EN-GEDI, otherwise Hazazon- 2 Chr. xx. 2.Tamar, that is to say, the palm-tree City, because there was a great quantity of palm-trees in the territory belonging to it. It abounded with Cyprus vines, and trees that bore balm. Solomon in his song speaks of Cant. i. 14. Joseph. Antiq. l. 9. c. 1. 1 Sam. xxiv. 1, 2, 3, & seq.the vineyards of En-gedi. This City stood near the lake of Sodom, three hundred furlongs from Jerusalem, not far from Jericho, and the mouth of the river Jordan, through which it discharged itself into the Dead Sea. There is very frequent mention of En-gedi in the Scripture. It was in some cave of the wilderness of En-gedi, that David had an opportunity of killing Saul, who was then in pursuit of him. En-gedi in Hebrew signifies, the kid’s fountain.
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