44And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
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In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 40-48)Dan, though commander of one of the four squadrons of the camp of Israel, in the wilderness, that which brought up the rear, yet was last provided for in Canaan, and his lot fell in the southern part of Canaan, between Judah on the east and the land of the Philistines on the west, Ephraim on the north and Simeon on the south. Providence ordered this numerous and powerful tribe into a post of dange…
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