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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 12:14

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The king of Hormah, one, etc.] Which was formerly called Zephath, (<070117>Judges 1:17); (see <061503>Joshua 15:3); the king of Arad, one; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom f256 says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; (see <042101>Numbers 21:1 <070116>Judges 1:16).
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