* he heard.
  1Sa 23:27,28 
 * Ethiopia.
   Cush, which is generally rendered Ethiopia, is applied in
   Scripture to at least three distinct and different countries.
   1.  The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes, (Ge 2:13,)
   also called Cuth, 2; Ki 17:30.  2.  A country of Arabia Petr(9161),
   bordering upon Egypt, which extended from the northern
   extremity of the Red sea along its eastern shore.  (Comp. Ex
   3:1, with Nu 12:1.  Hab 3:7.)  3.  Ethiopia Proper, an
   extensive country of Africa, comprehending Nubia and
   Abyssinia; being bounded on the north by Egypt, on the east by
   the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and on the south and west by
   various nations of Africa, and extending from about 6; degrees
   to 24; degrees N. lat. and 25; degrees to 45; degrees E. long.
   It is probable that it was this latter Cush, or Ethiopia, of
   which Tirhakah was king; he being in league with his kinsman
   Sevechus, son of So, or Sabacon, king of Egypt, against
   Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.