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Halhul
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Full of hollows, a town in the highlands of Judah (Josh. 15:58). It is now a small village of the same name, and is situated about 5 miles north-east of Hebron on the way to Jerusalem. There is an old Jewish tradition that Gad, David’s seer (2 Sam. 24:11), was buried here.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(trembling), a town of Judah in the mountain district. (Joshua 16:68) The name still remains unaltered attached to a conspicuous hill a mile to the left of the road from Jerusalem to Hebron, between three and four miles from the latter.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HAL'HUL (trembling), a town in the mountains of Judah, Josh 15:58. Its ruins, having the same name, Halhul, are found on the eastern slope of a hill 4 miles north of Hebron, where is also an old mosque dedicated to Neby Yunas, the prophet Jonah.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HAL'HUL (trembling), a town in the mountains of Judah, Josh 15:58. Its ruins, having the same name, Halhul, are found on the eastern slope of a hill 4 miles north of Hebron, where is also an old mosque dedicated to Neby Yunas, the prophet Jonah.