the name of one of the four rivers the source of which was in
paradise, Genesis ii, 13. (See _Eden_.) Reland, Calmet, &c, think that
Gihon is the Araxes, which has its source, as well as the Tigris and
Euphrates, in the mountains of Armenia, and, running with almost
incredible rapidity, falls into the Caspian Sea. Gihon was also the name
of a fountain to the west of Jerusalem, at which Solomon was anointed
king by the high priest Zadok, and the Prophet Nathan, 1 Kings i, 33.
paradise, Genesis ii, 13. (See _Eden_.) Reland, Calmet, &c, think that
Gihon is the Araxes, which has its source, as well as the Tigris and
Euphrates, in the mountains of Armenia, and, running with almost
incredible rapidity, falls into the Caspian Sea. Gihon was also the name
of a fountain to the west of Jerusalem, at which Solomon was anointed
king by the high priest Zadok, and the Prophet Nathan, 1 Kings i, 33.