Gilead: Joshua 13:8-11; 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 5:5
Ephraim: Deuteronomy 33:17; 1 Samuel 28:4
Judah: Psalms 122:5; Genesis 49:10
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Psalms 108:8
Psalms 108:8
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