Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammin.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Battle. They perhaps had heard of Saul's malady, (Salien) and bore a constant hatred to the Israelites during his reign, chap. xiv. 52.
Azeca, about 15 miles south of Jerusalem.
Dommim, or Phesdommim, 1 Paralipomenon xi. 13.
