The route of the wilderness wanderings of the Israelites between the Exodus and their entry into the Promised Land is listed in Numbers 33:1-50. The map below plots the major points along that journey (there many disgreements about the map).
Sela, more popularly known by the Greek name Petra, is within Edom (2 Kings 14:7). The term “Sela” is used 65 times in the Hebrew Bible, usually meaning “rock,” but 6 times it is used as a place name. Four or five of the references are apparently to a site that preserves this name near Bozrah.
Known in the Bible as as Kir, Kir Moab, Kir-Heres(eth), and Hereseth, this site (today Kerak) was the capital city of Moab. It is situated on an isolated hilltop, with a view in all directions.
The Crusaders recognized the defensible aspect of the site and made Kerak one of their strongest fortresses in the Middle East in 1140 A.D.
Moab is the land where Ruth lived. She married one of the sons of Elimelech and Naomi, before following her mother-in-law to Bethlehem. At the time Judah was experiencing a severe famine, but Moab was apparently receiving more rainfall. This may be explained by the elevated plateau that Moab is on or the response of Hashem to the faithlessness of the Judeans during the days of the Judges.
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See also http://www.tanach.org/bamidbar/chukat/chukats2.htm where Menachem Leibtag argues (relatively convincingly, I think) that there were TWO places named Kadesh (Kadesh Barnea and Kadesh Midbar Tzin). Your map seems to lump them together.
Posted by: Shlomo | June 21, 2007 at 11:22 AM
That should be Rabbi Menachem Leibtag.
Posted by: Shlomo | June 21, 2007 at 11:23 AM