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Hazezon-tamar

also known as: Hazazon-tamar (2 Chronicles 20:2)

Meaning: pruning of the palm

This is the original name of the place afterwards called Engedi.

This ancient city of the Amorites was at first called Hazezon-tamar (Genesis 14:7).

Eventually this city belonged to the Tribe of Judah and was renamed.

A great allied army of Moabites and Ammonites camped at Engedi (Hazezon-tamar, Hazazon-tamar) in preparation to attack the army of King Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:2).

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