En-Gedi

Called HAZEZON-TAMAR

A city allotted to the tribe of Judah

• Joshua 15:62

  And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

Built by the Amorites

• Genesis 14:7

  And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

• 2 Chronicles 20:2

  Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

Famous for its vineyards

• Song of Solomon 1:14

  My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.

Wilderness of, in the vicinity of the Dead Sea

David uses as a stronghold

• 1 Samuel 23:29

  And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24

Cave of

• 1 Samuel 24:3

  And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.