A place mentioned only in Jg 9:37 as being near Shechem. It is agreed that the rendering should be 'oak of the diviners,' but the derivation of the word m?'
Gaal spoke up again to say, "Look! People are coming down from the highest part of the land, and there's a company approaching from the diviner's oak tree."
When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then be sure to act quickly, since the LORD will have gone out ahead of you to cut down the Philistine army."
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