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    Gallim

    גַּלִּים

    Gallim, a town in Benjamin, was the home of Paltiel, Michal's husband, and is mentioned in a prophecy of Isaiah.

    Where the story of Gallim happens Where the gazetteer locates Gallim, framed to them: Gallim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Gallim
    Where the gazetteer locates Gallim
    verses
    2
    first named
    1 Samuel 25:44
    last named
    1 Samuel 25:44
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.82°N · 35.25°E
    settlement31.82°N · 35.25°E

    Khirbet Kakul (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Gallim in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Gallim is mentioned in the Bible as a town located in the tribal territory of Benjamin. It is referenced in two separate contexts in the Old Testament.

    In 1Sa.25.44, Gallim is identified as the hometown of Paltiel, the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage after she had previously been married to David. This event occurred during the time when David was fleeing from Saul's pursuit and Saul had given Michal to Paltiel as a political move to strengthen his own position.

    Later, in Isaiah 10:30, Gallim is mentioned in a prophetic passage describing the advance of the Assyrian army toward Jerusalem. In this context, the town is personified as a daughter who is called to cry out, along with other nearby towns, in the face of the impending invasion.

    The exact location of Gallim is not specified in the Bible, but it is believed to have been situated north of Jerusalem, possibly near the town of Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. The name "Gallim" is derived from the Hebrew word meaning "springs" or "heaps," possibly indicating the presence of water sources or mounds in the area.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Gallim is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS1 SAMUEL1 VERSEISAIAH1 VERSE43 books and 444 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS1 SAMUEL1 VERSEISAIAH1 VERSE43 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Gallim is named in 2 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 64 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. 1 Samuel1 verse

      25:44

    2. Isaiah1 verse

      10:30

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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