Jos 15:62, 2Ch 20:2 | TSK | STEP | the city of.This city was situated somewhere in the vicinity, west of the lake Asphaltites; and supposed by some to be the same as Zoar. En-gedi.En-gedi, or Hazazon-Tamar, was situated, according to Eusebius, in the desert west of the Dead Sea. Josephus says it was 300 stadia from Jerusalem, and not far from the lake Asphaltites; and consequently it could not have been far from Jericho and the mouth of the Jordan. It was celebrated for the abundance of its palm-trees.

Joshua 15:62

the city of.This city was situated somewhere in the vicinity, west of the lake Asphaltites; and supposed by some to be the same as Zoar.

En-gedi.En-gedi, or Hazazon-Tamar, was situated, according to Eusebius, in the desert west of the Dead Sea. Josephus says it was 300 stadia from Jerusalem, and not far from the lake Asphaltites; and consequently it could not have been far from Jericho and the mouth of the Jordan. It was celebrated for the abundance of its palm-trees.

1Sa 23:29; 2Ch 20:2

2 Chronicles 20:2

beyond the sea.That is, the Dead or Salt Sea, the western and northern boundary of Edom, which is the reading of one of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. (89,) instead of {aram}, "Syria."

Ge 14:3; Nu 34:12; Jos 3:16

Hazazon-tamar.

Ge 14:7

En-gedi.

Jos 15:62; 1Sa 23:29; So 1:14