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Helam

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Named at 2 Samuel 10:16: Hadadezer sends and brings out the Syrians who are beyond the River, “and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.” At 10:17–18 David is told, and he gathers all Israel together, passes over the Jordan, and comes to Helam; the Syrians set themselves in array against David and fight with him, and flee before Israel; and David strikes Shobach the captain of their army, so that he dies there.

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  • 2SA 10:15–19, engwebp

    15When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

    16Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

    17David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David and fought with him.

    18The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.

    19When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Helam” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Alma (confidence 335 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.

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Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

2 Samuel 10:17 Open that verse

David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David and fought with him.

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Entry: Helam (place-helam)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 10:16: Hadadezer sends and brings out the Syrians who are beyond the River, “and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.” At 10:17–18 David is told, and he gathers all Israel together, passes over the Jordan, and comes to Helam; the Syrians set themselves in array against David and fight with him, and flee before Israel; and David strikes Shobach the captain of their army, so that he dies there.
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