Encyclopedia of The Bible – Gallim
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Gallim

GALLIM găl’ ĭm (גַּלִּֽים, heaps, LXX Γαλλεί [μ, G3398], B: ̔Πομμα). Identification uncertain.

The village was located in Benjamin, N of Jerusalem, near Gibeah of Saul and Anathoth. The Heb. OT refers to it (1 Sam 25:44; Isa 10:30). However, LXX also mentions it as a town situated in Judah. Here, the reference is Joshua 15, between vv. 59 and 60, where there appears a list of cities that apparently was inadvertently omitted from the Heb. Bible in the process of text transmission. In this list, Gallim is grouped with towns lying SW of Jerusalem.