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Eshcol
Eshcol
is a term in the
Hebrew Bible
. It may
refer
to:
One of three
Amorite
confederates
of
Abram
in the
Hebron
area
, who, with his
brothers
Mamre
and
Aner
,
joined
forces with those of Abram in
pursuit
of king
Chedorlaomer
and his
armies
who had taken Abram's nephew Lot and others as
captives
.
A valley in which
the twelve spies
obtained an
enormous
cluster
of grapes in "the
brook
Eshcol,", which they took back with them to the
camp
of Israel as a
specimen
of the
fruits
of the
Promised Land
.
The Wycliffe Bible
Encyclopedia
notes
that the valley is still very fruitful