| | | | =ESDRAELON=, |Judith i. 8; |_Merj Ibn |10 |This name is the Greek The Great Plain| iii. 9; iv. | ʾAmr_ | | form of the word | 6; vii. 3 | | | Jezreel. Now called | | | | ‘Merj ibn ʾAmr.’ (Sh. | | | | V. and VIII.) | | | | =ESEK=, The Well|Gen. xxvi. 20 |_Not |-- |A well dug by Isaac’s | | identified_ | | herdmen in the valley | | | | of Jerar. | | | | =ESHCOL=, Brook |Gen. xiv. 13, |_Not |-- |The name ‘ʾAin or Valley of | 24; Num. | identified_ | | Kashkaleh,’ perhaps a | xiii. 23, | | | remnant of the ancient | 24; xxxii. | | | one, is applied to a | 9; Deut. i. | | | spring on the north | 24 | | | side of Hebron, near | | | | the head of a valley | | | | where some of the most | | | | extensive vineyards of | | | | Palestine exist. | | | | =ESHEAN= (R.V. |Josh. xv. 52 |_es Sîmia_ |14 |One of the cities in =ESHAN=) | | (?)* | | the mountains of | | | | Judah. Possibly the | | | | ruin ‘es Sîmia,’ near | | | | Dumah. (_Mem._ III. | | | | 313; Sh. XXI.)--Conder. | | | | =ESHTAOL= |Josh. xv. 33; |_Eshûʾa_ |14 |Probably the present | xix. 41; | | | village Eshûʾa, in | Judg. xiii. | | | the low country of | 25; xvi. 31; | | | Judah, close to Zorah. | xviii. 2, 8, | | | (_Mem._ II. 25; Sh. | 11 | | | XVII.) | | | | =ESHTEMOA= |Josh. xv. 50; |_es Semûʾa_ |14 |The present village (R.V. | xxi. 14; 1 | | | es Semûʾa, in the =ESHTEMOH=, | Sam. xxx. | | | hill country south of Josh. xv. 50) | 28; 1 Chr. | | | Hebron. (_Mem._ III. | iv. 17, 19; | | | 412, Sh. XXV.) | vi. 57 | | | | | | | =ESORA= |Judith iv. 4 |ʾ_Asîret el |10 |The present village