Difference between revisions of "Arabia Petraea"

<p> Lies south of the Holy Land, and had [[Petra]] for its capital. See [[Sela]] . This region contained the southern Edomites, the Amalekites, the Hivites, etc., people at present known under the general name of Arabs. In this country was Kadesh-barnea, Gerar, Beersheba, Paran, Arad, Hasmona, Oboth, Dedan, etc., also the peninsula of Mount [[Sinai]] and the land of Midian. This portion of Arabia, though smaller than the others, is rich in historical associations. The patriarch Job was familiar with its scenery. At Horeb, [[Moses]] saw the burning bush, and [[Elijah]] heard the "still small voice." In this "great and terrible wilderness," from Mount Sinai to the promised land, the Hebrews spent their forty years of wanderings. </p>