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forced the tribe of Dan to retreat westward, reducing the extent of their territory. Eventually, the
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speaks of the destruction of the "city of Ajalon" by the invaders, and describes himself as "afflicted, greatly afflicted" by the calamities that had come on the land, urging the king of
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International Center for the Study of Bird
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143:Canada Park
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470:References
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288:Kohathites
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222:Sheshonk I
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387:Palestine
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308:Shephelah
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191:Akhenaten
127:Sha'alvim
116:kibbutzim
92:Jerusalem
77:Shephelah
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336:Michmash
332:Jonathan
326:by King
207:Amorites
122:moshavim
65:ʾAyyālōn
244:Amorite
185:In the
181:History
173:of the
135:Nahshon
69:Aijalon
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359:Israel
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248:Gibeon
240:Joshua
215:Latrun
171:Emmaus
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61:איילון
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39:Israel
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