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 we shall proceed to Bethlehem in Galilee via Japhia and Shimron 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 which from Nazareth goes towards the plain of Esdraelon, the caravan route [...]"[2]
Maria Valtorta then notes "a milestone on the opposite sides of which is inscribed: 'Japhia Sidonia-Bethlehem Carmel' to the west, and 'Xalot-Naim Scytopolis-Engannim' to the east".[2]
Its name[edit | edit source]
Shimron, Simonia, Semuniyeh, Lookout post.
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
GRM 239 GRM 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 Bible,[3] 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.[4] Perhaps someday, they will discover the milestone described here, after so many other discoveries in recent decades?
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- 32° 42’ 15’’ N / 35° 12’ 54’’ E /
- +165m