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Genesis 14:7

Genesis 14:7

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Kadesh: En-mishpat or Kadesh, was about 8 leagues south of Hebron. Genesis 16:14, Genesis 20:1; Numbers 20:1; Deuteronomy 1:19, Deuteronomy 1:46

Amalekites: Genesis 36:12, Genesis 36:16; Exodus 17:8-16; Numbers 14:43, Numbers 14:45, Numbers 24:20; 1 Samuel 15:1-35, 1 Samuel 27:1-12; 1 Samuel 30:1-31

Hazezontamar: Called by the Chaldee, "En-gaddi," a town on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Joshua 15:62; 2 Chronicles 20:2

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