Atlas Biblica

    person

    Achan

    עָכָן

    Achan took devoted things, leading to Israel's defeat at Ai.

    verses
    7
    first named
    Joshua 7:1
    last named
    1 Chronicles 2:7
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Achan?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Achan was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah who violated God's command by taking devoted things from the conquered city of Jericho (Jos. 7:1). His sin caused Israel's defeat in the battle against Ai. When Joshua sought the Lord's guidance, God revealed that someone had stolen from the devoted things (Jos. 7:10-15).

    Through a process of elimination, Achan was identified as the culprit (Jos. 7:16-18). He confessed to taking a beautiful cloak from Shinar, silver, and gold, hiding them in his tent (Jos. 7:19-21). As a result, Achan and his family were stoned to death, and their remains were burned (Jos. 7:24-25). The place where this occurred was named the Valley of Achor, meaning "trouble" (Jos. 7:26). Achan's sin and its consequences were remembered as a warning against unfaithfulness to God (Jos. 22:20).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Achan6 of 6 entities the graph connects to Achan, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ZerahChild of · 19 versesCarmiChild of · 3 versesKinshipIsrael5 events · 2,578 versesJoshua4 events · 189 versesAchor Valley1 event · 5 versesBeautiful Cloak3 events · 2 versesEventsAchan

    Child of

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Achan happensThe one place the claims about Achan reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Achor_Valley. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Achan there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Achor_Valley
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Achan reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 2 books.

    1. Joshua6 verses

      7:17:187:197:207:2422:20

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      2:7

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Carmi and ZerahZabdiAncestor of Achan, who sinned against Israelvia ZerahCalcolSon of Zerah, grandson of Judahvia ZerahDaraSon of Zerah, grandson of Judahvia ZerahErJudah's firstborn son, killed by God for his wickedness.via ZerahEthanSon of Zerah; grandson of Judah.via ZerahHemanGrandson of Judah through Zerah.via ZerahJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia ZerahMaholFather of wise men surpassed in wisdom by Solomon.via ZerahOnanSon of Judah

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on