2 Chronicles 20:2 - Exposition

Beyond the sea on this aide Aram ( Syria ); i.e. south-east of the Salt Sea, and something west of Edom (the right reading in place of Aram, where a resh had turned out a daleth ) , Hazon-tamar … Engedi ; i.e. the place Engedi ( Ain-jiddy ) , a living "spring of water" from a lime-cliff, half-way up the west coast of the Salt Sea, "in the midst of palms" ( interpalmas ) , the compound word "Hazazon-tamar" meaning literally, "the division of the palm."