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The term "lowlands" in the biblical context generally refers to the geographical regions that are characterized by their relatively flat and low-lying terrain, often in contrast to the surrounding highlands or mountainous areas. In the Bible, these areas are significant both geographically and theologically, as they often serve as the setting for various historical events and narratives.

Geographical Context

In the ancient Near East, the lowlands were typically fertile areas that supported agriculture and settlement. The most notable lowland region in the biblical narrative is the Shephelah, a series of low hills and valleys located between the coastal plain of Philistia and the central highlands of Judah. This area served as a buffer zone and was often a site of conflict between the Israelites and their neighbors, particularly the Philistines.

Biblical References

The lowlands are mentioned in several passages throughout the Old Testament. One significant reference is found in Joshua 10:40, where Joshua's conquests are described: "So Joshua struck the whole land—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, with all their kings, leaving no survivors, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded." Here, the "foothills" (often translated as "lowlands") are part of the territories conquered by Joshua as the Israelites took possession of the Promised Land.

Another reference is in 1 Kings 4:10, which describes the administrative districts under King Solomon: "Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher were his)." The land of Hepher is part of the lowland region, indicating its inclusion in the organized governance of Solomon's kingdom.

Cultural and Theological Significance

The lowlands were not only agriculturally productive but also strategically important. They often served as battlegrounds due to their location between the coastal areas and the central highlands. The Shephelah, in particular, was a site of numerous battles, including the famous encounter between David and Goliath in the Valley of Elah (1 Samuel 17).

Theologically, the lowlands can be seen as a place of testing and conflict, where the Israelites were called to trust in God's promises despite the challenges posed by their enemies. The victories and defeats experienced in these regions served as reminders of God's sovereignty and the importance of faithfulness to His covenant.

Conclusion

The lowlands in the biblical narrative are more than just geographical locations; they are integral to the unfolding account of God's people. They represent both the physical and spiritual battlegrounds where faith is tested and divine promises are fulfilled. Through the events that transpired in these regions, the biblical text underscores the themes of trust, obedience, and the ever-present guidance of God in the lives of His people.

Strong's Hebrew

63. Abel Hashshittim -- a place in the lowlands of Moab
... a place in the lowlands of Moab. Transliteration: Abel Hashshittim Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-bale' hash-shit-teem') Short Definition: Abel-shittim. ...
/hebrew/63.htm - 6k

Library

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians
... But it is extremely probable that he left the damp lowlands of Pamphylia
for the bracing air of Pisidian Antioch. The malady was ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter xii the epistle of.htm

Introduction
... had been peopled by the Amorites, a tall fair race, akin probably to the Berbers
of northern Africa and the Kelts of our own islands; the lowlands were in the ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm

"Come Thou and all Thy House into the Ark. "
... They might have a great flood which would rise up to the meadowlands and lowlands,
but all it would be necessary to do would be to go up on the hills and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/the overcoming life/come thou and all thy.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... the Kalda settlement, had gradually made their way along the canals which connect
the Euphrates with the Tigris till they had penetrated to the lowlands of the ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

Imperial Tombs.
... along the Appian Way, by the members of each municipal council in turn; and, to
avoid the intense heat of the Campanian and Pontine lowlands, the procession ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter iv imperial tombs.htm

Down the Islands
... Nearer still the gray changed to purple; lowlands rose out of the sea, sloping upwards
with those grand and simple concave curves which betoken, almost always ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter ii down the islands.htm

The Birthnight of Freedom
... These Israelites, the children of Abraham, the brave, wild patriarch of the desert,
have been settled for hundreds of years in the rich lowlands of Egypt. ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xii the birthnight of.htm

Outside the Eden Gate.
... It's not digested yet. That Garden of Eden must have been on a hill, with
lowlands below, and high hills above, and roads both ways. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/outside the eden gate.htm

The Epistles to the Galatians.
... through a boundless prairie; and yet it is the same river, like the Nile at the
Rapids and below Cairo, or the Rhine in the Grisons and the lowlands of Germany ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 91 the epistles to.htm

Letter Xlvi. Paula and Eustochium to Marcella.
... Mary, the mother of the Lord, left the lowlands and made her way to the hill country,
when, after receiving the angel's message, she realized that she bore ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xlvi paula and eustochium.htm

Thesaurus

Lowlands (25 Occurrences)
...Lowlands (25 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Numbers 26:3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest gave
them the order in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying, (BBE). ...
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Canaan (102 Occurrences)
... The name signifies "the lowlands," as distinguished from the land of Gilead
on the east of Jordan, which was a mountainous district. ...
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Chaldaean (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 25:5 But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the
lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every ...
/c/chaldaean.htm - 9k

Shephelah (2 Occurrences)
... If a translation was to be made, perhaps "lowlands" would have been the best, as
applied to the "Lowlands" of Scotland, "which likewise are not entirely plain ...
/s/shephelah.htm - 15k

Canaanites (63 Occurrences)
... The "Canaanites," as distinguished from the Amalekites, the Anakim, and the Rephaim,
were "dwellers in the lowlands" (Numbers 13:29), the great plains and ...
/c/canaanites.htm - 55k

Lowland (34 Occurrences)

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Keilah (16 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Citadel, a city in the lowlands of Judah (Joshua
15:44). David rescued it from the attack of the Philistines ...
/k/keilah.htm - 15k

Jebusites (29 Occurrences)
... Joshua 9:1 Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side
of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in ...
/j/jebusites.htm - 17k

Lowliest (3 Occurrences)

/l/lowliest.htm - 7k

Western (19 Occurrences)
... Joshua 9:1 Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side
of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in ...
/w/western.htm - 13k

Resources

Who were the Canaanites? | GotQuestions.org

Lowlands: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Lowlands (25 Occurrences)

Numbers 22:1
Then the children of Israel, journeying on, put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan at Jericho.
(BBE)

Numbers 26:3
So Moses and Eleazar the priest gave them the order in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,
(BBE)

Numbers 26:63
All these were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
(BBE)

Numbers 31:12
And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
(BBE)

Numbers 33:48
And they went on from the mountains of Abarim, and put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho;
(BBE)

Numbers 33:49
Planting their tents by the side of Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the lowlands of Moab.
(BBE)

Numbers 33:50
And in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,
(BBE)

Numbers 35:1
And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,
(BBE)

Numbers 36:13
These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 1:7
Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
(BBE)

Joshua 4:13
About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.
(BBE)

Joshua 5:10
So the children of Israel put up their tents in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the lowlands of Jericho.
(BBE)

Joshua 9:1
Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
(BBE)

Joshua 13:32
These are the heritages of which Moses made distribution in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan in Jericho, to the east.
(BBE)

Judges 1:9
After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.
(BBE)

1 Kings 10:27
And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
(BBE)

1 Kings 20:23
Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.
(BBE)

1 Kings 20:25
And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage for carriage; and let us make war on them in the lowlands, and certainly we will be stronger than they. And he gave ear to what they said, and did so.
(BBE)

2 Kings 25:5
But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 27:28
Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 28:18
And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 17:26
And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 39:5
But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 48:21
And punishment has come on the lowlands; on Holon and Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
(BBE)

Subtopics

Lowlands

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