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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

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A village of Issachar near Jezreel. The Philistines camped here before the battle on Mount Gilboa where Saul and his sons died, and a woman here built a room for Elisha.

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First, in plain English

A village of Issachar near Jezreel. The Philistines camped here before the battle on Mount Gilboa where Saul and his sons died, and a woman here built a room for Elisha.

Who this is

Village in Issachar's territory near Jezreel where the Philistines camped before the battle in which Saul and his sons died on Mount Gilboa (1 Sam. 28:4). It was also home to the woman who built a room for Elisha to stay in whenever he passed through, and whose son the prophet raised from the dead there (2 Kings 4:8-37). The site is preserved in the name of the modern village of Sulam.

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The word

H7766

Where it is
  • 35.334306
  • 32.605633
Where it appears
  • Joshua 19:18
  • 1 Samuel 28:4
  • 2 Kings 4:8

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