and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.

When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the Wilderness of Engedi.”

Then it was reported to Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, out of Aram (Syria); and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is, Engedi).”

“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna flowers
In the [fragrant] vineyards of Engedi.”

And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it [at the banks of the Dead Sea]; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be dry places to spread nets. Their fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.