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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Samuel 30:14

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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the Cherethites: Calmet and others suppose that these people, who inhabited the same district as the Philistines, were the aborigines of the island of Crete, from which they derived their name. Sa1 30:16; Sa2 8:18; Kg1 1:38, Kg1 1:44; Ch1 18:17; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5 Caleb: A district in the south of Judea, in which were the cities of Kirjath-Arba or Hebron, and Kirjath-sepher, belonging to the family of Caleb. Jos 14:13, Jos 15:13 we burned: Sa1 30:1-3 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:15
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