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Jeruel

Jeruel is a region mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Jeruel. The name means “fear, or vision of God.”

panorama of hills in Jeruel
panorama of hills in Jeruel · Photo: Moshe Eliyahu (CC-BY-SA-4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Jeruel?

Approx. 31.5797, 35.3092 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

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JeruelregionHigh

Jeruel in the Bible dictionary

Founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract of country now called el-Hasasah.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Jeruel

  • 2 Chronicles 20:16

    To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.