The first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord will provide; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

Ja′ir the Manas′site took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Gesh′urites and the Ma-ac′athites, and called the villages after his own name, Hav′voth-ja′ir, as it is to this day.)

And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day; then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.

And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.

Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it, The Lord is peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiez′rites.

And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty asses; and they had thirty cities, called Hav′voth-ja′ir to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and there came water from it; and when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkor′e; it is at Lehi to this day.

and went up and encamped at Kir′iath-je′arim in Judah. On this account that place is called Ma′haneh-dan to this day; behold, it is west of Kir′iath-je′arim.

Then A′chish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that you should march out and in with me in the campaign; for I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless the lords do not approve of you.

And David was angry because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Pe′rez-uz′zah, to this day.

Now Ab′salom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance”; he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Ab′salom’s monument to this day.

Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.

He killed ten thousand E′domites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Jok′the-el, which is its name to this day.

And David was angry because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Pe′rez-uz′za to this day.

On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Ber′acah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Ber′acah to this day.

Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. And therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had befallen them,

therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

(I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.)

Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.