Ezekiel 47:10 - Exposition

As another consequence of the inflowing of this river into the Dead Sea, it is stated that the fishers (rather, fishers , without the article) should stand upon its banks, from Engedi, even unto Englaim; there shall be a place to spread forth nets. The Revised Version more correctly renders, fishers shall stand by it ; from Engedi even unto Eneglaim , shall be a place for the spreading of nets ; or, more literally, a place of spreading , out for nets (comp. Ezekiel 26:5 ). Engedi, עֵין גֶּדִי , meaning "Fountain of the kid;" originally styled Hazezon-Tamar ( 2 Chronicles 20:2 ), now called ' Ain Jidy (Robinson,' Bibl. Res.,' 2.214), was situated in the middle of the west coast of the Dead Sea, and not at its southern extremity, as Jerome supposed. Englaim, עֵין עֶגְלַיִם , signifying "Fountain of two calves," was located by Jerome, who cars it En Gallim , at the northern extremity of the Dead Sea, and is usually identified with the modern ' Ain Feshkhah , or "Fountain of mist," at the northern end of the west coast, where the ruins of houses and a small tower have been discovered (Robinson, 'Bibl. Res.,' 2.220). Ewald cites Isaiah 15:8 to show that Englaim was on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, which, Smend notes, was given up by the prophet to the sons of the East.