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  1. In the Old Testament, a member of an ancient
  2. Semitic people of SW Palestine and the Sinai
  3. peninsula. According to Exodus 17 they
  4. harried the rear of the Israelites after
  5. their crossing of the Red Sea, were defeated
  6. by Saul and David, and were destroyed in the
  7. reign of Hezekiah.
  8.