From Nave’s Topical Bible
Eshcol
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 6Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. An Amorite, and ally of AbrahamGenesis 14:13Genesis 14:24
- 2. A valley or brook near HebronNumbers 13:23Numbers 13:24Numbers 32:9Deuteronomy 1:24
The passages, in Bible order (6)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 14:13
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
Commentary on Genesis 14:132 voices
(Verse 13) And he who had fled, reported to Abram the passerby. And he himself was sitting by the oak of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aner, who were allies of Abram. Concerning this, which we have set forth to the passerby, it is written in Hebrew as Ibri (), for this indeed signifies a passerby.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
And there came one that escaped,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 14:24
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
Commentary on Genesis 14:242 voices
Save only that which the young men have eaten - His own servants had partaken of the victuals which the confederate kings had carried away; see Gen 14:11. This was unavoidable, and this is all he claims; but as he had no right to prescribe the same liberal conduct to his assistants, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, he left them to claim the share that by right of conquest belonged to them of the recaptured booty. Whether they were as generous as Abram we are not told.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
A good man will deny himself that liberty which he will not deny another, contrary to the practice of the Pharisees, Matt. xxiii. There was not the same reason why Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, should quit their right, that there was why Abram should. They did not make the profession that he made, nor were they, as he was, under the obligation of a vow.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Numbers 13:23
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
Commentary on Numbers 13:232 voices
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The brook of Eshcol is by some identified with the rich valley immediately to the north of Hebron; (but by others with Wady Hanein to the south of Hebron). The valley was, in all likelihood, originally named after one of the three chiefs who were confederate with Abraham Gen 14:24; but, as often came to pass, the Israelites, wittingly or unwittingly, took up in a new and significant sense the name which they found; and to them the valley thus became the Valley of the Cluster. Bunches of grapes are found in Palestine of many pounds weight.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Numbers 13:24
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
Commentary on Numbers 13:242 voices
The place was called the brook of Eshcol,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Jehoshua - Oshea notes a desire of salvation, signifying, Save we pray thee; but Jehoshua, or Joshua, includes a promise of salvation, He will save. So this was a prophecy of his succession to Moses in the government, and of the success of his arms. Josh. is the same name with Jesus, of whom Joshua was a type.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Numbers 32:9
For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
Commentary on Numbers 32:92 voices
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war of invasion, or the effect of their leader's expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose, they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be their sincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, they ought to have been more explicit at first.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Deuteronomy 1:24
They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:242 voices
And they turned and went up into the mountain,.... As they were ordered and directed by Moses, Num 13:17. and came unto the valley of Eshcol; so called from the cluster of grapes they cut down there, as they returned: and searched it out; the whole land, and so were capable of giving a particular account of it.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The blessings which God has promised are truly valuable and desirable, even the unbelievers themselves being judges: never any looked into the holy land, but they must own it a good land.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan