Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
KJV
And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
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And Nibshan,.... 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,
Gen 19:22
; 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
Eze 47:10
. Jerom says (y), 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,
Ch2 20:2
. It was famous for vineyards also,
Sol 1:14
; it lay, according to Josephus (z), three hundred furlongs or about forty miles from Jerusalem:
six cities with their villages; the sum total agrees with the particulars.
(y) De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B. (z) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 1. sect. 2.
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