Gallim

Gallim ("heaps" or "waves") was a town in the territory of Benjamin north of Jerusalem. King Saul gave his daughter Michal — David's first wife — to Phalti son of Laish of Gallim after Davids exile, dissolving Michals marriage to David (1 Samuel 25:44). Years later, when David had been crowned king of all Israel, Abner forcibly brought Michal back to David, with Phalti weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim (2 Samuel 3:13-16). The prophet Isaiah named Gallim in his oracle describing the route of the Assyrian invasion sweeping down on Jerusalem: "Raise a cry, O daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! Answer her, O Anathoth!" (Isaiah 10:30) — listing a series of Benjaminite villages as warning waypoints on the approach to the capital. The site is generally identified with Khirbet Erha or Khirbet Kakul north of Jerusalem.