. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . he castingnet (Hab. i. 15 ; Ez. , 14, &c), probably re-sembling the one usedin Egypt, or the draw ordrag net (Is. xix. 8 ; 15 ; Mat. xiii. 4V), whichwas larger and requiredthe use of a boat: thelatter was probably mostused on the Sea of Gali-lee, as the number ofboats kept on it was veryconsiderable. Anglingwas a favorite pursuit of the wealthy in Egypt, andwas followed by the poor who could not afford anet; the requisites were a hook and a line (Jobxli. 1; Is. xix. 8; Hab. i. 15); the rod was oc-casionally dispensed with, and is not men
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . he castingnet (Hab. i. 15 ; Ez. , 14, &c), probably re-sembling the one usedin Egypt, or the draw ordrag net (Is. xix. 8 ; 15 ; Mat. xiii. 4V), whichwas larger and requiredthe use of a boat: thelatter was probably mostused on the Sea of Gali-lee, as the number ofboats kept on it was veryconsiderable. Anglingwas a favorite pursuit of the wealthy in Egypt, andwas followed by the poor who could not afford anet; the requisites were a hook and a line (Jobxli. 1; Is. xix. 8; Hab. i. 15); the rod was oc-casionally dispensed with, and is not mentionedin the Bible. The custom of drying fish is fre-quently represented in the Egyptian still more scientific method was with the tri-dent or the spear, as practised in Egypt in tak-ing the crocodile (Job xli. 7) or the hippo-potamus. * Fish-gate, a gate of Jerusalem (2 14; Neh. iii. 3, xii. 39; Zeph. i. 10) ; per-haps (so Gesenius) that now called St. StephensGate, or (so Kitto) at the N. E. part of the Egyptians drying and preparing Fish.—From Tomb at tie Pyramids.—(RawlinsonB Udt. ii. 109.)
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