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Eshcol

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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Eshcol. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A young Amoritish chief who joined Abraham in the recovery of Lot from the hands of…
  2. 2.A valley in which the spies obtained a fine cluster of grapes (Num.

Bunch; brave.

  1. Eshcol (1)

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    A young Amoritish chief who joined Abraham in the recovery of Lot from the hands of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:13, 24).

  2. Eshcol (2)

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    A valley in which the spies obtained a fine cluster of grapes (Num. 13:23, 24; “the brook Eshcol,” A.V.; “the valley of Eshcol,” R.V.), which they took back with them to the camp of Israel as a specimen of the fruits of the Promised Land. On their way back they explored the route which led into the south (the Negeb) by the western edge of the mountains at Telilat el-‘Anab, i.e., “grape-mounds”, near Beersheba. “In one of these extensive valleys, perhaps in Wady Hanein, where miles of grape-mounds even now meet the eye, they cut the gigantic clusters of grapes, and gathered the pomegranates and figs, to show how goodly was the land which the Lord had promised for their inheritance.”, Palmer’s Desert of the Exodus.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(cluster of grapes), brother of Mamre the Amorite and of Aner, and one of Abraham’s companions in his pursuit of the four kings who had carried off Lot. (Genesis 14:13,24) (B.C. 1912.).

In the Bible

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Verses where Eshcol is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Deuteronomy 1:24

    They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.

  • Genesis 14:13

    Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

  • Genesis 14:24

    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

  • Numbers 13:23

    When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

  • Numbers 13:24

    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

  • Numbers 32:9

    For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

Scripture on Eshcol

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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