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Shobach

SHOBACH, or Sobach, General of the Army of Hadarezer, King of Syria, who commanded the Troops that his Master had brought from beyond the Euphrates. But David gave him Battle at Helam, obtain’d a compleat Victory over him,1 and mortally wounded him.

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  1. 2 Sam. x. 16, 17, &c. About the Year of the World 2968, before Christ 1032, before the vulgar Era 1036. ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Shobach,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/shobach/.

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