The south side shall begin at that point which first vergeth southward from the east sea toward Tamar, which is near En-gedi, and known by the addition Hazezon-tamar; and so some place the lake of Sodom, that the greatest part will be this southern frontier.
To the waters of strife; from Tamar a line drawn to Meribah in Kadesh, of which Num_20:13 27:14.
The river, called the river of Egypt, was on the south of Judah, and lay directly in the way to Egypt from Jerusalem.
To the great sea; to the south-west part of the Mediterranean Sea near Gaza. This is the southern frontier.