Valley of Eshcol
The Eshcol Valley, where the Israelite spies cut down a large cluster of grapes during their reconnaissance mission in Canaan.
PlaceOld Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 13:23; only referred to as Eshcol Valley (אֶשְׁכֹּל נַ֫חַל).
Location
- Identified as
- within 5 km of Hebron
- Certainty
- Possible (59% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.525° N, 35.102° E
Alternative names
- אֶשְׁכֹּל+H5158H«H5158a=נַ֫חַלValley of Eshcol
Mentions
- When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
- Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
- For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.