- beyond the sea:
- That is, the Dead or Salt Sea, the western and northern boundary of Edom, which is the reading of one of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts (89), instead of aram, "Syria." "All¹ these¹ were joined togetherª° in¹ the valeª of Siddim,ª whichª is the saltª sea.ª" {Gen 14:3} + "And the borderª shall go downª° to Jordan,ª and the goings outª of it shall be¹ at the saltª sea:ª this¹ shall be¹ your landª with the coastsª thereof round about.ª" {Num 34:12} + "That the watersª which came downª° from aboveª¹ stoodª° [and] rose upª° upon anª heapª veryª farª° from the cityª Adam,ª¹ that¹ [is] besideª¹ Zaretan:ª and those that came downª° toward¹ the seaª of the plain,ª [even] the saltª sea,ª failed,ª° [and] were cut off:ª° and the peopleª passed overª° right against¹ Jericho.ª" {Jsh 3:16}
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