Some scholars identify this site with the Telem of Joshua 15:24, a town on the southern border of Judah close to the Amalekite territory, but nothing definite is known as to its location. Telaim served as the base for the campaign against the Amalekites, as Bezek had for that against the Ammonites (see on 1 Sam. 11:8). It is strange that only five per cent of Saul’s army came from Judah, in view of the fact that tribe suffered most at the hands of the Amalekites.