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2 Samuel 23:14

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

And David [was] then in an hold,.... In a strong hold; the strong hold of Zion, as Josephus , or one on a rock near the cave of Adullam, see 1Ch 11:15;and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Bethlehem; which was about six miles from Jerusalem; the valley of Rephaim lay between that and Bethlehem; so far had they got into the land of Judea, and such footing in it, as to have a garrison so near its metropolis.

Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect.

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