OLD TESTAMENT

Obadiah 1:19

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Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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Verse 19. Plains. Sephala. Joshua 10:40.—Samaria, which the Cutheans had occupied, till Alexander subjected them to the Jews, and Hircan asserted his authority. Jos. Ant. xiii. 18.—Galaad, east of the Jordan. Benjamin alone did not occupy this country.

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