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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 14:11

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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14:11-12 Beth-shemesh, a fortress town fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, was a natural place for the battle between Israel and Judah. The city history stretched back to when Judah occupied it after the Danites migrated northward (Josh 21:16; see also 1 Sam 6:1-14; 2 Chr 28:18).
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