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The King’s Dale. DALE, THE KING’s (עֵ֥מֶק הַמֶּֽלֶכְ). Where Abraham met the king of Sodom and Melchizedek (Gen 14:17, KJV KING’s DALE; ASV KING’s VALE; RSV KING’s VALLEY), and where Absalom erected a pillar to himself (2 Sam 18:18, RSV KING’s VALLEY). Josephus (Antiq. VII, x, 3) says it was two furlongs from Jerusalem.
1. (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley. 2. (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DALE, KING'S. (dal, `emeq hamelekh): (1) "Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale" (2 Samuel 18:18).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dale, King's. DALE, KING'S. (dal, `emeq hamelekh) : (1) "Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale" (2 Samuel 18:18). According to Josephus (Ant., VII, x, 3) this was a marble pillar, which he calls "Absalom's hand" and it was two furlongs from ...
Kings Dale. King's Dale (עֵמֶק הִמֶּלֶך, E'mnek ham-Mle'lek, Valley of the King; Sept. τὸ πεδίον τῶν βασιλέων, ἡ κοιλὰς τοῦ βασιλέως), a place incidentally mentioned in two passages of Scripture only. When Abraham was returning with the spoil of Sodom, the king of Sodom went out to meet him ...
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Dale, the kings. the name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh" (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where the king of Sodom met Abraham ( Genesis 14:17 ). Some have identified it with the southern part of the valley of Jehoshaphat, where Absalom reared his family monument ( 2 Samuel 18:18 ).
Dale, where Melchisedec, king of the city Salem, ... Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus. Subtopics ...
