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When they had gone seven hundred fifty furlongs from there, they made their way to Charax, to the Jews that are called Tubieni.
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Verse 17. Characa, or Carcar. Judges 8:10 and 11:3. Calmet.—Tubianites, “religiously good;” probably the Assideans, (1 B. 2:42. Worthington.) or inhabitants of Tob. Bible.
a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 750 furlongs is about 151 km. or 94 miles
That is, men of Tob: see Judges 11:3, 2 Samuel 10:6, and compare 1 Maccabees 5:13.
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