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Gihon; not that river in the land of Israel, so called, 1Ki_1:33 2Ch_32:30; but another of the same name, which in Hebrew signifies, the branch of a greater river: here it is a branch either of Euphrates, as most think, or of Tigris, as some late writers conceive.
Ethiopia; not that country in Africa above Egypt, commonly so called; but either Arabia, which in Scripture is frequently called
Cush or Ethiopia; of which, see Poole on "2Ki_19:9", see Poole on "Job_28:19", see Poole on "Eze_29:10", see Poole on "Eze_30:8", see Poole on "Eze_30:9", see Poole on "Hab_3:7".
Or rather a country adjoining to India and Persia, with which Cush is joined, Eze_38:5; see also Isa_11:11 Eze_27:10; and about which place the Ethiopians are seated by Herod. 1. 7, Homer, Hesiod, and others. Of which see my Latin Synopsis.