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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-The writer continues the list that began in [1 Samuel 30:27](../30/27.md) of towns whose elders received gifts from David.
-
 # Hormah ... Bor Ashan ... Athak
 
-These are names of towns. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
+These are names of towns.