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1 Samuel 30:28

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 30:28

Verse 28 of 31

Scripture focus

And to [them] which [were] in Aroer, and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth, and to [them] which [were] in Eshtemoa,

1 Samuel 30:28 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 30:28

Theological / Devotional

Aroer. Not the Aroer on the Amon River (Joshua 12:2), the southernmost town of the kingdom of Sihon of Heshbon, but a town in the Negeb around 10 1/2 mi. (16.8 km.) southeast of Beersheba, now known as Ar‘arah.

Siphmoth. Possibly one of the towns from which David received assistance when he went into the Wilderness of Paran (ch. 25:1), but unknown today.

Eshtemoa. Associated with Debir in the list of cities belonging to Judah (Joshua 15:20, 49, 50), and identified with the modern es-Semu‘, some 8 or 9 mi. south of Hebron, and close to the Wilderness of Ziph.

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