Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Exceeding

General references

Bible References

Fishers

Matthew 4:19
And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew 13:47
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Mark 1:17
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Luke 5:4
And when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
John 21:3
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. They went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took nothing.

En-gedi

2 Chronicles 20:2
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

The great sea

Ezekiel 47:15
And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;
Ezekiel 48:28
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt , unto the great sea.
Numbers 34:6
And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border thereof : this shall be your west border.
Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Psalm 104:25
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

Exceeding

Isaiah 49:12
Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

General references

Numbers 34:6
And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border thereof : this shall be your west border.
Isaiah 19:8
And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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