Salt, City Of

the fifth of the six cities of Judah which lay in the “wilderness.” (Joshua 15:62) Mr. Robinson expresses his belief that it lay somewhere near the plain at the south end of the Salt Sea.

SALT, CIT'Y OF, the fifth of the six cities possessed by the children of Judah, and situated in the wilderness of Judah. It is mentioned between Nibshan and En-gedi. Josh 15:62. Several sites have been suggested for this city. Van de Yelde found a Nahr Malch ("salt"), one of four ravines forming the Wady el-Bedim, and would locate the city of salt in that vicinity. Others propose to place it at the ruin Um-baghek, or Em-berhek, lying a short distance north of the salt mountain of Jebel Usdum. Conder suggests that it is identical with the present large ruin, Tell el-Mihl, 15 miles east of Beersheba.