Psalms 106:32

32. Waters of strife Hebrew, the waters of Meribah. This scene was at Kadesh, or Kadesh-barnea, in the wilderness of Kadesh, or Zin, on the second arrival of Israel at that place. Numbers 20:1-13. Probably, also, alluded to Psalms 105:41. It was also called Meribah-Kadesh, or the strife of Kadesh, (Deuteronomy 32:51,) and en-Mishpat, Genesis 14:7. Both Kadesh, ( a holy place,) and en-Mishpat, ( fountain of judgment,) indicate, historically, a religious association, which occasioned the names, and which might have been the punishment inflicted on the revolting Israelites st the miracle of water from the rock. Numbers 13:0; Numbers 14:0; Numbers 20:1-13. On this hypothesis, the name given in Genesis 14:7 would be used proleptically, which is not an uncommon act. Another Meribah was at Rephidim, in the vicinity of Sinai. See notes on Psalms 81:7; Psalms 78:16. Dr. Robinson supposes Ain el-Weibeh to be identical with Kadesh, situated about twenty-five miles south of the Dead Sea in the Arabah valley. Others disagree, but the arguments of Robinson have not been successfully refuted. El-Weibeh (or “hole with water”) is the chief watering place in the great valley.