
potsherd with plea for garment (Ashdod): w18.01 32
potsherd with writing 1,000 years older than Dead Sea Scrolls: g 7/09 30
Roman governmental complex (Caesarea): g98 3/8 29
seal impression of Jerahmeel: it-2 29
Solomon’s reign: g03 6/8 9; w98 10/15 9-10; w90 6/15 6-7; gm 46
synagogue with figures from Greek mythology: w89 7/1 17
synagogue with zodiac mosaic: w86 12/15 27
Tel Arad: it-1 142; w08 7/1 23-25; w08 8/15 29; w07 11/15 13
why so few inscriptions: it-2 1213
wine cellar and jars: g 9/15 7
winepress: it-2 680
Bashan: it-1 259-260, 335; gl 10; si 271, 277; w89 5/1 16-17
Argob region: it-1 162-163
bees: it-1 275; w11 3/1 15; w11 4/15 28; w09 7/1 22; g 5/08 30
Bible’s accuracy: w93 6/15 5-7
Bible usage: it-1 1234
birds: it-1 317
boundaries: it-2 569; gl 16-17
Ain: it-1 68
Akrabbim: it-1 69
“Dan to Beer-sheba”: it-1 277, 574
David and Solomon’s reign: it-1 144, 748, 768
Euphrates: it-1 768
extended to prophesied limits: it-1 144, 748, 768; w05 10/1 11
Mt. Hermon: it-1 1090
set by Jehovah: it-1 358
Shihor: it-2 927-928
southern, east of Jordan: it-1 178
torrent valley of Egypt: it-2 927-928
tribal boundaries: mwb21.11 2; it-1 358-359, 744, 947
burial places: it-1 378-379
cisterns: it-1 471; w11 1/1 19; w08 6/1 15
cities of refuge: mwb21.05 6; mwb21.07 7; it-1 471-472; w17.11 8-17; nwt 1695; w10 11/1 15; w95 11/15 12; si 44-45
roads and signposts: it-1 1118; w17.11 14
climate: si 280
clouds: it-1 483
dew: it-1 624, 1090; it-2 571; w07 11/15 15-16; w98 8/15 32
harvesttime: it-1 1040
rainfall: w19.06 4; it-2 570-571, 729
snow: it-2 982-983, 1074; w93 12/15 3-4
temperature: it-2 570
winds: it-1 670-671; it-2 1186-1187; w07 6/15 11
Dead Sea (Salt Sea): it-2 843-845; g 1/08 25-27; si 271, 277
Ezekiel’s vision: it-1 725; it-2 844; rr 202-203, 205, 207, 209-210
description: si 270-278
“flowing with milk and honey”: it-1 275, 1135; it-2 402; w11 3/1 15; w09 7/1 22; g 5/08 30
photo essay: it-1 332-336, 740-742
diagrams of cross sections: it-2 569; gl 12-13; w96 8/15 4; si 273
discussion: it-2 568-571; w96 8/15 3-8
earthquakes: g02 3/22 7
fish: it-1 838; w12 8/1 19-20; g02 2/22 19
Galilee: it-1 883-885; it-2 737-740; si 271, 274
photo of upper: it-1 331
gardens: it-1 890
Gethsemane: it-1 890, 927-928; it-2 950
geographic terms: it-2 465, 570
chart: it-2 571
geography: it-1 332-336; it-2 469-470; gl 12-13; w96 8/15 3-8; si 270-278
Carmel interrupts: it-1 419
Great Arabah: it-1 138-139; it-2 570; si 271, 276-277
Mediterranean seacoast: it-2 569; si 270-271; w89 9/1 16
mountainous regions west of the Jordan: it-2 569; si 271, 274-276
mountains and tablelands east of the Jordan: it-2 570; si 271, 277
Negeb: it-2 125, 484-485, 569-570; wp16.3 12; si 271, 275
plains west of the Jordan: si 270-271, 274
Gilead: it-1 882, 942-944; nwt 1699; w93 9/1 8-9; si 271, 277
harbors: w89 9/1 16
held in trust: it-2 199
hereditary lands: it-1 1199-1200; it-2 199-200
tribal inheritance: mwb21.11 2; it-1 358-359, 744, 947
hills: it-1 1118-1119; si 271, 274-275
Hula Basin: w90 7/1 16-17; si 276
Jeshimon: it-2 50; si 271, 275
Jordan River: it-2 105-106, 570; si 276
headwaters: it-1 332; it-2 105; w90 7/1 16
serpentine: it-1 334
upper Jordan Valley: w90 7/1 16-17
Judea: it-2 132-134
kilns: it-2 151
limekilns: it-2 151
maps: w96 8/15 4
Abraham’s travels: it-1 330; w04 10/15 15; w01 8/15 16
capitals: w90 11/1 16
cities near Sea of Galilee: it-2 740; nwt 1754-1755; w89 7/1 16
cities of refuge: w17.11 14; nwt 1774-1775
conquest of Canaan: it-1 737; nwt 1771; bm 11; w04 12/1 10
cross sections: it-2 569; gl 12-13; w96 8/15 4; si 273
Dan to Beer-sheba: mwb16.01 3
David’s life: it-1 746
David’s realm: nwt 1776-1777
detailed: it-2 956-960
divided kingdom: it-1 947; w08 8/15 5; jd 19
Elijah and Elisha: it-1 949; w05 12/15 25
enemy nations: it-1 738, 951; nwt 1771
Ezekiel’s vision of 12 tribes and holy contribution (Eze 47, 48): rr 212; w99 3/1 15; w88 9/15 25
Galilee: it-2 738, 740; mwb18.01 6; w06 6/1 32
Genesis: nwt 1768-1769; bi12 1648
Gilead: w93 9/1 8
Herod the Great’s time: w09 12/1 15
Jacob’s travels: it-1 529
Jerusalem and vicinity: mwb19.04 5; it-1 752; it-2 47, 542, 742; nwt 1786; gl 18
Jesus’ ministry: it-2 540-541; nwt 1749, 1751, 1753-1755, 1757, 1759, 1761, 1782-1783; bi12 1651; gl 29
judges and saviors of Israel: it-1 743; nwt 1775; w05 1/15 25; gl 15
Megiddo: it-1 953; w08 10/15 15; w89 1/1 17; w86 2/15 22
Mercator’s: g 4/09 19-21
nations surrounding: it-1 945; rr 73; gl 11; ip-1 362
natural regions: w04 10/15 16-17; gl 12-13; si 272
Peter’s ministry: w02 3/1 18
relief: w88 2/15 31
roads: it-1 541, 744; it-2 540; gl 15, 17, 29; w89 1/1 17
Roman campaign 67-70 C.E.: w07 4/1 10
satellite photos: it-1 333, 541; it-2 738
Sea of Galilee: it-2 738, 740; nwt 1754-1755; w09 10/1 25; ip-1 122; w93 11/1 24; w88 6/15 25
Sinai Peninsula: it-1 541
Solomon’s realm: it-1 748; nwt 1776-1777
Tel Arad: w08 7/1 23
tribal boundaries: it-1 744, 947; nwt 1774-1775; bi12 1649; gl 15
united kingdom of Saul, David, Solomon: bi12 1650
Valley of Jezreel: w93 6/15 7
Megiddo: it-2 364-366; si 271, 274; w89 1/1 16-17; rs 45-46; w88 8/15 24-25; w86 2/15 21-24
minerals: it-2 571
lead: it-2 228
limestone: it-2 256
mountains: it-2 444
Carmel: it-1 419-420, 950; w96 8/15 7-8; si 271, 274
Ebal: it-1 331, 671-672; gl 28; w93 6/15 6
Gerizim: it-1 331, 925-926; it-2 848; gl 28; w93 1/1 24-25; w93 6/15 6
Gilboa: it-1 942
Halak: it-1 1022
mountainous region of Judah: it-2 125; w96 8/15 5
Mount of Olives: it-2 552-553
Tabor: it-1 334; it-2 1060-1061; gl 14; w90 5/1 16-17
names:
Holy Land: it-2 568
Palestine: it-2 568-569
Promised Land: it-1 358; it-2 568
names of places: it-2 464-465, 570-571
paradisaic: w04 10/15 11-13
plains:
Achor: it-1 41-42
Aijalon: it-1 68
Gennesaret: it-1 923; it-2 739; gl 28; w92 1/1 24-25; si 276
Jezreel: it-2 77; w93 6/15 6-7
Low Plain of Jehoshaphat: it-1 1272; w89 3/15 30
Rephaim: it-2 778
Sharon: it-1 335; it-2 910-911; si 271
Shaveh (Low Plain of the King, King’s Low Plain): it-2 911
Succoth: it-2 1042
plants: it-2 571
change since Bible times: it-2 1123; w04 10/15 12
Qumran caves: it-1 322; si 311-312
restoration after exile:
Ezekiel’s vision (Eze 45, 47, 48): rr 211-223, 225; w99 3/1 10, 17-18
“garden of Eden” (Eze 36:35): w88 9/15 24
Isaiah’s prophecy: w04 10/15 9-10, 12-13; ip-2 168-169, 245-246, 285, 327, 377, 385-386; ip-1 369-378
roads: it-1 1117-1118; gl 16; g98 12/22 20
maps: it-1 541, 744; it-2 540; gl 15, 17, 29; w89 1/1 17
Samaria (region): it-2 847; si 271, 274-275
Sea of Galilee: it-1 885, 923; jy 113; w93 11/1 24-25; gt chapter 44; si 271, 276; w87 5/1 9
ancient boat recovered: w92 1/1 25; g86 11/22 31
cities near: w89 7/1 16
photos: it-1 336; it-2 738-739; w93 11/1 24-25; w88 6/15 24, 26
seas: it-2 881
Shephelah: it-2 125, 570, 923-924; w96 8/15 5; si 271, 275
“soil of Israel” (Eze): it-1 1234
spies sent by Moses: w24.07 9-10; mwb21.03 6; w18.08 4; it-2 114, 1016; lfb 66-67; w13 8/15 11, 13-14; w03 3/1 14; w02 12/1 11; si 33
springs: it-1 868; w11 1/1 19
En-gedi: it-1 728-729; w89 11/1 16-17
strategic location: it-2 568-569
torrent valleys: it-2 1115-1116
Arnon: it-1 177-178; gl 9
Besor: it-1 291-292
Cherith: it-1 431
Egypt: it-1 699-700; it-2 927-928
Farʽah: it-2 1116, 1220
Gerar: it-1 925
Jabbok: it-1 1240
Kanah: it-2 143
Kidron: it-1 35, 191, 752; it-2 150, 542, 947
Kishon: it-2 176-177; w90 5/1 17; w86 2/15 22
Sorek: it-2 1003
Yarmuk: it-2 1116
Zin: w88 2/15 31
trees: it-1 313-314; it-2 1123
forests: it-1 860; w15 7/15 32
valleys: it-2 1147
Achor: it-1 41-42
Elah: it-1 701; wp16.5 13; gl 16; w90 1/1 16-17
Hinnom: it-1 1119-1120; w11 4/1 31; rs 173
Jezreel: it-1 334; it-2 77; w93 6/15 6-7
Jordan, lower (the Zor): it-2 105
Jordan, upper (The Ghor): it-2 105
wells: it-2 1178-1179; w08 6/1 15
“Jacob’s fountain” (Joh 4:6): it-1 1247
wilderness: it-2 1184; si 271, 275-276
Wilderness of Judah: it-1 335, 747; it-2 125, 128; w96 8/15 6; si 271, 275; w89 11/1 16-17
Wilderness of Paran: w97 7/1 14; w96 8/15 7
Wilderness of Sin: it-1 541; it-2 971
wilderness of Sinai: w92 5/1 24-25
Wilderness of Zin: it-2 1235-1236; w88 2/15 31