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Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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Verse 28. Jebus. The city was called Salem in the days of Abraham. Genesis 14:18. Psalms 75:3. S. Jerom supposes that Melchisedec resided near Scythopolis, at Salem. Genesis 33:17 ep. ad Evag. Usher thinks he lived at Salim. John 3:23.—Gabaath. There seems to have been two cities of this name; one famous for the tomb of Habacuc, (Saint Jerome) and the other in the tribe of Ephraim. Calmet. 24:33. Calmet.
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