The place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh This name means "stone"
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H59 — אָבֵל
a.vel · Abel · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 6:18 · אָבֵ֣לAnd the golden mice, [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines [belonging] to the five lords, [both] of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great [stone of] Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: [which stone remaineth] unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.2 Samuel 20:18 · בְּאָבֵ֖לThen she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter].