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Arumah

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Smith's 1884ISBE 19151 verse reference

Smith's 1884

(height), a place apparently in the neighborhood of Shechem, at which Abimelech resided. (Judges 9:41)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain

ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

a-roo'-ma (arumah, "lofty"): The town in which Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon), dwelt when driven from Shechem (Jud 9:41). The ruins El-Ormeh, 6 miles Southeast of Shechem, may be on the site, though its position is not known with certainty.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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