II. ESHCOL, the valley or brook of Eshcol, or, valley of Grapes, in the Southern part of Judah. Here it was that the Hebrew Messengers cut a bunch of grapes, so large, that it was as much as two men could carry. St. Jerom in Paula’s epitaph, speaks of Eshcol as if it were a Numb. xiii. 24, 25. and xxxii. 9. and Deut. i. 24. Josh. xv. 33. Euseb. in Estaoul.city.
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