Hinnom, Valley Of

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HINNOM, VALLEY OF (called also ?valley of the son [Jer_7:32] or children [2Ki_23:10] of Hinnom,? and ?the valley? [2Ch_26:9, Neh_2:13; Neh_2:15; Neh_3:13 and perhaps Jer_2:23]).?It was close to the walls of Jerusalem ?by the entry of the gate Harsith? (Jer_19:2 RV), possibly the Dung-gate. Evidently the Valley-gate opened into it (Neh_2:13; Neh_3:13). It formed part of the boundary between Judah and Benjamin (Jos_15:8; Jos_18:18). The place acquired an evil repute on account of the idolatrous practices carried on there (2Ki_23:10, 2Ch_28:3; 2Ch_33:6), and on this account Jeremiah (Jer_7:32; Jer_19:6) announced that it was to receive the name ?valley of Slaughter.? Here perpetual fires are said to have been kept burning to consume the rubbish of the city. Such associations with the Valley led afterwards to Ge-hinnom (NT Gehenna) becoming the type of hell.
The situation of the Valley of Hinnom has been much disputed. Of the three valleys of Jerusalem?the Kidron on the E., the Tyrop?on in the centre, and the Wady er-Rab?bi on the W.?each has in turn been identified with it. In favour of the Kidron is the fact that the theological Gehinnom or Arab. Jahannum of Jewish, Christian, and early Moslem writers is located here; but this was probably a transference of name after the old geographical site was lost, for there are strong reasons (see below) against it. As the Tyrop?on was incorporated within the city walls before the days of Manasseh, it is practically impossible that it could have been the scene of the sacrifice of children, which must have been outside the city bounds (2Ki_23:10 etc.). The chief data are found in Jos_15:8; Jos_18:16, where the boundary of Judah and Benjamin is described. If Bir Eyy?b is En-rogel, as certainly is most probable, then the Wady er-Rab?bi, known traditionally as Hinnom, is correctly so designated. Then this Valley of Hinnom is a gai or gorge, but the Valley of Kidron is always described as a nachal (?wady?). It is, of course, possible that the Valley of Hinnom may have included part of the open land formed by the junction of the three valleys below Siloam; and Topheth may have lain there, as is suggested by some authorities, but there is no necessity to extend the name beyond the limits of the actual gorge. The Wady er-Rab?bi commences as a shallow open valley due W. of the Jaffa gate; near this gate it turns due South for about 1/3 of a mile, and then gradually curves to the East. It is this lower part, with its bare rocky scarps, that presents the characters of a gai or gorge. Near where the valley joins the wide Kidron is the traditional site of Akeldama.
E. W. G. Masterman.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


(See HELL.) "The son of Hinnom" was some ancient hero who encamped there (Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, 172). S.W. and S. of Jerusalem; from 50 to 100 yards wide at the sweep round the S.W. corner of the so-called mount Zion. An aqueduct on nine low arches, 290) yards from the Jaffa gate, crosses the valley, and conveys water from "the pools of Solomon" to the temple mount, below which is "the lower pool." The reservoir, supposed by some to be "the upper Pool," or Gihon, is 700 yards from the Jaffa gate. (See GIHON.) The valley where it runs between the "hill of evil counsel" and the S.W. corner of Jerusalem is pierced with many sepulchral recesses. It opens out into an oblong space, the site of Topher, where now are gardens watered by Siloam, before it meets the valley of Jehoshaphat or Kedron on the S.E. At the E. end of it is a bed of clay worked still by potters, the probable site of "the potters' field," Aceldama.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.





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