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Far House

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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The marginal explanation in the Revised Version (British and American) of Beth-merhak ( בּית המּרחק , bēth ha -merḥāḳ , "house of distance"), which is given in the text of 2 Samuel 15:17 instead of "a place that was far off." See BETH-MERHAK .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Far House'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​f/far-house.html. 1915.
 
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