1st Samuel Chapter 30 verse 28 Holy Bible
and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,
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And to those in Arara and Eshtemoa
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and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,
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And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
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And to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,
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and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,
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and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - Aroer, a different place from that on the eastern side of the Jordan, mentioned in Joshua 12:2, is probably the ruin 'Ar'arah, twelve miles east of Beer-sheba. Siphmoth. Some village in the Negeb, but unknown. Eshtemoa (Joshua 15:50), the present village Semu'ah, south of Hebron.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Aroer . . . Siphmoth and . . . Eshtemoa.--Aroer, a city, with colossal ruins of foundation walls, south of Hebron. Of Siphmoth nothing is known. Zabdi, the Shiphmite (1Chronicles 27:27), who was over King David's cellars, clearly comes from Siphmoth. Bishop Hervey well calls attention to a remarkable proof of the grateful nature of David and his fidelity to his early friendships, "that we find among those employed by David in offices of trust in the height of his power so many inhabitants of these obscure places, where he found friends in the days of his early difficulties. Ezri, the son of Shemei the Ramathite, Zabdi the Shiphmite, and many others, were among the friends of his youth." Eshtemoa, a priestly city, still survives, with ruins still visible, in the village of Semna.
