City of salt in Biblical History

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What is the City of Salt?
CIT'Y OF SALT
the fifth of the six cities possessed by the children of Judah, and situated in the wilderness of Judah. It is mentioned between Nibshan and En-gedi. Josh 15:62. Several sites have been suggested for this city. 1. Van de Yelde found a Nahr Malch ("salt"), one of four ravines forming the Wady el-Bedim, and would locate the city of salt in that vicinity. 2. Others propose to place it at the ruin Um-baghek, or Em-berhek, lying a short distance north of the salt mountain of Jebel Usdum. 3. Conder suggests that it is identical with the present large ruin, Tell el-Mihl, 15 miles east of Beersheba.

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