Trees of the Bible
The Bible is an historic record of real things, people and places. Learn about the trees mentioned in this great book.
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Tree-related places, events and people
One-third of Earth’s trees will be burned up at one event during the Great Tribuation. This was foreseen by the Apostle John in Revelation 8:7—“The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up” (NASB).
Adam and Eve—ate the fruit of a forbidden tree
Abraham—pitched his tent under a famous oak or terebinh tree in Hebron / met with 2 angels and the LORD under an oak tree
Amos (a dresser of sycamore trees
Baal-tamar
behemoth—had a tail like a cedar tree
booth—made from tree branches
cherub—protected the tree of life
Deborah—sat under a palm tree as a judge
Eden
Elijah—sat down in despondency under a juniper tree and was touched by an angel
Elim
fiery serpents
forest
gallows
gardens
Gethsemane
grove
Jesus Christ—crucified on a tree (a cross made of logs)
Hareth
Hiram—sent cedar and fir trees to Solomon
honey
Jericho—city of palm trees
Jotham—fable about him, in which the trees are spoken of as choosing a king—Judges 9:8-15
Mamre—oak grove where Abraham dwelled
Mount of Olives
King Saul—had his headquarters under a pomegranate tree at Migron
The Second Temple—numerous trees planted in the courts of the Lord
King Solomon—imported cedars from Lebanon
Feast of Tabernacles
tree worship
Wood of Ephraim
Zacchaeus—climbed a sycamore tree to watch Jesus Christ