East
The phrase “people of the East” occurs often in the OT. It refers to inhabitants of the lands east of Palestine on the edge of the desert. Job was such a one (Job.1.3). The Magi came from the east and said they had seen the star of the King of the Jews in the east (Matt.2.1-Matt.2.2).——CEH
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(Zec 14:8).
See Dead Sea.