Lexicon :: Strong's H1516 - gay'

from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab near the Pisgah highlands that overlook the wasteland.[fn]

“So we stayed in the valley facing Beth-peor.

across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.

He buried him[fn] in the valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows where his grave is.

All the troops who were with him went up and approached the city, arriving opposite Ai, and camped to the north of it, with a valley between them and the city.

From there the border ascended Ben Hinnom Valley to the southern Jebusite slope (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces Hinnom Valley on the west, at the northern end of Rephaim Valley.

The border descended to the foot of the hill that faces Ben Hinnom Valley at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. It ran down Hinnom Valley toward the south Jebusite slope and downward to En-rogel.

The border then circled around Neah on the north to Hannathon and ended at Iphtah-el Valley,

It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, reached Zebulun and Iphtah-el Valley, north toward Beth-emek and Neiel, and went north to Cabul,

The next division headed toward the Beth-horon road, and the last division headed down the border road that looks out over the Zeboim Valley toward the wilderness.

The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them.

The men of Israel and Judah rallied, shouting their battle cry, and chased the Philistines to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron.[fn] Philistine bodies were strewn all along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites[fn] in Salt Valley.[fn]

Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Since there are fifty strong men here with your servants, please let them go and search for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the LORD has carried him away and put him on one of the mountains or into one of the valleys.”

He answered, “Don’t send them.”

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is still its name today.

He defiled Topheth, which is in Ben Hinnom Valley, so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire[fn] to Molech.

Meonothai fathered Ophrah,

and Seraiah fathered Joab, the ancestor of those in the Craftsmen’s Valley,[fn] for they were craftsmen.

They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley to seek pasture for their flocks.

Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley.

So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in Zephathah Valley at Mareshah.

Amaziah strengthened his position and led his people to the Salt Valley. He struck down ten thousand Seirites,[fn]

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the corner buttress, and he fortified them.

He burned incense in Ben Hinnom Valley and burned his children in[fn] the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites.

He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him.

I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Serpent’s[fn] Well and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

So I went up at night by way of the valley and inspected the wall. Then heading back, I entered through the Valley Gate and returned.

Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired five hundred yards[fn] of the wall to the Dung Gate.

Zanoah and Adullam with their settlements;

in Lachish with its fields and Azekah and its surrounding villages.

So they settled from Beer-sheba to Hinnom Valley.

Lod, and Ono, in Craftsmen’s Valley.

Even when I go through the darkest valley,[fn]

I fear no danger,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff ​— ​they comfort me.

God, you have rejected us;

you have broken us down;

you have been angry. Restore us![fn]

A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision:

What’s the matter with you?

Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?

For the Lord GOD of Armies

had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion

in the Valley of Vision —

people shouting[fn] and crying to the mountains;

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,

and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,

which is on the summit above the rich valley.

Woe to those overcome with wine.

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,

which is on the summit above the rich valley,

will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.

Whoever sees it will swallow it

while it is still in his hand.

Every valley will be lifted up,

and every mountain and hill will be leveled;

the uneven ground will become smooth

and the rough places, a plain.

How can you protest, “I am not defiled;

I have not followed the Baals”?

Look at your behavior in the valley;

acknowledge what you have done.

You are a swift young camel

twisting and turning on her way,

“They have built the high places of Topheth[fn] in Ben Hinnom Valley[fn] in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

“and go out to Ben Hinnom Valley near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.

“ ‘Therefore, look, the days are coming ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.

“They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire[fn] to Molech ​— ​something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought[fn] that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!

“You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

The survivors among them will escape

and live on the mountains.

Like doves of the valley,

all of them will moan,

each over his own iniquity.

“Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations, cut it down and left it lying. Its limbs fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. All the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

“I will put your flesh on the mountains

and fill the valleys with your carcass.

“I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

“Therefore, prophesy concerning Israel’s land, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, I speak in my burning zeal because you have endured the insults of the nations.

“ ‘Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel ​— ​the Travelers’ Valley[fn] east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called Hordes of Gog[fn] Valley.