the wilderness of Edom: The wilderness of Edom was probably the same as that of Zin or Kadesh, through which the children of Israel passed; extending southward from the Dead Sea, to the eastern branch of the Red Sea.
See note on Numbers 13:21.
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2 Kings 3:8
2 Kings 3:8
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