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2 Samuel 2:16

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They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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Gibeon, a Benjaminite town northwest of Jerusalem, was the setting for the deadly contest between Abner’s men from Mahanaim in Gilead and Joab’s servants of David

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2 Samuel 2:16 mentions Ammah, Arabah, Bethlehem, Carmel, Giah, Gibeon, Gilead, Hebron, Helkath-hazzurim, Jabesh-gilead, Jezreel, Jezreel, Jordan and Mahanaim.

Ammah · Eli.berckovitz
Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Bethlehem · Berthold Werner
Carmel · Bukvoed

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