Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
En-gedi . . . En-eglaim--En-gedi (meaning "fountain of the kid"), anciently, Hazazon-Tamar, now Ain-Jidy; west of the Dead Sea; David's place of refuge from Saul. En-eglaim means "fountain of two calves," on the confines of Moab, over against En-gedi, and near where Jordan enters the Dead Sea (Isaiah 15:8). These two limits are fixed on, to comprise between them the whole Dead Sea.
fish . . . according to their kinds--JEROME quotes an ancient theory that "there are a hundred fifty-three kinds of fishes," all of which were taken by the apostles (John 21:11), and not one remained uncaptured; signifying that both the noble and baseborn, the rich and the poor, and every class, are being drawn out of the sea of the world to salvation. Compare Matthew 13:47, the gospel net; the apostles being fishermen, at first literally, afterwards spiritually (Matthew 4:19).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 1:14
Isaiah 15:8
Jeremiah 16:16
Ezekiel 47:9
Joel 3:18
John 7:38
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