John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 28:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the Philistines gathered themselves together, etc.] From different parts, and formed a considerable army: and came and pitched in Shunem; a city, in the borders of the tribe of Issachar, of which (see Gill on “<061918>Joshua 19:18”); and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa; a range of mountains, near Jezreel, and which Jerom f537 calls the mountains of the Philistines, six miles from Scythopolis, where there is a large village called Gelbus.

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