Difference between revisions of "Ezel"

<p> <strong> EZEL </strong> . The spot where [[Jonathan]] arranged to meet David before the latter’s final departure from the court of Saul (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 20:19 ). The place is not mentioned elsewhere, and it is now generally admitted that the Heb. text of this passage is corrupt. The true reading seems to have been preserved by the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] , according to which we should read in &nbsp; 1 Samuel 20:19 ‘yonder cairn,’ and in &nbsp; 1 Samuel 20:41 ‘from beside the cairn.’ </p>

<p> ("the stone".) Near Saul's house, the scene of David and Jonathan's parting (&nbsp;1 Samuel 20:19). At &nbsp;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> '''E'zel.''' ''(Departure).'' Ezel. ''The Stone,'' A well-known stone in the neighborhood of Saul's residence, the scene of the parting of David and Jonathan. &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:19. </p>

<p> occurs only in the name [[Eben-Ezel]] (Hebrews with the art. repeated, ha- E'ben ha-E'zel, חָאֶבֶן הָאֶזֶל [in pause אָזֶל '', A'Zel], The Stone Of The Departure,'' perhaps i.e., ''Mile-Stone;'' Sept. τὸ ῾Εργὰβ v.r. ἔργον and ὁ λίθος ] ἐκεῖνο; Vulg. ''Lapis Cui Nomen Est Ezel;'' A.V. "the stone Ezel"), an old testimonial-stone in the neighborhood of Saul's residence, the scene of the parting of David and Jonathan when the former finally fled from the court (&nbsp;1 Samuel 20:19). It seems to have derived its name from some early circumstance not recorded. At the second mention of the spot (&nbsp;1 Samuel 20:41) the Hebrews text ( מֵאֵצֶל הִנֶּגֶם A.V. "out of a place toward the south," literally "from the slope of the south;" Sept. ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀργάβ,Vulg. ''De Loco Qui Vergebat [[Ad]] Austrum)'' is, in the opinion of some critics, corrupt, as indicated by the Sept., which in both cases has ''Ergab'' or ''Argab'' (i.e. אִרְגֹּב, Argob', a [[Heap]] of stones) in &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:19 for the Hebrews ''Eben,'' "stone," and in &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:41 for han-negeb, "the south." The sense in &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:41 would then be as follows: "David arose from close to the stone heap" — close to which (the same preposition, אֵצֶל; A.V. "by") it had been arranged beforehand that he should remain (&nbsp;1 Samuel 20:19). Other interpreters, however, render simply "on the south side," a signification which sufficiently suits the circumstances. (See [[Beth-Ezel]]). </p>