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Havilah
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
or The Scripture mention a Havilah descended from Ham, Genesis 10:7 , and another from Shem, Genesis 11:29 . We must assume a double Havilah, corresponding to each of these.
1. The location of one Havilah is connected with that of the Garden of Eden. According to one theory, it is to be sought on the southeastern extremity of the Black Sea; according to another, at the head of the Persian Gulf. See EDEN .
2. The other Havilah seems to have in Arabia. From the statement in 1 Samuel 15:7 , that "Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah unto Shurm that is over against Egypt," it would seen to have been somewhere in the north-western part of Arabia; since, from the circumstances of this campaign, we cannot well suppose that it extended over a great tract of country.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Havilah'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/h/havilah.html. 1859.
