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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
flock
). A
tower
(
Gen. 35:21
21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. (Genesis 35:21)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This occurs only in
Genesis 35:21
21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. (Genesis 35:21)
, and signifies “
Tower
of the
flock
.” Probably a tower built by the shepherds for the protection of their flocks. It was apparently a little
south
of Bethlehem.
Jacob
halted there with his flocks. The expression “tower of the flock” occurs in
Micah 4:8
8
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (Micah 4:8)
(Edar in the margin) as the stronghold of the
daughter
of
Zion
.