Called HAZEZON-TAMAR
A city allotted to the tribe of Judah
And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. (Joshua 15:62)
Built by the Amorites
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. (Genesis 14:7)
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. (2 Chronicles 20:2)
Famous for its vineyards
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. (Song of Solomon 1:14)
Wilderness of, in the vicinity of the Dead Sea
David uses as a stronghold
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. (1 Samuel 23:29)
1 Samuel 24.
Cave of
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. (1 Samuel 24:3)