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Chapter 8: A Survey of Israel

Connect…

Traveling to Israel is a special privilege. I have done it twice. It is an amazing experience to see all the
places described in the Bible stories. A few years ago, I went to the Valley of Elah. That is where David
fought Goliath. It was just an onion field and not really marked in any way. So, we drove down into the
field and stood in the little dry riverbed where David picked up five smooth stones: one for Goliath and
four more for his brothers. I could visualize the armies stationed on the high ground on both sides of
the valley. It is about two football fields wide. I could imagine David running toward Goliath as both
armies looked on. It just brings those Biblical events to life to be able to see it in person. Today, we will
begin a tour of Israel from the south to the north with pictures of many of the places. Try to imagine
you are there.

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to identify on the map the major cities and sites in Southern Israel

2. The student should be able to tell someone what happened at each site.

The Lesson ...

Southern Israel

The Bible is filled with references to cities, towns,
villages, mountains, bodies of water and other
locations in Israel.

Jesus spent most of his ministry in the Galilee but
traveled several times to Jerusalem. He also spent
time in the Judean Wilderness, Samaria, in the region
of the Decapolis (primarily in modern-day Jordan),
and in the far north at Caesarea Philippi and the
region of Tyre.

That leaves of lot of Israel that Jesus did not visit,
including Caesarea by the coast of the
Mediterranean.
That city was four times larger than Jerusalem.
According to the Book of Acts, Caesarea was visited

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