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Eshcol, The Valley

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

or The brook of, a wady in the neighborhood of Hebron (Mamre), explored by the spies who were sent by Moses from Kadesh-barnea. (Numbers 13:23,24; 1:24) The name is still attached to a spring of fine water called ’Ain Eshkali, in a valley about two miles north of Hebron.

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