Metheg-ammah
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metheg-ammah-272-16071619
title:
Metheg-ammah
text:
Metheg-ammah is a biblical word or phrase that has caused some difficulty for biblical scholars and translators. The phrase is used once only, at 2 Samuel 8:1. The whole of 2 Samuel 8:1–13 lists David's conquests after he became king of the United Monarchy and therefore in some translations of the Bible it is treated as a location which he is said to have captured from the Philistines. An alternate understanding is that this is not a proper name but a Hebrew phrase meaning "bridge of the mother-
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description:
Word or phrase used just once in the Bible
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metheg-ammah
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2024-02-14T21:58:47Z
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