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Gihon

River

Location unknown

Where Scholars Place It

  • Nile River Possible
  • Gihon Spring Possible
  • Karkheh River Less likely
  • White Nile Less likely
  • Diyala River Less likely

Gihon in the Bible Dictionary · Another Gihon (spring · 1 Kings 1:33)

Named in 1 Verse

  • Genesis 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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