Diviners' Oak
The Diviners' Oak was a tree near Shechem, likely associated with pagan divination practices.
PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse
Summary
A location in Shechem only mentioned at Judges 9:37; only referred to as Diviners' Oak (עָנַן אֵלוֹן).
Location
- Identified as
- within 200 m of Shechem
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.214° N, 35.282° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- מְעוֹנְנִֽים+H0436G«H0436=אֵלוֹןDiviners' Oak
Mentions
- Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”