En Gedi in Smiths Bible Dictionary
(fount of the kid), a town in the wilderness of Judah, Jos
15:62 on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Eze 47:10 Its
original name was Hazezon-tamar, on account of the palm groves
which surrounded it. 2Ch 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. Ge 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." 1Sa 24:1-
4 The vineyards of Engedi were celebrated by Solomon. So 1:14
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