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Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
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Verse 7. Parlour. Hebrew “bed-chamber.”—Wilderness. Avoiding places frequented. Bible.—The distance was about 40 leagues, which they could not travel in one night. Calmet.—Adrichomius says it was 30 hours’ walk. Septuagint “west-ward.” Bible.
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