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Place

Helam

Name meaning: their army; their trouble (Hitchcock)

Place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium.

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(stronghold), a place east of the Jordan but west of the Euphrates at which the Syrians were collected by Hadarezer, and where David met and defeated them. (2 Samuel 10:16,17)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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