gallim Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
gallim in Easton's Bible Dictionary
heaps, (1 Sam. 25:44; Isa. 10:30). The native place of Phalti, to whom Michal was given by Saul. It was probably in Benjamin, to the north of Jerusalem.
gallim in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fountains). This is given as the native place of the man to whom Michal, David's wife, was given. #1Sa 25:44| There is no clue to the situation of the place. The name occurs again in the catalogue of places terrified at the approach of Sennacherib. #Isa 10:30|
gallim in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
GAL'LIM (heaps), the home of David's wife, 1 Sam 25:44; a village of Benjamin, Isa 10:30; now perhaps Khirbet es-Soma. Conder proposes Beit Jala.
gallim in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("heaps", or else "springs".) 1 Samuel 25:44; Isaiah 10:30, "daughter of Gallim," i.e. Gallim and her sons, i.e. inhabitants. It is enumerated amidst towns of Benjamin; Laish is one. Possibly "Phalti the son of Laish who was from Gallim" was a native of Laish the town, and this a dependency only. Now the hill Khirbet el Jisr, S. of Gibeah of Saul (Valentiner).