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1 Samuel 28:4

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The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

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Shunem lay on the northern side of the Jezreel Valley, where the Philistines assembled,

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1 Samuel 28:4 mentions Amalek, En-dor, Mount Gilboa and Shunem.

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