Reference: Sihor

Black or turbid, the Nile. In Isa 23:3 and Jer 2:18, this name must necessarily be understood of the Nile. In Jos 13:3; 1Ch 13:5, some have understood it of the little river between Egypt and Judah.

(correctly Shi'hor) black; dark the name given to the river Nile in Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18. In Jos 13:3 it is probably "the river of Egypt", i.e., the Wady el-Arish (1Ch 13:5), which flows "before Egypt", i.e., in a north-easterly direction from Egypt, and enters the sea about 50 miles south-west of Gaza.

(See SHIHOR.)

Si'hor

This refers to the river Nile. In Jos 13:3 it is "Sihor which is before Egypt." In Isa 23:3 the produce of the harvest of Egypt was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the Syrian merchants. In Jer 2:18 Israel is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile; that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God: cf. Jer 2:36. In 1Ch 13:5 it is written SHIHOR, as the south-west boundary of Palestine. Some consider that Jos 13:3 and 1Ch 13:5 refer to the Wady el Arish, which was also called 'the river of Egypt.'

Si'hor

(dark), accurately Shi'hor, once The Shihor, or Shihor of Egypt, when unqualified a name of the Nile. It is held to signify "the black" or "turbid." In Jeremiah the identity of Shihor with the Nile seems distinctly stated.

Jer 2:18

The stream mentioned in

1Ch 13:5

is possibly that of the Wadi l' Areesh.