Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol. Cross References Numbers 13:23 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs. Numbers 13:25 After forty days the men returned from spying out the land, Numbers 32:9 For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them. Treasury of Scripture The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there. brook or valley Numbers 13:23 Eshcol. |