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forsook

Meaning of “forsook”

Abandoned, deserted, left entirely, renounced, or withdrew from.

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:15

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1 Chronicles 10:7
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley, saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sonnes were dead: then they forsooke their cities, and fled, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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