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This refers to the river Nile. In Joshua 13: 3 it is "Sihor which is before Egypt." In Isa. 23: 3 the produce of the harvest of Egypt was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the Syrian merchants. In Jer. 2: 18 Israel is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile; that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God: cf. Jer. 2: 36. In 1 Chr. 13: 5 it is written SHIHOR, as the south-west boundary of Palestine. Some consider that Joshua 13: 3 and 1 Chr. 13: 5 refer to the Wady el Arish, which was also called 'the river of Egypt.'