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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68805" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68805" /> == | ||
<p> This refers to the river Nile. In Joshua 13:3 it is "Sihor which is before Egypt." In Isaiah 23:3 the produce of the harvest of Egypt was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the [[Syrian]] merchants. In Jeremiah 2:18 [[Israel]] is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile; that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God: cf. Jeremiah 2:36 . In 1 Chronicles 13:5 it is written | <p> This refers to the river Nile. In Joshua 13:3 it is "Sihor which is before Egypt." In Isaiah 23:3 the produce of the harvest of Egypt was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the [[Syrian]] merchants. In Jeremiah 2:18 [[Israel]] is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile; that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God: cf. Jeremiah 2:36 . In 1 Chronicles 13:5 it is written SHIHOR, as the south-west boundary of Palestine. Some consider that Joshua 13:3 and 1 Chronicles 13:5 refer to the <i> [[Wady]] </i> <i> el Arish, </i> which was also called 'the river of Egypt.' </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74934" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74934" /> == | ||
<p> '''Si'hor.''' ''( | <p> '''Si'hor.''' ''(Dark).'' Accurately, '''Shi'hor''' , once, ''The Shihor'' , or '''Shihor of Egypt''' , when unqualified, a name of the Nile. It is held to signify ''"The Black"'' or ''"Turbid".'' In Jeremiah, the identity of [[Shihor]] with the Nile seems distinctly stated. Jeremiah 2:18. The stream mentioned in 1 Chronicles 13:5 is possibly that of the ''Wadi L' Areesh'' . </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17079" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17079" /> == | ||
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44028" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44028" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37296" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37296" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Shihor.) | <p> (See [[Shihor]] .) </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16735" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16735" /> == | ||
