Meaning - a garden-land

(1.) A range of several connected hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a distance of some 12 miles or more. At the east end, in its highest part, it is 1,728 feet high, and at the west end it forms a promontory to the bay of Acre about 600 feet above the sea. It lay within the tribe of Asher.

(2.) A town in the hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:55), the residence of Nabal (1 Sam. 25:2, 5, 7, 40), and the native place of Abigail, who became David's wife (1 Sam. 27:3). Here king Uzziah had his vineyards (2 Chr. 26:10). The ruins of this town still remain under the name of Kurmul, about 10 miles south-south-east of Hebron, close to those of Maon.

Scriptures

Jos_12:22

Jos_15:55

Jos_19:26

1Sa_15:12

1Sa_25:2,5,7,40

1Ki_18:19,20,42

2Ki_2:25

2Ki_4:25

2Ki_19:23

2Ch_26:10

Son_7:5

Isa_33:9

Isa_35:2

Isa_37:24

Jer_46:18

Jer_50:19

Amo_1:2

Amo_9:3

Mic_7:14

Nah_1:4

References

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Last Updated 02-19-2006

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