left them liable to destruction (cf. Achan in Josh. 7). Simply put, contact with “devoted/banned” objects was “contagious, the transgressor becoming devoted in turn—and as such, foredoomed to death.”293 Telaim (15:4). This is probably to be equated with Telem, listed in Joshua 15:24 as one of the cities of Judah. The LXX mentions Gilgal here instead, which some have suggested may have been the site of Samuel’s instructions to Saul. Two hundred thousand foot soldiers (15:4). See comment on 4:10. Kenites