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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The King's road
  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:38:47 +0000

On Thu 11 Feb 2010 (10:16:19 +0000), jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com wrote:
> does anybody know what evidence we actually have for the route of the
> 'King's highway'? The one that Moses evidently asks permission to use
> in his plans to cross through Edom (Numbers 20:19) and then also
> through Ammon (Numbers 21:22)?

It's either Israel's Highway 90 west of the Dead Sea; or more likely
the route east of the Dead Sea from Jebel Lawz ("Sinia in Arabia",
Galatians 4:25) via Petra to Damascus: from Saudi Arabia through Jordan
through Syria. I'm sure our Israeli contributors will know.

Just my $0.02

Shalom
Ben
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