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8:28). The Dead Sea is the eastern border; and the southern boundary runs from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh to the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea.
Where is Tamar in the Bible?
Tamar is a biblical place mentioned as a landmark on the southeastern border of the Promised Land in the books of Ezekiel (47:18-19; 48:28). Located southwest of the Dead Sea, Tamar marked a significant point along Israel's southern boundary in the vision of the land's division during the post-exilic period. The place served as a strategic border marker between the Dead Sea to the east and the territories extending toward the Brook of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Scholars identify it with an ancient fortified village that later had a Roman garrison, distinguishing it from the northern En-gedi (Hazazon-tamar) with which it is sometimes confused. Tamar's primary biblical significance lies in its role as a geographical reference point defining the territorial limits of God's promised inheritance for Israel.
Tamar (2)
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)8:28). The Dead Sea is the eastern border; and the southern boundary runs from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh to the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea. The place therefore lay somewhere to the Southwest of the Dead Sea. "Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi)" (2Ch 20:2) is of course out of the question, being much too far to the North. Eusebius (in Onomasticon) mentions Asasonthamar, with which Thamara was identified. This place was a village with fortress and Roman garrison, a day's journey from Mampsis on the way from Hebron to Elath. It is the Thamaro mentioned by Ptolemy (v.16, 8), as a military station on the road from Hebron to Petra. It is named also in the Peutinger Tables. Neither Mampsis nor Thamaro has been identified.
(2) Among the towns "built" or fortified by Solomon, named in 1Ki 9:18, is Tamar (the Revised Version (British and American) following Kethibh), or Tadmor (the King James Version following Qere; compare 2Ch 8:4). Gezer, Beth-horon and Baalath, named along with it, are all in Southern Palestine, while Tamar is described as in the wilderness in the land, pointing to the Negeb or to the Wilderness of Judah. It was probably intended to protect the road for trade from Ezion-geber to Jerusalem. We may with some confidence identify it with (1) above. It is interesting to note that the Chronicler (2Ch 8:4) takes it out of connection with the other cities (2Ch 8:5), and brings its building into relation with Solomon's conquest of Hamath-zobah. Clearly in his mind it denoted the great and beautiful city of Palmyra, which has so long been known as "Tadmor in the Wilderness."
W. Ewing
(1) 'eshel (Ge 21:33, the King James Version "grove," margin "tree"; 1Sa 22:6, the King James Version "tree," margin "grove