Matthew 3:1
In those days John (YHWH is gracious) the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness (solitary place) of Judea (land of praise)
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Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of Moses’ (drawn out) father-in-law, the Kenite (smiths), went up with the men of Judah (praised) from the City of Palms (Jericho) to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev (southland) near Arad (a wild donkey). They went to live among the people.
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