Ir-ham-Melach
Ir-ham-Melach
( , city of the salt, so called prob. from the salt rocks still found in that vicinity; Sept. ,Vulg. civitas salis, Auth. Vers. City of Salt), a city in the Desert of Judah, mentioned between Nibshan and En-gedi (Jos 15:62); probably situated near the south-western part of the Dead Sea. Compare the Valley of Salt (2Sa 8:13; Psa 60:2).