io8 Of Eziongaber. 



E^.iavgai>er 1. If EzioHgaher lay to the S. E. of Eloth, it is impoffible 

 &;"buo^atthat any Plains at all could belong to it ; fuch at lead as were 

 DjlTat. '^ acceflible to the Ifraelites, or large enough for their Encamp- 

 ments. Becaufe the Mountains of Jlccahah, which are con- 

 tinued, (perhaps from Tetra or the "Dead Sea,) in a long unin- 

 terrupted Chain, quite down to Ektbj (called at prefent from 

 thence Callah, (i. e. theCaftle) o^ ^ccahah,) would cut off all 

 Communication towards the S. E ; efpecially fuch an open one, 

 as would necelTarily be required in this Cafe. 



3. Upon the Suppofition there was a proper Communication 

 betwixt thefe fuppofed Plains of Eloth and Eziongaber ; yet 

 ftill, as the Land of Tromife lay to the Northward of them 

 both, the S. E. Pofition of the latter from thofe oi Eloth, would 

 have fituated them quite out of the Way, that fhould have con- 

 duced them to the Land of Tromife \ contrary to what is here 

 alledged by this Author. 



4.. Befides ; the Diftance, (as it appears in this Author's Map, ) 

 of two or three Miles only, betwixt Eloth and Eziongaber ^ 

 would have been too fmall a Space for their Encampments ; 

 much lefs to have given Denomination to two different and 

 diftinft Plains ; each of which muft be fuppofed to have been 

 capacious enough for thefe Encampments. 



5'. It appears from Straho and Ttolemj, that Eloth was built 

 (Ot ^4 f^x^ "^^ JwA-^TV,) upon the liery point of the Gulf Jf Ezion- 

 gaher therefore fhould be fituated to the S. E. of it, it would 

 have a more Southern Latitude than Eloth, and confequently 

 mult lye upon the Eaftern Coaft, in the Land of Midian, 

 Whereas Eziongaber was a Port, on the Weftern or oppofite 

 Shore, in the Land of Edom ; as we learn from i Kin. 9. ^.6. 

 King Solomon made a Kavy of Ships in Eziongaber, which is 

 together (hk) TA/ith Eloth (not as we render it, which is befides 

 Eloth ) on the Shore of the Red Sea, in the Land of Edom. 

 And X Chron. 8. 17. Then went Solomon to Eziongaber and to 

 Eloth at the Sea fide in the Land of Edom. From all which 

 Circumilances it fufficiently appears, that Eziongaber was fitu- 

 ated to the Southward, and at fome Diftance kom Eloth \ in 

 a quite different Pofition from That, wherein this Author has 

 placed it. 



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