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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Joshua 15:61
These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah (house of the desert valley), Middin (measures), Secacah (thicket),
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