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TAMARISK

Twelve species of the tamarisk (genus Tamarix; Heb. ʿēšel) are found in or near Palestine. They are found in the thickets of Jordan, in the swamps of the Dead Sea, and along the coastal plains of the Negeb and Sinai. One species can grow to a height of 60 m. (20 ft.); it has small leaves and requires a high intake of water and was large enough to provide shade from the sun (1 Sam. 22:6).

According to Gen. 21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba to identify the place where he called upon the name of the Lord. The tree was significant enough as an identification marker that the men of Jabesh-gilead buried the bones of Saul and his sons under a tamarisk tree (1 Sam. 31:13). Christian tradition from as early as St. Anthony (a.d. 250-355) suggests that the biblical manna came from the secretion of insects on the branches of tamarisk trees.

John A. McLean






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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