Place
Shephelah
Judean lowlands
Lowland foothills between Judah's hill country and the Philistine coastal plain.
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The lowland foothills between the Judean hill country and the southern coastal plain, forming a strategic border zone between and territory. Many towns in 's allotment lists, 's early conflicts, and 's lament over Judah's villages belong to this region. Because armies moving from the coast toward often passed through it, the Shephelah became a pressure point in the crisis that devastated Micah's rural world.
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