Baka Valley

What causes the redeemed of god to shed tears.

Baka valley. The author of 2 samuel notes that there were balsam trees there verse 23. In whose heart are the ways of them. One reason why believers weep is due to repentance over sin either. The valley of rephaim is the site of one of david s victories over the philistines.

A mulberry tree is known as a weeping tree but also one that brings forth mulberries a delicious fruit. The rain also filleth the pools psalm 84 6. The beqaa valley arabic. The rain also filleth the pools.

Baca was actually a valley near jerusalem but its name means the place of weeping. Nobody knows whether baka was a literal physical location or if it is a poetic reference to the barren experiences of life the name could be translated valley of tears and we can picture those pilgrims perhaps running short of water perhaps even losing heart and wanting to go back home. Who passing through the valley of baca make it a wall. Another possibility is that the word beka im plural of baka may mean weeping wall rocks in the valley of rephaim on whose tops david and his troops were waiting for the coming of the philistine army passing through the valley below 2 samuel 5 24.

Rather through the valley of weeping τὴν κοιλάδα τοῦ κλαυθμῶνος lxx so hupfeld. وادي البقاع wādī l biqā lebanese bʔaːʕ. Who passing through the valley of baca make it a well. Of grief when the righteous pass through a time of suffering or calamity they turn it into a time of refreshment.

բեքայի դաշտավայր also transliterated as bekaa biqâ and becaa and known in classical antiquity as coele syria is a fertile valley in eastern lebanon it is lebanon s most important farming region. The valley of baca was likely a literal place located near jerusalem. Vallis lacrymosa has passed into the religious language of europe as a synonym for life. This is based on the assumption that baka may be a gum exuding weeping tree.

Compare hosea s valley of achor i e. The lxx and the vulgate translate the phrase valley of baca as valley of tears elsewhere baka is translated mulberry tree 2 sam. Who passing through the valley of baca make it a well. Many believers today are spiritually experiencing the journey through the valley of baca.

Another possibility is that the valley of baca is the valley of achor joshua 7 24 the place of israel s trouble where achan was executed for bringing guilt upon the nation. Hengstenberg kay and the revised version. Valley of baca valley of the baka is mentioned in the book of psalms chapter 84 in the following passage. מבצע ערצב 19 mivtza ʻartzav tsha esreh was a suppression of enemy air defenses sead campaign launched by the israeli air force iaf against syrian targets on june 9 1982 at the outset of the 1982 lebanon war the operation was the first time in history that a western equipped air force successfully destroyed a soviet built surface to air.

Industry also flourishes in beqaa especially that related to agriculture. And baca bākha seems to have this signification whatever origin we give the word the valley has been variously identified with the valley of achor hosea 2 15. 6 who passing through the valley of baca.