Údolí Eškól
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[= hrozen], bratr Mamre Amorejského a Anera, kteří se zúčastnili s Abrahamem pronásledování čtyř králů, zajavších Lota [Gn 14,13 ; Gn 14,24 ]. Bydlel v sousedství Hebronu [Gn 13,18 ] a dal jméno údolí Eškol, jež leželo severně od Hebronu [Nu 13,24 - Nu 13,25 ; Dt 1,24 ]. Jméno, jež se obyčejně překládá »vinný hrozen«, se doposud zachovalo ve jménu studně Ain Eškali v údolí asi 3 km severně od Hebronu. Za dob starých slynulo toto údolí vínem, zrnatými jablky a fíky [Nu 13,24 ].
Zdroj: Biblický slovník (Adolf Novotný - 1956)
Eshcol
bunch; brave.
(1.) A young Amoritish chief who joined Abraham in the recovery of Lot from the hands of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:13 ; 14:24).
(2.) A valley in which the spies obtained a fine cluster of grapes [(Num 13:23 ; 13:24); "the brook Eshcol," A.V.; "the valley of Eshcol," R.V.], which they took back with them to the camp of Israel as a specimen of the fruits of the Promised Land. On their way back they explored the route which led into the south (the Negeb) by the western edge of the mountains at Telilat el-'Anab, i.e., "grape-mounds", near Beersheba. "In one of these extensive valleys, perhaps in Wady Hanein, where miles of grape-mounds even now meet the eye, they cut the gigantic clusters of grapes, and gathered the pomegranates and figs, to show how goodly was the land which the Lord had promised for their inheritance.", Palmer's Desert of the Exodus.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary