1Sa 11:8 | TNotes | STEP | 11:8 Bezek was about fourteen miles west of Jabesh-gilead. • The narrator’s use of the terms Israel and Judah anticipates the later division of the kingdom (1 Kgs 12 ).

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‏ 1 Samuel 11:8

11:8 ^a Bezek was about fourteen miles west of Jabesh-gilead.

• The narrator’s use of the terms Israel and Judah anticipates the later division of the kingdom (1 Kgs 12 ^b).