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1 Chronicles 4:39

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And they went to the entrance of Gedor,.... There was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah, 1Ch 4:18 but this seems to be further off, and perhaps is the same with Gedaris, mentioned by Strabo along with Azotus and Askelon, cities that belonged to the Philistines; since it was inhabited by the posterity of Ham, of whom the Philistines were, as in the following verse:even unto the east side of the valley; which was near to Gedor, and a suitable place:to seek pasture for their flocks; their sheep and goats.

Geograph. l. 16. p.

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