Shimron
A town near Nazareth. A strategic crossroads.
Description[edit | edit source]
In the spring of the second year, Jesus organizes the first Pilgrimage, accompanied by the Women Disciples. "From Nazareth, through Japhia and Shimron, we will go to Bethlehem in Galilee and then to Sicaminon and Caesarea"1. Maria Valtorta does not indicate whether Jesus preached in this place.
There is only one other mention of this village in the work, when Jesus, having left Nazareth, has just reached "the main road that, from Nazareth, goes to the Esdraelon Plain, the caravan route"2. Maria Valtorta then notes "a milestone which, on two sides, bears the inscription: Japhia Simonia - Bethlehem Carmel to the west; Xalot - Nain Scythopolis - Engannim to the east"2. This description presents a high degree of plausibility.
Its name[edit | edit source]
Shimron, Simonia, Semuniyeh, Lookout post
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
EMV 239 EMV 478
Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
City of Zebulun, located on the northern edge of the Esdraelon Plain, about 7.5 km west of Nazareth, and 14 km north of Megiddo. The village, named Shimron in the Bible3, and Simonia in the Talmud, had strategic importance in the Roman period. It was, indeed, situated at the crossroads of the road linking Ptolemais to Megiddo and the one linking Sicaminon to Tiberias. Archaeologists have recently found a section of this Roman road. Perhaps someday, they will discover the milestone described here, after so many other discoveries in recent decades?
Explore[edit | edit source]
- 32° 42’ 15’’ N / 35° 12’ 54’’ E /
- +165m
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
(1) Volume 4, chapter 102 /vo 239.1. - (2) Volume 7, chapter 173 /vo 478.1. - (3) Jos 11:1; 12:20; 19:15; 1 Chr 7:1.