he heard

1 Samuels 23:27,28
Da kom det et bud til Saul og sa: Skynd dig og dra avsted! Filistrene har falt inn i landet. …

Ethiopia.

1. The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes,

1 Mosebok 2:13
Den annen elv heter Gihon; det er den som løper omkring hele landet Kus.

, also called Cuth,

2 Kongebok 17:30
Mennene fra Babel gjorde sig et billede av Sukkot-Benot, og mennene fra Kut et billede av Nergal, og mennene fra Hamat et billede av Asima,

.

2. A country of Arabia Petraea, bordering upon Egypt, which extended from the northern extremity of the Red sea along its eastern shore.

3. Ethiopia Proper, an extensive country of Africa, comprehending Nubia and Abyssinia; being bounded on the north by Egypt, on the east by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and on the south and west by various nations of Africa, and extending from about

6 degrees to

24 degrees n. lat. and

2 Kongebok 17:25
Men da de i begynnelsen av sitt ophold. der ikke fryktet Herren, sendte Herren løver iblandt dem, og de herjet mellem dem.

to

45 east long. It is probable that it was this latter Cush, or Ethiopia, of which Tirhakah was king; he being in league with his kinsman Sevechus, son of So, or Sabacon, king of Egypt, against Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.