Dict: easton - Meribah

easton:

Meribah @ quarrel or strife.

(1.) One of the names given by Moses to the fountain in the desert of Sin, near Rephidim, which issued from the rock in Horeb, which he smote by the divine command, "because of the chiding of the children of Israel" kjv@Exodus:17:1-7). It was also called Massah (q.v.). It was probably in Wady Feiran, near Mount Serbal.

(2.) Another fountain having a similar origin in the desert of Zin, near to Kadesh kjv@Numbers:27:14). The two places are mentioned together in kjv@Deuteronomy:33:8. Some think the one place is called by the two names kjv@Psalms:81:7). In smiting the rock at this place Moses showed the same impatience as the people kjv@Numbers:20:10-12). This took place near the close of the wanderings in the desert kjv@Numbers:20:1-24; kjv@Deuteronomy:32:51).