Eshcol in Easton's Bible Dictionary
bunch; brave. (1.) A young Amoritish chief who joined
Abraham in
the recovery of Lot from the hands of Chedorlaomer
(Gen. 14:13,
24).
(2.) A valley in which the spies obtained a fine
cluster of
grapes (Num. 13:23, 24; "the brook Eshcol," A.V.;
"the valley of
Eshcol," R.V.), which they took back with them to
the camp of
Israel as a specimen of the fruits of the Promised
Land. On
their way back they explored the route which led
into the south
(the Negeb) by the western edge of the mountains at
Telilat
el-'Anab, i.e., "grape-mounds", near Beersheba. "In
one of these
extensive valleys, perhaps in Wady Hanein, where
miles of
grape-mounds even now meet the eye, they cut the
gigantic
clusters of grapes, and gathered the pomegranates
and figs, to
show how goodly was the land which the Lord had
promised for
their inheritance.", Palmer's Desert of the Exodus.
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