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Judges 18:12

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Kirjathjearim: A city of Judah, on the confines of Benjamin; distant nine miles from Alia or Jerusalem, in going towards Diospolis or Lydda, according to Eusebius. Joshua 15:60; 1 Samuel 7:1; 1 Chronicles 13:5-6; 2 Chronicles 1:4

Mahanehdan: Judges 13:25 *marg.

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