שְׁפֵלָה

she.phe.lahShephelah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place20 occurrences9 books19 verses
This is the name of the place Shephelah: Lowland region between Judean hills and coastal plain.

Definition

from H8213; Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine
Traditional renderings: low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).

Glossary entries

Shephelah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

20 total
  1. Deuteronomy 1:7וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֥ה · in the foothills
    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
  2. Joshua 9:1וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה · the foothills
    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
  3. Joshua 10:40וְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֜ה · the foothills
    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
  4. Joshua 11:2וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֑ה · in the foothills
    …to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
  5. Joshua 11:16 (2×)הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · the [western] foothills; וּשְׁפֵלָתֹֽה׃ · and their foothills
    So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
  6. Joshua 12:8וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה · the foothills
    …the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
  7. Joshua 15:33בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֑ה · [These were] in the foothills
    These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
  8. Judges 1:9וְהַשְּׁפֵלָֽה׃ · and in the foothills
    Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
  9. 1 Kings 10:27בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · in the foothills
    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  10. 1 Chronicles 27:28בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֔ה · in the foothills
    Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
  11. 2 Chronicles 1:15בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · in the foothills
    The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  12. 2 Chronicles 9:27בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · in the foothills
    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  13. 2 Chronicles 26:10וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · in the foothills
    Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
  14. 2 Chronicles 28:18הַשְּׁפֵלָ֣ה · of the foothills
    The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
  15. Jeremiah 17:26הַשְּׁפֵלָ֤ה · the foothills
    And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
  16. Jeremiah 32:44הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · the foothills
    Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
  17. Jeremiah 33:13הַשְּׁפֵלָה֙ · the foothills
    In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
  18. Obadiah 1:19וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה֙ · those from the foothills
    Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
  19. Zechariah 7:7וְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה · and the foothills
    Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”