Mamre
In Haram Ramath el-Khalil, about 3 km north of Hebron, Herod the Great constructed a shrine in memory of the cult site in Mamre that was connected to Abrahams altar. The picture shows the wall surrounding the sacred place; on the floor plan cf. Herod obviously no longer knew the exact location of the biblical Mamre that must be found nearer to Hebron.
Gen 13:18; Gen 18:1; Gen 23:17, Gen 23:19; Gen 25:9; Gen 35:27; Gen 49:30
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