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Place

Eglaim

Named in 1 verse, first in Isaiah 15:8.

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Isaiah

  • Isaiah 15:8

    For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Two ponds, (Isa. 15:8), probably En-eglaim of Ezek. 47:10.

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