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26 and raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore that place to this day is called the Valley of Achor.[a](A)

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  1. 7.26 That is, trouble

26 Over Achan they heaped(A) up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.(B) Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.(C) Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[a](D) ever since.

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  1. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble.

28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[a] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah,[b] and Kiriath-jearim[c]—fourteen towns with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin according to its families.(A)

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  1. 18.28 Gk Syr Vg: Heb the Jebusite
  2. 18.28 Heb Gibeath
  3. 18.28 Gk: Heb Kiriath

28 Zelah,(A) Haeleph, the Jebusite city(B) (that is, Jerusalem(C)), Gibeah(D) and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages.(E)

This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.(F)

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25 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being. So the Lord answered his supplication for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.(A)

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25 David built an altar(A) to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer(B) in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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