HELAM, a place celebrated for a battle fought between David and the Syrians, wherein he cut them in pieces, and 2 Sam. x. 17. 1 Chr. xix. 17.took their horses and their chariots. In the passage of the Chronicles, wherein this history is related, instead of Helam, which is a city that we have no knowledge of, we read Alehem; that is to say, David came and fell upon them; which is probably the best reading.
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