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
He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."
Matthew 13:47
"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
Mark 1:17
Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."
Luke 5:4
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
John 21:3
Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing." They told him, "We are also coming with you." They immediately went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.

En-gedi

2 Chronicles 20:2
Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi).

The great sea

Ezekiel 47:15
This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;
Ezekiel 48:28
By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.
Numbers 34:6
"'For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.
Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have allotted to 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 to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Psalm 104:25
There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

Exceeding

Isaiah 49:12
Behold, these shall come from far; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim."

General references

Numbers 34:6
"'For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.
Isaiah 19:8
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.