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English
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Khirbet Beit Lei and the Lehi of Samson: Old Testament and Book of Mormon Considerations, and a Newly Identified Site for Biblical Lehi and En-hakkore
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Religious Educator
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2022
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23
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3
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Provo, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center
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65-85
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"In the present study I will reexamine the claims of Ginat and others, with particular emphasis on the personal and place name Lehi and on the location of the Lehi of Samson in the biblical narrative... The article will proceed in two components: (1) an update on the Beit Lei site itself, discussing excavation at the site up to the present, as well as approaches now taken in media and conversation by "Beit Lehi" advocates; and (2) a discussion of claims that link the Beit Lei site to the place named Lehi in the story of Samson found in the Old Testament book of Judges, explaining why the Lehi of Samson cannot have been the place that Beit Lei enthusiasts continue to call "Beit Lehi." In this discussion, a newly discovered potential site in Israel for the Lehi of the Samson story will be revealed." [Author]