1 Samuel 30:26-31
to his friends 1Chr 12:1-15; Ps 35:27, Ps 68:18; Prov 18:16-24; Isa 32:8 present Heb. blessing, 1Sam 25:27; Gen 33:11; 2Kgs 5:15; 2Cor 9:5 Bethel Probably not the celebrated city of this name, but Bethul a city of Simeon (Josh 19:4), supposed to be the same as Bethelia, mentioned by Sozomen as belonging to Gaza, well peopled, and having several temples remarkable for their structure and antiquity; and which Jerome says, in his life of Hilarion, was five short days' journey from Pelusium. Gen 28:19; Josh 16:2; Judg 1:22-23; 1Kgs 12:29 south Ramoth A city of Simeon; so called to distinguish it from Ramoth Gilead beyond Jordan. Josh 19:8, Ramath Jattir Josh 15:48, Josh 21:14 Aroer Josh 13:16 Siphmoth Supposed to be the same with Shepham (Num 34:10), on the eastern borders of Canaan. Eshtemoa Josh 15:50, Eshtemoh, Josh 21:14 Rachal Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Hachilah. 1Sam 23:19 Jerahmeelites The descendants of Jerahmeel son of Hezron (1Chr 2:9, 1Chr 2:25-27), who inhabited a district in the south of Judah. 1Sam 27:10 Kenites These people inhabited a small tract west of the Dead Sea. Judg 1:16 Hormah Josh 19:4; Judg 1:17 Chorashan Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon, Josh 15:42; Josh 19:7, which Eusebius says was sixteen miles west from Jerusalem. Hebron Josh 14:13-14; 2Sam 2:1, 2Sam 4:1, 2Sam 15:10
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