Eglaim
אֶגְלַיִם/EG-lay-im/
“Two ponds”
Summary
A town on the boundary of Moab, mentioned in Isaiah's prophecy against that nation, likely the same place as En-eglaim mentioned by Ezekiel.
☩Location and References
Eglaim appears in Isaiah's prophecy against Moab as one of the distant points to which the cry of Moab's distress would reach. The name means 'two ponds,' suggesting a location with water sources. Eusebius and Jerome locate it at a village called Agallim, eight Roman miles south of Areopolis (Ar-Moab). It is probably the same as En-eglaim ('fountain of two calves') mentioned in Ezekiel 47:10, positioned over against En-gedi near where the Jordan enters the Dead Sea. The site cannot now be identified with certainty.
Key verses:Isaiah 15:8Ezekiel 47:10
References
- 1.James Orr (ed.), "Eglaim," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 2.George Morrish, "Eglaim," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Eglaim," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).