Telaim
Where Saul numbered his host before attacking Amalek (1Sa 15:4). Same as Telera probably. Septuagint and Josephus read Gilgal; but no Hebrew manuscript sanctions this.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Telaim
Telaim te-la'-im (ha-tela'-im "the young lambs"; en Galgalois): The place where Saul "summoned the people, and numbered them" (1Sa 15:4) before his attack on Agag, king of the Amalekites. Some authorities read "Telam" for "Havilah" in verse 7 and also find this name in 1Sa 27:8 instead of me`olam. In Septuagint and Josephus (Ant., VI, vii, 2) Gilgal occurs instead of Telaim, on what ground is not known. Probably Telaim is identical with TELEM (which see), though the former may have been the name of a Bedouin tribe inhabiting the latter district. Compare Dhallam Arabs now found South of Tell el-Milch. ⇒See a list of verses on TELAIM in the Bible. E. W. G. Masterman ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Telaim
The place at which S.aul concentrated liis forces, and numbered his fighting men before his camiiaign against the Amalekites (1 S 15*). The LXX reads Gilgal for Telaim, and Josephus (Ant. VI. vii. 2) also makes GUgal the place of assembly. Gilgal, however, though so frequently mentioned in connexion with the history of Saul, would be an inconvenient mustering-place for a force about to oiperate against the Amalekites in the desert S. of Palestine. Still it is possible that Saul may have started from the sanctuary to which he returned with his prisoner and booty. A more suitable locality for the place of assembly would, however, be in the Negeb, or Soutli ; and here lay Telem (Jos IS-'), with which Telaim is prob.ably identical. So Wellhausen, Driver, and liudde, who prefer to point o.-tj'o. Wellhausen reads o^o also in 1 S 15' for ■ij'"!!!. The same read- in" should also probably be found in 1 S 27* (see Wellh. and Driver, ad lo'c. , and Hommel, A HT 243). C. W. Wilson. TELASSAR (hsn'?!? 2 K 19", -iz^i} Is 37" ' hill of Asshur ' ; B Qa^aBiv, A tiaXturcrip ; Thelassar, Tha- lassar). —…
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Telaim
(lambs), the place at which Saul collected and numbered his forces before his attack on Amalek, (1 Samuel 16:4) may be identical with Telem, which see.
References
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