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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34671" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34671" /> == | ||
<p> '''1.''' A "dug well", whereas EN or AIN is a "fountain" or "spring". Israel's last halting place was so-called, from the well dug there, beyond the Arnon, by the princes and nobles. A poetical fragment celebrates the fact ( Numbers 21:16-18): "Spring up, [[O]] well; sing ye unto it. The princes digged the well; the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves". What a contrast was this Beer, digged amidst the people's joyous songs in honor of their princes, to the miraculous smiting of the rock amidst their murmuring against God and their leaders ( Numbers 20:2). </p> <p> Perhaps the | <p> '''1.''' A "dug well", whereas EN or AIN is a "fountain" or "spring". Israel's last halting place was so-called, from the well dug there, beyond the Arnon, by the princes and nobles. A poetical fragment celebrates the fact ( Numbers 21:16-18): "Spring up, [[O]] well; sing ye unto it. The princes digged the well; the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves". What a contrast was this Beer, digged amidst the people's joyous songs in honor of their princes, to the miraculous smiting of the rock amidst their murmuring against God and their leaders ( Numbers 20:2). </p> <p> Perhaps the [[Beer-Elim]] "well of the princes," of Isaiah 15:8, on the border of [[Moab]] southwards. The howling ( '''''Yillelathah''''' ; Beer-elim is chosen as similar in sound) shall reach even that remote point. Tradition made this the last appearance of the water that "followed" the people before their entrance into Canaan; compare 1 Corinthians 10:4. </p> <p> '''2.''' A place whither Jotham, Gideon's son, fled from [[Abimelech]] ( Judges 9:21). </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49664" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49664" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65238" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65238" /> == | ||
<p> 1. A station of the [[Israelites]] when they drew near the Land, so called because of a well (which the word signifies) being sunk there, from which God gave them water. They sang - </p> <p> "Spring up, O well; sing ye to it: </p> <p> The princes digged the well, </p> <p> The nobles of the people digged it </p> <p> By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves." </p> <p> Numbers 21:16-18 . Probably the same as | <p> 1. A station of the [[Israelites]] when they drew near the Land, so called because of a well (which the word signifies) being sunk there, from which God gave them water. They sang - </p> <p> "Spring up, O well; sing ye to it: </p> <p> The princes digged the well, </p> <p> The nobles of the people digged it </p> <p> By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves." </p> <p> Numbers 21:16-18 . Probably the same as BEER-ELIM of Isaiah 15:8 . </p> <p> 2. Place to which Jotham fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. Judges 9:21 . Its position unknown. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71684" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71684" /> == | ||
