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Chesil
Holman Bible Dictionary
(chee' ssihl) Place name meaning, “foolish.” A city of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:30 ). A similar list giving the boundary of Simeon in Joshua 19:4 spells the name Bethul, a reading supported for Joshua 15:30 by the Septuagint, the earliest Greek translation. 1 Chronicles 4:30 also reads Bethuel. Chesil is thus identical with Bethuel, which can be spelled Bethuel. See Bethuel .
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Chesil'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/c/chesil.html. 1991.