Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.
Ver. 2. From beyond the sea.] The Dead Sea, which ran between Judea and Syria; and about this sea was their rendezvous.
Which is Engedi.] See Joshua 15:62. Here were the gardens of balsam, saith Zeigler, and the woods of palm trees.