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the_o army_n of_o nicanor_n 7._o jeâ—eti_n call_v otherwise_o pelethi_fw-la which_o give_v name_n and_o birth_n unto_o the_o pâ—lethites_n part_n of_o david_n guard_n under_o the_o governance_n of_o benaiah_n 8._o silo_n situate_v on_o the_o top_n of_o a_o lofty_a mountain_n the_o receptacle_n of_o the_o ark_n till_o take_v and_o carry_v thence_o by_o the_o philistines_n 9_o michmas_n the_o habitation_n of_o jonathan_n one_o of_o the_o maccabaean_a brethren_n situate_v in_o the_o middle_a way_n from_o samaria_n to_o jerusalem_n now_o call_v byra_n 10._o nâ—â—oth_o where_o saul_n prophesy_v 11._o bethoron_n a_o city_n of_o the_o levite_n beautify_v by_o solomon_n but_o make_v more_o famous_a by_o the_o great_a and_o notable_a overthrow_n which_o judas_n maccabaeus_n here_o give_v to_o lysias_n 12._o pirhatlon_n on_o the_o mountain_n amaleâ—_n the_o city_n of_o abdon_n the_o judge_n of_o israel_n 13._o siâ—heâ—_n call_v also_o sichor_n the_o habitation_n in_o the_o old_a time_n of_o 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