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Ashdoth-pisgah
(Deut 3:17; Josh 12:3; Josh 13:20) in Authorized Version, but in Revised Version translated “slopes of Pisgah.” In Deut 4:49 it is translated in the Authorized Version “springs of Pisgah.” The name Ashdoth is translated “springs” in the Authorized Version, but “slopes” in the Revised Version, of Josh 10:40 and Josh 12:8. It has been identified with the springs under Mount Nebo, now called ‘Ayun Musa.
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
- Joshua 12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
- Joshua 13:20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
