[222]. The description of the flight of “Ahaziah, king of Judah,” and his pursuit by Jehu, in 2 Kings ix. 27, is wrongly translated in our version. Instead of “by the way of the garden-house,” it should be “by the way of En-gannim.” A glance at the map will show that he was endeavouring to escape into his own country by the direct route along which we have been travelling.
[223]. Cant. i. 10.
[224]. This explains the use of the word in Hosea ii. 22.
[225]. The references are too numerous to be given in detail. They extend from 1 Kings xvi. 29 to xxii. 40, and 2 Kings x.
[226]. A friend of mine who had crossed it dry-shod in the morning, when riding from Haifa to visit El-Muhrakah, was exposed to considerable danger when endeavouring to recross it in the afternoon, and narrowly escaped being swept away.
[227]. Judges iv.; v.
[228]. Judges vi., vii., viii.
[229]. 1 Sam. xxviii., xxxi. 2 Sam. i.
[230]. 2 Chron. xxxv. 22-25.
[231]. It is, however, possible that Mukatta may be a corruption of Megiddo.