10. En-gedi . . . En-eglaim--En-gedi (meaning
"fountain of the kid"), anciently, Hazazon-Tamar, now Ain-Jidy; west of
the Dead Sea; David's place of refuge from Saul. En-eglaim means
"fountain of two calves," on the confines of Moab, over against
En-gedi, and near where Jordan enters the Dead Sea
(Isa 15:8).
These two limits are fixed on, to comprise between them the whole Dead
Sea.
fish . . . according to their kinds--JEROME quotes an ancient theory that "there are a hundred
fifty-three kinds of fishes," all of which were taken by the apostles
(Joh 21:11),
and not one remained uncaptured; signifying that both the noble and
baseborn, the rich and the poor, and every class, are being drawn out
of the sea of the world to salvation. Compare
Mt 13:47,
the gospel net; the apostles being fishermen, at first literally,
afterwards spiritually
(Mt 4:19).
JFB.
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