1-Samuel - 30:29



29 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Samuel 30:29.

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And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
and Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;
and who were in Racal, and who were in the cities of Jerahmeel, and who were in the cities of Keni,

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Historical Commentaries

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Them which were in Rachal - We know not where this place was; it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible. Calmet conjectures that Hachilah, 1-Samuel 23:19, may be the same place; here we know David did conceal himself for some time, till the Ziphites endeavored to betray him to Saul.
The cities of the Jerahmeelites - See before, 1-Samuel 27:10 (note).
And - the cities of the Kenites - A very small tract on the southern coast of the Dead Sea.

And to them which were in Rachal,.... Another city of the tribe of Judah, but nowhere else spoken of:
and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites: which lay to the south of Judah, 1-Samuel 27:10,
and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites; who dwelt in the wilderness of Judah, in the south of Arad, Judges 1:16.

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