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1Sa 14:14 — And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

an half acre of land		or, half a furrow of an acre of land. The original is obscure and variously understood; but it is probably a proverbial expression for a small space.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 14:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/14/14.html>.

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