Num 13:21, 34:8, 2Sa 8:3, 1Ki 11:23-25, 1Ch 18:3 | TSK | STEP | from the wilderness of Zin.The wilderness of Zin, is different from that called Sin. (Ex 16:1.) The latter was near Egypt, but the former was near Kadesh Barnea, not far from the borders of Canaan. It seems to be the valley mentioned by Burckhardt; which, under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, form a continuation of the valley of the Jordan, extending from the Dead sea to the eastern branch of the Red sea. The whole plain presents to the view an appearance of shifting sands, whose surface is broken by innumerable undulations and low hills. A few talk, tamarisk, and rethem trees grow among the sand hills; but the depth of sand precludes all vegetation of herbage. Rehob.Rehob was a city, afterwards given to the tribe of Asher, situated near mount Lebanon, at the northern extremity of the Promised Land, on the road which leads to Hamath, and west of Laish or Dan: compare Jud 1:31; 18:28; Jos 19:28. Hamath.

Numbers 13:21

from the wilderness of Zin.The wilderness of Zin, is different from that called Sin. (Ex 16:1.) The latter was near Egypt, but the former was near Kadesh Barnea, not far from the borders of Canaan. It seems to be the valley mentioned by Burckhardt; which, under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, form a continuation of the valley of the Jordan, extending from the Dead sea to the eastern branch of the Red sea. The whole plain presents to the view an appearance of shifting sands, whose surface is broken by innumerable undulations and low hills. A few talk, tamarisk, and rethem trees grow among the sand hills; but the depth of sand precludes all vegetation of herbage.

20:1; 27:14; 33:36; 34:3,4; De 32:51; Jos 15:1

Rehob.Rehob was a city, afterwards given to the tribe of Asher, situated near mount Lebanon, at the northern extremity of the Promised Land, on the road which leads to Hamath, and west of Laish or Dan: compare Jud 1:31; 18:28; Jos 19:28.

Hamath.

2Sa 8:9; Am 6:2

Numbers 34:8

the entrance.

13:21; Jos 13:5,6; 2Sa 8:9; 2Ki 14:25; Jer 39:5; Eze 47:15-20

2 Samuel 8:3

Hadadezer.

1Ch 18:3

Hadarezer. Zobah.

10:6; 1Sa 14:47; 1Ki 11:23,24; Ps 60:1; *title

at the river.

Ge 15:18; Ex 23:31; De 11:24; 1Ki 4:21; Ps 72:8

1 Kings 11:23-25

God.

14; 2Sa 16:11; Ezr 1:1; Isa 13:17; 37:26; 45:5; Eze 38:16

Hadadezer.

2Sa 8:3; 10:8,15-18; 1Ch 18:3-9; 19:6,16-19

Hadarezer.

Ps 60:1; *title

to Damascus.

19:15; 20:34; Ge 14:15; Ac 9:2

in Damascus.Damascus, called also Damesk, but generally El Sham, by the Arabs, is situated in a delightful plain, well watered by the Barrada, at the eastern foot of Antilibanus, being surrounded by the hills in the form of a triumphal arch, 136 miles N. of Jerusalem, 195 S. of Antioch, and 276 S. S. W. of Diarbekir. It is a city of the highest antiquity, being at least as ancient as the time of Abraham: it has been often captured, and several times demolished, but has always risen to splendour and dignity. The modern town is described by Maundrell as of a long, straight figure, it ends pointing nearly N. E. and S. W. It is very slender in the middle, but swells bigger at each end, especially at that to the N. E. According to Niebuhr, the walls are something less than a league and half in circumference; and the population is estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000

all the days.

5:4; 2Ch 15:2

abhorred.

Ge 34:30; De 23:7; 2Sa 16:21; Ps 106:40; Zec 11:8

1 Chronicles 18:3

Hadarezer.Hadadezer, [Hadad'ezer ,] in the parallel passage, seems an evident mistake for [Hadar'ezer ,] Hadarezer; for the LXX. and Vulgate there, as here, read [Adaraazar,] Adarezer. The difference arises from the mistake of a [Rêysh,] {raish,} for a [Dâleth,] {daleth,} two letters very similar.

2Sa 8:3

Hadadezer. Zobah.

1Sa 14:47; 2Sa 10:6; Ps 60:1; *title

by the river.

Ge 15:18; Ex 23:31