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Zelah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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("rib".) One of the 14 towns that originally belonged to Benjamin (Joshua 18:28). The last resting place of the bones of Saul and Jonathan (2 Samuel 21:14); probably therefore the original seat of the Kish family. Gibeah was Saul's residence after becoming king.

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Zelah'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​z/zelah.html. 1949.
 
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