Part 4. South Jordan – King’s Highway
A most ancient route. The King's Highway winds its way through the different ecological zones of the country, including forested highlands, open farmland plateaus, deep ravines, the edge of the eastern desert, and the warm tropical Gulf of Aqaba.
First mentioned by name in the Bible (Numbers 20:17 and 21:22), the King's Highway was the route that Moses wished to follow as he led his people north through the land of Edom (southern Jordan).
The name may, however, derive from the even earlier episode recounted in Genesis 14, when an alliance of "4 kings from the north" marched their troops along this route to do battle against the 5 kings of the Cities of the Plain, including the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. This may have happened around 5000 years ago.
I have divided part 4 in three separate parts:
4a. Moses' Promised Land (Holy Land)
Deo 4. Juzni Jordan – Kraljevski put
Jedan je od najstarijih poznatih ruta. Vodi od Amana ka jugu kroz razlicite ekoloske zone Jordana ukljucujuci pozumljene visoravni, oblasti sa farmama, duboke kanjone, obod istocne pustinje do toplog tropskog zaliva, Akabe.
Ime kraljevski put pod tim imenom se spominje u Bibliji (brojevi 20:17 I 21:22) kao put kojim je Mojsije zeleo da ide sa juga Jordana (zemlja Edoma) vodeci narod prema severu.
Ime potice iz Biblije od dogadjaj koji se desio cak pre onog opisanog u Genesis 14; 4 kralja sa severa su vodili svoje trupe tim putem da se sukobe sa 5 kraljeva gradova sa juga ucljucujuci I Sodomu I Gomoru. Ovo se odigralo otprilike pre 5.000 godina.
Juzni Jordan sam podelio u 3 dela
4a. Mojsijeva obecana zemlja
PART 4a. SOUTH JORDAN
– Moses’ Promised Land (Holy Land)
DEO 4a. JUG JORDANA
– MOJSIJEVA OBECANA ZEMLJA
Hisban
- settlement established in the Early Iron Age, circa 1250 - 900 BC
- Moses passed on the way to the “promised land”
- Mentioned in the Bible in a few places
- The Amorite King Sihon ruled the area of central Jordan from his capital at Heshbon (Numbers 21:26). Song of Solomon 7:5, says "...your eyes are like pools in Heshbon...".
Hisban
- Naselje ustanovljeno u ranom gvozdenom dobu , oko 1250-900 god pre nove ere
- Mojsije je prosao tuda na putu za “obecanu zemlju”
- Spomenut u Bibliji nekoliko puta:
- Brojevi 21:26: Amonitski kralj Sihon vladao centralnim Jordanom iz njegove prestonice Hesbon
- Brojevi 7:5; Solomonova himna“…tvoje oci su kao bazeni u Heshbon…”
Madaba
- established before 13thcentury BC
- first mentioned in the Bible as Medeba at the time of the Exodus (Numbers: 21,30; Joshua 13:9)
- The City of Mosaics (underneath almost every house lies a fine Byzantine mosaic 5Th-7th century AD)
- In the contemporary Greek Orthodox church of St. George , 6th-century Byzantine mosaic map shows the entire region from Jordan and Palestine in the north, to Egypt in the south and shows: plains, hills, valleys, villages, cities...
Madaba
- Naselje ustanovljeno pre 13 veka pre nove ere
- Prvi put je spomenuto u Bibliji kao “Medeba” iz vremena Exodusa (Brojevi: 21:30 I Joshua 13:9)
- Nazvan je “grad mozaika”, skoro ispod svake kuce leze izvanredni mozaici iz Vinzantijskog perioda, iz 5-7 veka.
- U Grckoj crkvi, Sv Djordje, nalazi se vizantijski mozaik iz 6 veka (570 god) koji predstavlja mapu citavog regiona od Jordana I Palestine na severu do Egipta na jugu. Obelezeni su gradovi I sela tog perioda, brda, doline, reke.
Mukhajat I Shuna
- Similar to Madaba, there are well preserved mosaics from the Byzantine period
Mukhajat I Shuna
- Slicno kao I Madaba, ostaci dobro ocuvanih mozaika iz vizantijskog perioda
Mt Nebo
- an elevated ridge that is approximately 817 meters above seal level
- Mount Nebo is where the Hebrew prophet Moses was given a view of the promised land that God was giving to the Israelites. (Deuteronomy 34:1)
- According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Moses was buried on this mountain by God Himself
- The church was built in the 2nd half of the 4th century to commemorate the place of Moses' death
- The Basilica and of a large monastery, which had continued to expand through the 6th century
- View across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, Jerusalem and Bethlehem
- Giovanni Fantoni designed the Serpentine Cross (The Brazen Serpent Monument). These are symbolic of the bronze serpent taken by Moses into the desert, and the cross upon which Jesus was crucified
- The curative serpent wrapped around a pole later became the symbol of the pharmaceutical industry
Planina Nebo
- 817m nadmorske visine
- Odatle se pruza pogled na “obecanu zemlju” koju je Bog dao Izraelcima (Deuteronomy 34:1): Jordanska dolina, Mrtvo More I Bethlehem
- Prema jevrejskom I hriscanskom predanju, ovde je sahranjen Mojsije a sahranio ga je Bog licno.
- Centar je hodocasnija od ranog Hriscansko doba
- Crkva je izgradjena u drugoj polovini 4 veka da obelezi mesto Mojsijeve smrti
- Odatle je pogled preko doline reke Jordan, Mrtvo more, Jerusalem I Betlehem
- Tu se nalazi I krst sa zmijom: krst Kristovog raspeca I zmija koju je poneo Mojsije u putinju. Taj krst sa zmijom postao je symbol farmaceutske industrije. Krst je dizajnirao Djovani Fantoni.
Wadi Mujib
- Wadi Al-Mujib, the Bible's Arnon River (Numbers 21:24; Judges 11:18).
Wadi Mujib
Kraljev put voidi dalje na jug.
- Wadi Mujib je kanjon koji se spominje jos u Bibliji kao Arnon reka (brojevi 21:24 I Judges 11:18)