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teÌ„Ì-lā´im (הטּל××™×, ha-tÌ£elaÌ„'ı̄m “the young lambsâ€; ἐν ΓαλγαÌλοις, en GalgaÌlois): The place where Saul “summoned the people, and numbered them†() before his attack on Agag, king of the Amalekites. Some authorities read “Telam†for “Havilah†in verse 7 and also find this name in instead of מעול×, mē‛oÌ„laÌ„m. In Septuagint and Josephus (Ant., VI, vii, 2) Gilgal occurs instead of Telaim, on what ground is not known. Probably Telaim is identical with TELEM (which see), though the former may have been the name of a Bedouin tribe inhabiting the latter district. Compare DhallaÌ„m Arabs now found South of Tell el-MilhÌ£.