OLD TESTAMENT

2 Samuel 5:25

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David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

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Verse 25. Gabaa, which some would understand of “the hills” of Bochim. Calmet.—But in Septuagint (Alex.) and in Par. we read Gabaon, a city near the birth-place of Saul. Bible.—David pursued the enemy by Gabaa, and took from them all the cities of which they had taken possession, after their victory. Calmet.—Gezer was in the tribe of Ephraim, ( Menochius.) on the confines of the Philistines. Calmet.

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