he heard

1 Samuel 23:27,28
Pero un mensajero vino a Saúl diciendo: Apresúrate y ven, pues los filisteos han hecho una incursión en la tierra.…

Ethiopia.

1. The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes,

Génesis 2:13
Y el nombre del segundo río es Gihón; éste es el que rodea la tierra de Cus.

, also called Cuth,

2 Reyes 17:30
Y los hombres de Babilonia hicieron a Sucot-benot; los hombres de Cuta hicieron a Nergal; los hombres de Hamat hicieron a Asima;

.

2. A country of Arabia Petraea, bordering upon Egypt, which extended from the northern extremity of the Red sea along its eastern shore.

3. Ethiopia Proper, an extensive country of Africa, comprehending Nubia and Abyssinia; being bounded on the north by Egypt, on the east by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and on the south and west by various nations of Africa, and extending from about

6 degrees to

24 degrees n. lat. and

2 Reyes 17:25
Y aconteció que como al principio de habitar ellos allí, no temieron al SEÑOR, el SEÑOR envió leones entre ellos que mataron a muchos de ellos.

to

45 east long. It is probable that it was this latter Cush, or Ethiopia, of which Tirhakah was king; he being in league with his kinsman Sevechus, son of So, or Sabacon, king of Egypt, against Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.