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Shual, the Land of

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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1 Samuel 13:17; from shual , "jackal", or else "the hollow land." Shual was the land where one of the three parties of Philistine marauders went (1 Samuel 13:17). In the same direction as Ophrah, Taiyibeh; therefore N. of Michmash. Possibly "the land of Shalim" (1 Samuel 9:4). The wild region E. of Taiyibeh, containing a ravine named that of "hyenas."

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Shual, the Land of'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​s/shual-the-land-of.html. 1949.
 
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