Difference between revisions of "Ezel"

<p> ("the stone".) [[Near]] Saul's house, the scene of [[David]] and Jonathan's parting (1 Samuel 20:19). At 1 Samuel 20:41 instead of "out of a place toward the S." Smith's [[Bible]] Dictionary reads, "David arose from close to the stone heap" ('argob for negeb; so Septuagint). But KJV is better, from the side of the S., in relation to Jonathan's position; accordingly David next flees southward, to Nob. </p>

<p> '''''ē´zel''''' ( האזל , <i> '''''hā''''' </i> - <i> ''''''āzel''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] παρὰ τὸ ἐργὰβ ἐκεῖνο , <i> '''''pará tó ergáb ekeı́no''''' </i> ): As it stands, the narrative in 1 Samuel 20:19 records the tryst of [[Jonathan]] with [[David]] at the stone Ezel. The name occurs only here. There is general agreement that the text is corrupt, but there is no agreement as to how it should be restored. The Septuagint reads "this mound" (the Revised Version (British and American), margin), or "yonder cairn"; and in 1 Samuel 20:41 instead of "out of a place toward the South" it reads "from beside the mound" or "cairn." Dr. Cheyne suggests "yonder juniper tree" ( <i> Encyclopaedia Biblica </i> , under the word). </p>