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[some Elte'keh] (Hebrews Eltekeh', àֶìúְּ÷ֵäִ , God is its fear, i.e., object of awe; but Elteke', àֶìְúְּ÷ֵà in Jos_21:23; Sept. Å᾿ëèåêώ v.r. Á᾿ëèáêÜ and ή Å᾿ëêùèáßõ , Vulg. Elthece and Eltheco), a city in the tribe of Dan, apparently near the border, and mentioned between Ekron and Gibbethon (Jos_19:44) With its "suburbs" it was assigned as a city of refuge and Levitical city to the Kohathites (Jos_21:23); but it is omitted in the parallel list (1Ch_6:1-81). The site is possibly now represented by El-Mansurah (“the victorious"), "a miserable little village" near a copious spring, in the plain between Ramleh and Akir (Robinson, Researches, 3:21). Schwarz (Palest. page 141) confounds Eltekeh with Eltekon, and locates both at a village which he calls "Althini, not far from Beilin (Baalath)."