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    Heth

    חֵת

    Heth was a son of Canaan and the ancestor of the Hittites, a prominent people group in the ancient Near East.

    Illustration2 Chronicles 8The remaining Hittites in the land are conscripted for Solomon's building programme.
    verses
    58
    first named
    Genesis 10:15
    last named
    Ezekiel 16:45
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Early Patriarch

    Description

    Who was Heth?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Heth, also known as the Hittites, was a descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (Gen.10.15; 1Ch.1.13). The Hittites were a prominent people group in the ancient Near East, and they are frequently mentioned throughout the Old Testament. Abraham had dealings with the Hittites when he purchased the cave of Machpelah as a burial site for his wife Sarah (Gen.23). This cave later became the burial place for Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Israel (or 'Jacob') (Gen.25.9-10; 49.29-32; 50.13). Esau, Isaac's son, married two Hittite women, which caused grief for his parents (Gen.26.34-35; 27.46). The Hittites are listed among the inhabitants of the Promised Land that God would drive out before the Israelites (Exo.3.8,17; 13.5; 23.23,28; 33.2; 34.11; Deu.7.1; 20.17; Jos.1.4; 3.10; 9.1; 11.3; 12.8; 24.11; Jdg.3.5; 1Ki.9.20; 2Ch.8.7; Ezr.9.1; Neh.9.8). During the time of the united monarchy, the Hittites are mentioned in connection with David's reign, particularly in the story of Uriah the Hittite, one of David's mighty men (2Sa.11; 23.39; 1Ch.11.41). Solomon had trade relations with the Hittites and even married Hittite women (1Ki.10.29; 11.1; 2Ch.1.17). The Hittites are also mentioned in the prophetic books as a point of comparison or as part of a list of nations (Isa.1.1; Ezk.16.3,45).

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    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 Heth10 of 28 entities the graph connects to Heth, in 3 groups: kinship 3, company 2, events 5. 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.AmoritesSibling of · 14 events · 86 versesJebusitesSibling of · 14 events · 37 versesHivitesSibling of · 15 events · 25 versesKinshipUriahAssociated with · 22 versesEphronAssociated with · 4 events · 10 versesCompanyIsrael3 events · 2,578 versesLORD2 events · 1,004 versesAbraham9 events · 275 versesCanaan13 events · 146 versesPerizzites14 events · 23 versesEventsHeth

    The 10 best-attested of 28 are drawn. All 28 are listed below.

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    and 11 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 58, across 15 books. The name is written 62 times in them.

    1. Genesis18 verses

      10:1515:2023:323:523:723:1023:1623:1823:2025:925:1026:3427:4636:249:2949:3049:3250:13

    2. Exodus7 verses

      3:83:1713:523:2323:2833:234:11

    3. Numbers1 verse

      13:29

    4. Deuteronomy2 verses

      7:120:17

    5. Joshua6 verses

      1:43:109:111:312:824:11

    6. Judges2 verses

      1:263:5

    7. 1 Samuel1 verse

      26:6

    8. 2 Samuel8 verses

      11:311:611:1711:2111:2412:912:1023:39

    9. 1 Kings4 verses

      9:2010:2911:115:5

    10. 2 Kings1 verse

      7:6

    11. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      1:1311:41

    12. 2 Chronicles2 verses

      1:178:7

    13. Ezra1 verse

      9:1

    14. Nehemiah1 verse

      9:8

    15. Ezekiel2 verses

      16:316:45

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    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 Abraham’s purchase of Ephron Field and Jacob Cave and Heth and Ephron’s giving, and 1 moreAbrahamPatriarch, chosen by God to father His peoplevia Hornet’s driving out of Hivites, Canaan, and Heth and Jabin Sent Word, and 1 moreCanaanAncient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendantsvia Heth and Ephron’s giving and Selling MachpelahEphrons FieldEphrons Field is a place attested across 7 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Heth and Ephron’s giving and Selling MachpelahMachpelahA cave near Hebron; burial place of patriarchsvia Hornet’s driving out of Hivites, Canaan, and Heth and LORD’s driving out of Amorites, Canaan, Heth, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites, and NationsDriving OutDriving Out is a concept gathering 50 labelled instances in the text.via UriahBathshebaWife of Uriah, later married David and bore Solomon.via Jabin Sent Word and LORD’s driving out of Amorites, Canaan, Heth, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites, and NationsPerizzitesCanaanite people group living in the land of Canaanvia ElonAdahHittite wife of Esau; mother of Eliphazvia Hornet’s driving out of Hivites, Canaan, and HethIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

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