John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 15:62

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Nibshan, etc.] Of Nibshan no mention is made elsewhere; and the city of Salt some take to be Zoar, so called because near the salt sea, or where Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt, (<011922>Genesis 19:22,26); but rather this city might be so called, because salt was made here. and Engedi, or Engaddi, is a well known place, near the salt sea; (see Gill on “<264710>Ezekiel 47:10”). Jerom says f376, there was a very large village of Jews in his time called Engaddi, near the dead sea, from whence comes the opobalsam; the same place is called Hazazontamar, from the palm trees which grew there, (<142002>2 Chronicles 20:2). It was famous for vineyards also, (<220114>Song of Solomon 1:14); it lay, according to Josephus f377, three hundred furlongs or about forty miles from Jerusalem: six cities with their villages; the sum total agrees with the particulars.

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