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Nibshan

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

Fertile; light soil, a city somewhere “in the wilderness” of Judah (Josh. 15:62), probably near Engedi.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(soft soil) one of the six cities of Judah, (Joshua 15:62) which were in the district of the Midbar (Authorized Version "wilderness").

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

nib'-shan (ha-nibhshan; Codex Vaticanus Naphlazon; Codex Alexandrinus Nebsan): A city in the Judean wilderness named between Secacah and the City of Salt (Jos 15:62). Eusebius, Onomasticon, knows the place but gives no clue to its identification. The site has not been recovered. Wellhausen suggests the emendation of nibhshan to kibhshan, "furnace" (Proleg. 2, 344).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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