Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 870
imash). The Gihon is a wadi of Arabia (Kosh), as Nim-rod is a son of Arabia (see his above-mentioned journeythrough Arabia in the Babylonian epos), as Zerah (2 Chron.14) is an Arab shaikh (comp. the camels mentioned inverse 14^), and the wife of Moses, whether Zipporah (Ex.2 : 21) or perhaps… … DURING 19TII CENTURY: ARABIA 743 yond the rivers of Kush (/. e.y the rivers of Eden), are oneand the same ; also in Is. 20 the reference is merely toArabia as being in league with Musur= Midian/ For thereis no doubt that the present text of the Old Testament inthe passages referring originally to…
