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EN-GEDI
A vital oasis on the west side of the Dead Sea about 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) southeast of Jerusalem. Allotted to Judah’s tribe for an inheritance (Jos 15:62), En-gedi contained a hot water spring coming from the side of a limestone cliff, producing semitropical vegetation. The area became known for its palms, vineyards, and balsam (Sg 1:14; Josephus’s Antiquities 20.1.2). The ancient site was southeast of the oasis at Tell el-Jarn near modern ’Ain Jidi.
En-gedi was called Hazazon-tamar in 2 Chronicles 20:2, and figured in several OT events. There Kedorlaomer conquered the Amorites (Gn 14:7); David sought refuge from Saul (1 Sm 23:29); and in Ezekiel’s vision of Israel’s restoration, fishermen would catch fish from the Dead Sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim (Ez 47:10).