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2 definitions found
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Eshcol
bunch
;
brave
. (1.)
A
young
Amoritish
chief
who
joined
Abraham
in
the
recovery
of
Lot
from
the
hands
of
Chedorlaomer
(
Gen
. 14:13,
24).
(2.)
A
valley
in
which
the
spies
obtained
a
fine
cluster
of
grapes
(
Num
. 13:23, 24; "
the
brook
Eshcol
," A.V.; "
the
valley
of
Eshcol
," R.V.),
which
they
took
back
with
them
to
the
camp
of
Israel
as
a
specimen
of
the
fruits
of
the
Promised
Land
.
On
their
way
back
they
explored
the
route
which
led
into
the
south
(
the
Negeb
)
by
the
western
edge
of
the
mountains
at
Telilat
el-'Anab
, i.e., "
grape-mounds
",
near
Beersheba
. "
In
one
of
these
extensive
valleys
,
perhaps
in
Wady
Hanein
,
where
miles
of
grape-mounds
even
now
meet
the
eye
,
they
cut
the
gigantic
clusters
of
grapes
,
and
gathered
the
pomegranates
and
figs
,
to
show
how
goodly
was
the
land
which
the
Lord
had
promised
for
their
inheritance
.",
Palmer's
Desert
of
the
Exodus
.
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Eshcol
,
bunch
of
grapes
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