fountain of judgment
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
EN-MISHPAT (spring of judgment, or decision (by oracle), Gen_14:7).A name for Kadeshprobably Kadesh-barnea. See Kadesh.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
En-mish'pat. (fount of judgment). Gen_14:7. See Kadesh; Kadeshbarnea.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
en-mish?pat. See KADESH.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
En-mishpat
(Hebrews Eyn Mishpat', ין מִשְׁפָּט, fountain of judgment; Sept. ἡ πηγὴ τῆς κρίσεως), the earlier name (Gen_14:7) for KADESH SEE KADESH (q.v.), in the borders of Idumaea (comp. Num_20:13-14). According to Schwarz (Palest. page 214), there is found, about 10 miles south of Petra, a large spring, still called by the Bedouins Ain el-Sedaka, or spring of justice, which he holds to be the same as the ancient En-mishpat; but this would be very far south for the required locality, SEE EXODE; and the spot he names is doubtless the Ain el-Usdakah markedon Robinson's Map as identical with the Zodocatha of the Roman post-routes (Reland, Palest. page 230).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.