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1 Samuel 23:1

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They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.

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Keilah was a Judean town in the Shephelah, threatened by Philistine raiders, prompting David to seek the Lord and deliver its people. The Arabah, Engedi, Gibeah, Jeshimon, Z

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1 Samuel 23:1 mentions Arabah, Engedi, Gibeah, Jeshimon, Keilah, Rock of Escape, Wilderness of Maon, Wilderness of Ziph and Ziph.

Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Engedi · Grauesel
Gibeah · Eli.berckovitz
Jeshimon · Nir Yariv

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