Category Archives: ISRAEL UPDATES

By Nosson Shulman Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours “It happened the next day, when the Philistines came to plunder….they found Saul and his three sons, fallen on Mt Gilboa. They severed his head….and they hung his remains upon the wall of Beth-Shan (Beit Shean). The (Jewish) inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard…what the PhilistinesContinue reading “Tel Beit Shean”

By Nosson Shulman Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours “They journeyed from Beit El… to Ephrath, when Rachel went into labor and had difficulty in her childbirth. And it came to pass…she died…and was buried on the road to Ephrath, which is (another name for) Bethlehem. Jacob set up a monument over herContinue reading “Tomb of Rachel”

“G-d spoke to Joshua saying…Prepare for yourselves the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you through Moses, where a killer may flee – one who kills a person through carelessness, unintentionally…They designated Kedesh in the Galilee in the mountains of Naphtali (Joshua 20: 1-7)”  I have had the great privilege of publicizing sites in Israel that mostContinue reading “Kedesh: The City of Refuge”

By Nosson Shulman: Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours (click here to check out his free trailer videos) “Abraham took flocks and cattle and gave them to Abimelech; and the two of them entered into a covenant. Abraham set seven ewes of the flock…Abimelech said to Abraham ‘What are these seven ewes?” … AndContinue reading “Beersheba”

By Nosson Shulman Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours “The Philistines assembled their camps for war…. They encamped between Socho and Azekah…in the Terebinth Valley…The Philistines were standing…on one side and Israel was standing…On the other side and the valley was between them…A champion went forth…Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17: 1-4).” OneContinue reading “Tel Azekah (David and Goliath)”

By Nosson Shulman: Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours (click here to check out his free trailer videos) “Joshua…Conquered Hazor and struck it’s king by the sword…Hazor…The Leader of all those kingdoms. (Only) Hazor he burned in fire… All of the others…Israel did not burn (Joshua 11: 10-13).” “King Solomon (re-built) …. Hazor (1Continue reading “Biblical Tel Hazor”

By Nosson Shulman: Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours (click here to check out his free trailer videos) “They placed the ark of G-d onto the wagon…. The Cows set out on the direct road…. to Beit Shemesh (1 Samuel 11: 11-12)” I live in Beit Shemesh, which is Israel’s fastest growing city. InContinue reading “Biblical Beit Shemesh”

By Nosson Shulman Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours “Saul… went to his home, to Gibeah (1 Samuel 10: 26)” While there are many off the beaten track treasures in Israel, some are so little known that even many Israel experts have never heard of them. Today’s historic site, Tel el Ful, rarelyContinue reading “Gibeah of Benjamin (Tel El Ful)”

By Nosson Shulman Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours “And Ephron’s Field….And the cave within and all the trees  in the field…was confirmed as Abraham’s as a purchase in the view of the Children of Heth…Afterwards Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah…which is in Hebron, inContinue reading “Hebron: Cave of the Patriarchs (Mearat HaMachpelah)”

By Nosson Shulman Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours & Authentic Virtual Tours “When Hezekiah saw that (the Assyrians)…were headed for battle against Jerusalem…He rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall… and erected (a new) wall outside of it (Chronicles 2: 32: 2-5)” Visiting the holy city of Jerusalem, and seeing its many sites where endlessContinue reading “Jerusalem’s Hezekiah Biblical (Broad) Wall”