Racal

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Racal: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a town of Judah whose location is not exactly known

Google Maps: Racal (31° 25´, 35° 7´)

Hebrew

Strongs #07403: lkr Rakal

Rachal = "trade"

1) a town in southern Judah to which David sent presents

7403 Rakal raw-kawl'

from 7402; merchant; Rakal, a place in Palestine:-Rachal.
see HEBREW for 07402

Racal [NAVE]

RACAL
See: Rachal.

RACAL [ISBE]

RACAL - ra'-kal (rakhal, "trader"): A place in Judah, enumerated among "the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt," to the elders of which he sent a share of his spoils (1 Sam 30:29). The Septuagint reading "Carmel" has been adopted, by many, because of the similarity of the words in Hebrew (rakal and karmel) and because there was a Carmel in the neighborhood of Hebron (Josh 15:55; 1 Sam 15:12), which figures in the story of David's adventures when pursued by Saul (1 Sam 25) in a manner that makes it improbable that he would overlook the place in his good fortune (the King James Version "Rachal").

Nathan Isaacs