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EN-ROGEL (‘spring of the fuller’).—In the border of the territory of Judah (Jos_15:7) and Benjamin (Jos_18:16). It was outside Jerusalem; and David’s spies, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were here stationed in quest of news of the revolt of Absalom (2Sa_17:17). Here Adonijah made a feast ‘by the stone of Zohsleth,’ when he endeavoured to seize the kingdom (1Ki_1:9). The identification of this spring lies between two places, the Virgin’s Fountain and Job’s Well, both in the Kidron Valley. The strongest argument for the former site is its proximity to a cliff face called Zahweileh, in which an attempt has been made to recognize Zoheleth. This, however, is uncertain, as Zahweileh is a cliff, not an isolated stone.
R. A. S. Macalister.