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Tidal

TIDAL, or Thadal, King of Nations, or King of Goim,1 according to the Hebrew. Some think he was King of Galilee, of the Gentiles, which was beyond Jordan. Symmachus translates it, King of Pamphilia; Matth. iv. 15. Josh. xii. 23.the Syriac, King of the Galites; Joshua speaks of a King of the Nations of Gilgal, or of Galilee, according to the Septuagint.

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  1. Gen. xiv. 1. מלך גויםMelech-Goim. ↩

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