Genesis 14:7

En-mishpat i.e. "the Spring of Judgement." A spring of water at which there would be a sanctuary, whose priest gave oracles and decided disputes; known in the Israelite history as "Kadesh-barnea," or, as here, "Kadesh." It has been identified in modern times with a spring and oasis, called Ain-Kadish, in the desert to the south of Beer-sheba. This was the spot at which the Israelite tribes concentrated after quitting the neighbourhood of Sinai: cf. Numbers 21:16; Deuteronomy 1:46.

the country Heb. field; LXX and Syr. "princes of" (reading sârêfor s'dêh).

the Amalekites The nomad peoples of the desert who opposed the Israelite march (Exodus 17); and were overthrown by Saul (1 Samuel 15) in the wilderness south of Canaan.

the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar The Canaanite people dwelling at Engedi (see 2 Chronicles 20:2) among the rocks on the west shore of the Dead Sea. It has also been conjecturally identified with the Tamar of Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28, a town on the S.W. of the Dead Sea. The name Hazazon-tamarhas been explained to mean "the cutting of palms." The name has been thought to be preserved in the Wady Hasasa, not far from Ain-gidi.