Traveling along the Dead Sea or in the Sinai one sees many Broom trees. Our first picture shows one along the shore of the Dead Sea.
The broom tree is mentioned only a few times in the Bible.
- After Elijah had traveled a day’s journey he sat down under a broom tree, then he lay down and slept there (1 Kings 19:4-5). The Hebrew word for the tree (rethem) is also translated juniper tree, broom bush, and shrub.
- Job 30:4 states that some eat the roots of the broom tree.
- Psalm 120:4 mention burning coals of the broom tree.
It was hot when we visited EnGedi along the western shore of the Dead Sea. Numerous broom trees may be seen growing in the area. Paulette tried to get a little shade under one of the broom trees,
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