JACKAL'S WELL

(`en ha-tannin; Septuagint has pege ton sukon, "fountain of the figs"; the King James Version dragon well): A well or spring in the valley of Hinnom between the "Gate of the Gai" and the Dung Gate (Nehemiah 2:13). No such source exists in the Wady er Rababi (see HINNOM, VALLEY OF) today, although it is very probable that a well sunk to the rock in the lower parts of this valley might strike a certain amount of water trickling down the valley-bottom. G.A. Smith suggests (Jerusalem, I, chapter iv) that this source may have arisen as the result of an earthquake, hence, the name "dragon," and have subsequently disappeared; but it is at least as likely that it received its name from the jackals which haunted this valley, as the pariah dogs do today, to consume the dead bodies which were thrown there.

See HINNOM, VALLEY OF; JACKAL.

E. W. G. Masterman

By the Wayside
... lead. Over the tangle of marks lay a slim paw-printed, confident, careless
trail of a jackal, following the scent to a well. The ...
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The Political Constitution of Egypt
... They compelled the god therein invoked, whether Osiris or the jackal Anubis, to
act as mediator between the living and the departed; they granted to the god ...
/.../chapter ithe political constitution of.htm

The Gods of Egypt
... Why, towards Graeco-Roman times, should they have worshipped the jackal, or even
the dog, at Siut?[**] How came Sit to be incarnate in a fennec, or in an ...
/.../chapter ii the gods of egypt.htm

Jackal's (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JACKAL'S WELL. ... See HINNOM, VALLEY OF; JACKAL. EWG
Masterman. Multi-Version Concordance Jackal's (1 Occurrence). ...
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Jackals (20 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 63:10 They shall be given over to the
power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. (See RSV NIV). ...
/j/jackals.htm - 12k

Well (2882 Occurrences)
... Arch. C. Dickie. DRAGON WELL. (Nehemiah 2:13 the King James Version). See JACKAL'S
WELL. HAROD, WELL OF. ... See ESDRAELON. W. Ewing. JACKAL'S WELL. ...
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Viewed (9 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well,
and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken ...
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Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... thought to kill game which lions appropriated. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. JACKAL. jak'-ol: (1) tannim, "jackals," the King ...
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Inspecting (5 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well,
and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken ...
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Inspected (18 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well,
and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken ...
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Examining (7 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well,
and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken ...
/e/examining.htm - 8k

Dung (27 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well,
and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken ...
/d/dung.htm - 20k

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