Valleys.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Tracts of land between mountains. 1 Sam. 17:3³And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. (1 Samuel 17:3).

CALLED

Vales. Deut. 1:7⁷Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. (Deuteronomy 1:7). Josh. 10:40⁴⁰So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded. (Joshua 10:40). Dales. Gen. 14:17¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. (Genesis 14:17). 2 Sam. 18:18¹⁸Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. (2 Samuel 18:18).

Fat valleys, when fruitful. Isa. 28:1, 4¹Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! (Isaiah 28:1)
⁴And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. (Isaiah 28:4).

Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren. Deut. 21:4⁴And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: (Deuteronomy 21:4).

Watered by mountain streams. Psa. 104:8, 10⁸They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. (Psalm 104:8)
¹⁰He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. (Psalm 104:10).

Canaan abounded in. Deut. 11:11¹¹But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: (Deuteronomy 11:11).

ABOUNDED WITH

Fountains and springs. Deut. 8:7⁷For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; (Deuteronomy 8:7). Isa. 41:18¹⁸I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. (Isaiah 41:18).

Rocks and caves. Job 30:6⁶To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. (Job 30:6). Isa. 57:5⁵Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? (Isaiah 57:5).

Trees. 1 Kin. 10:27.

Lily of the valley. SoS. 2:1.

Ravens. Prov. 30:17¹⁷The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. (Proverbs 30:17).

Doves. Ezek. 7:16¹⁶But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. (Ezekiel 7:16).

Of Israel well tilled and fruitful. 1 Sam. 6:13¹³And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. (1 Samuel 6:13). Psa. 65:13¹³The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. (Psalm 65:13).

Often the scenes of idolatrous rites. Isa. 57:5⁵Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? (Isaiah 57:5).

The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over. 1 Kin. 20:23, 28.

The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah. Judg. 1:19¹⁹And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. (Judges 1:19).

Often the scenes of great contests. Judg. 5:15¹⁵And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. (Judges 5:15). Judg. 7:8, 22⁸So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. (Judges 7:8)
²²And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. (Judges 7:22). 1 Sam. 17:19¹⁹Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. (1 Samuel 17:19).

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Achor. Josh. 7:24²⁴And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. (Joshua 7:24). Isa. 65:10¹⁰And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. (Isaiah 65:10). Hos. 2:15¹⁵And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. (Hosea 2:15).

Ajalon. Josh. 10:12¹²Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. (Joshua 10:12).

Baca. Psa. 84:6⁶Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. (Psalm 84:6).

Berachah. 2 Chr. 20:26²⁶And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. (2 Chronicles 20:26).

Bochim. Judg. 2:5⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. (Judges 2:5).

Charashim. 1 Chron. 4:14¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. (1 Chronicles 4:14).

Elah. 1 Sam. 17:2²And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. (1 Samuel 17:2). 1 Sam. 21:9⁹And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. (1 Samuel 21:9).

Eshcol. Num. 32:9⁹For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. (Numbers 32:9). Deut. 1:24²⁴And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. (Deuteronomy 1:24).

Gad. 2 Sam. 24:5⁵And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: (2 Samuel 24:5). (marg.)

Gerar. Gen. 26:17¹⁷And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (Genesis 26:17).

Gibeon. Isa. 28:21²¹For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. (Isaiah 28:21).

Hebron. Gen. 37:14¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. (Genesis 37:14).

Hinnom or Tophet. Josh. 18:16¹⁶And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, (Joshua 18:16). 2 Kin. 23:10. 2 Chr. 28:3³Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. (2 Chronicles 28:3). Jer. 7:32³²Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. (Jeremiah 7:32).

Jehoshaphat or decision. Joel 3:2, 14²I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. (Joel 3:2)
¹⁴Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. (Joel 3:14).

Jericho. Deut. 34:3³And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. (Deuteronomy 34:3).

Jezreel. Hos. 1:5⁵And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. (Hosea 1:5).

Jiphthah-el. Josh. 19:14, 27¹⁴And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: (Joshua 19:14)
²⁷And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, (Joshua 19:27).

Keziz. Josh. 18:21²¹Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, (Joshua 18:21).

Lebanon. Josh. 11:17¹⁷Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. (Joshua 11:17).

Megiddo. 2 Chr. 35:22²²Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. (2 Chronicles 35:22). Zech. 12:11¹¹In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. (Zechariah 12:11).

Moab where Moses was burled. Deut. 34:6⁶And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. (Deuteronomy 34:6).

Passengers or Hamon-gog. Eze. 39:11¹¹And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. (Ezekiel 39:11).

Rephaim or giants. Josh. 15:8⁸And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: (Joshua 15:8). Josh. 18:16¹⁶And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, (Joshua 18:16). 2 Sam. 5:18¹⁸The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (2 Samuel 5:18). Isa. 17:5⁵And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. (Isaiah 17:5).

Salt. 2 Sam. 18:13¹³Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. (2 Samuel 18:13). 2 Kin. 14:17.

Shaveh or king's dale. Gen. 14:17¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. (Genesis 14:17). 2 Sam. 18:18¹⁸Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. (2 Samuel 18:18).

Shittim. Joel 3:18¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. (Joel 3:18).

Siddim. Gen. 14:3, 8³All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. (Genesis 14:3)
⁸And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; (Genesis 14:8).

Sorek. Judg. 16:4⁴And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (Judges 16:4).

Succoth. Psa. 60:6⁶God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. (Psalm 60:6).

Zared. Num. 21:12¹²From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. (Numbers 21:12).

Zeboim. 1 Sam. 13:18¹⁸And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. (1 Samuel 13:18).

Zephathah. 2 Chr. 14:10¹⁰Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. (2 Chronicles 14:10).

To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment. Isa. 22:7⁷And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. (Isaiah 22:7).

MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH

The moon made to stand still over Ajalon. Josh. 10:12¹²Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. (Joshua 10:12).

Ditches in, filled with water. 2 Kin. 3:16, 17.

Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood. 2 Kin. 3: 22, 23.

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of the church of Christ. SoS. 6:11.

(Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel. Num. 24:6⁶As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. (Numbers 24:6).

(Dark,) of affliction and death. Psa. 23:4⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4).

(Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel. Isa. 40:4⁴Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: (Isaiah 40:4). Luke 3:5⁵Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; (Luke 3:5).

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