Judges 15:11

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Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

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Etam was a rocky refuge in Judah, likely near the Philistine border, where Samson withdrew after striking the Philistines and where Judah’s men found him in this verse.

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Judges 15:11 mentions En-hakkore, Etam, Ramath-lehi and Timnah.

Etam · savion29
Timnah · Bukvoed

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