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Judg. xvi. 4.CAPHAR-SOREK. In S. Jerom’s time there was a Town of this name to the North of Eleutheropolis near Saraa1. Capher-Sorek is thought to have taken its name from the Brook or Valley of Sorek, where Delilah lived.
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Hieronym. Onomast. in Sorec. 70. πάροικοι Κρηῖῶν. & v. 6. 70. Καὶ ἔσται Κρήτη νομὴ ποιμνίων. ger. xlvii. 4. ↩
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