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which surrounded it. (2 Chronicles 20:2) Its site is about the middle of the western shore of the
lake, at the fountain of Ain Jidy, from which the place gets its name. It was immediately after an
assault upon the “Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar,” that the five Mesopotamian kings were
attacked by the rulers of the plain of Sodom. (Genesis 14:7) comp. 2Chr 20:2 Saul was told that
David was in the “wilderness of Engedi;” and he took “three thousand men, and went to seek David
and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. ” (1 Samuel 24:1-4) The vineyards of Engedi were
celebrated by Solomon. (Song of Solomon 1:14)
Engine
a term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is
applied in (2 Chronicles 26:15) were designed to propel various missiles from the walls of the
besieged town. One, with which the Hebrews were acquainted, was the battering ram, described
in (Ezekiel 26:9) and still more precisely in (Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22)
Engraver
His chief business was cutting names or devices on rings and seals; the only notices of engraving
are in connection with the high priest’s dress—the two onyx stones, the twelve jewels and the
mitre-plate having inscriptions on them. (Exodus 28:11,21,36)
Enhaddah
(swift fountain), one of the cities on the border of Issachar named next to Engannim. (Joshua
19:21)
Enhakkore
(fount of the caller), the spring which burst out in answer to the cry of Samson after his exploit
with the jawbone. (Judges 15:19)
Enhazor
(fount of Hazor), one of the fenced cities in the inheritance of Naphtali, distinct from Hazor.
(Joshua 19:37) It has not yet been identified.
Enmishpat
(fount of judgment). (Genesis 14:7) [Kadesh, Kadeshbarnea]
Enoch
(dedicated).
•The eldest son of Cain, (Genesis 4:17) who called after his name the city which he built. (Genesis
4:18) (B.C. 3870.)
•The son of Jared and father of Methuselah. (Genesis 5:21) ff.; Luke 3:37 (B.C. 3378-3013.) In the
Epistle of Jude (Jude 1:14) he described as “the seventh from Adam;” and the number is probably
noticed as conveying the idea of divine completion and rest, while Enoch was himself a type of
perfected humanity. After the birth of Methuselah it is said, (Genesis 5:22-24) that Enoch “walked
with God three hundred years... and he was not; for God took him.” The phrase “walked with
God” is elsewhere only used of Noah, (Genesis 6:9) cf. Genesis17:1 etc., and is to be explained
of a prophetic life spent in immediate converse with the spiritual world. Like Elijah, he was
translated without seeing death. In the Epistle to the Hebrews the spring and issue of Enoch’s life
are clearly marked. Both the Latin and Greek fathers commonly coupled Enoch and Elijah as
historic witnesses of the possibility of a resurrection of the body and of a true human existence in
glory. (Revelation 11:3)
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