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(Heb. Cheylam7', çֵéìָí , place of abundance, 2Sa_10:16; but in 2Sa_10:17, Chelanm', çֵàìָí [with he ‘directive,” çֵàìָîָä , Josephus ×áëáìÜ ], for which the margin prefers çֵìàָí ; Sept. ÁἰëÜì , Vulgate Helamn), a place “beyond the river” (i.e. either east of the Jordan or west of the Euphrates, although Josephus, Ant. 7:6, 3, understands it to mean east of the Euphrates), where David gained a victory over the combined forces of the Syrians under Hadadezer. apparently between Damascus and the country of the Ammonites. Ewald (Is'. Gesch. 2, 620) compares the Alanmatha ( Á᾿ëÜìáèá ) of Ptolemy (5, 15, 25), on the west bank of the Euphrates, near Nicephoritm. SEE DAVID.