and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
Genesis 19:22- :. Jerom says y, there was a very large village of Jews in his time called Engaddi, near the dead sea, from whence comes the opobalsam; the same place is called Hazazontamar, from the palm trees which grew there, 2 Chronicles 20:2. It was famous for vineyards also, Song of Solomon 1:14; it lay, according to Josephus z, three hundred furlongs or about forty miles from Jerusalem: