he heard

撒母耳記上 23:27,28
忽有使者來報告掃羅說：「非利士人犯境搶掠，請王快快回去。」…

Ethiopia.

1. The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes,

創世記 2:13
第二道河名叫基訓，就是環繞古實全地的。

, also called Cuth,

列王紀下 17:30
巴比倫人造疏割比訥像，古他人造匿甲像，哈馬人造亞示瑪像，

.

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

列王紀下 17:25
他們才住那裡的時候，不敬畏耶和華，所以耶和華叫獅子進入他們中間，咬死了些人。

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.