Joshua 15:62

Overview - Joshua 15
1	The borders of the lot Judah.
13	Caleb's portion and conquest.
16	Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wife.
18	She obtains a blessing of her father.
21	The cities of Judah.
63	The Jebusites unconquered.

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Joshua 15:62 (King James Version)
And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

the city of: This city was situated somewhere in the vicinity, west of the lake Asphaltites; and supposed by some to be the same as Zoar.
En-gedi: En-gedi, or Hazazon-Tamar, was situated, according to Eusebius, in the desert west of the Dead Sea. Josephus says it was 300 stadia from Jerusalem, and not far from the lake Asphaltites; and consequently it could not have been far from Jericho and the mouth of the Jordan. It was celebrated for the abundance of its palm-trees.; 1 Samuel 23:29 ; 2 Chronicles 20:2