And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
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Interpretation
Now the threatening was fulfilled, that the Israelites should have no power to stand before their enemies, Le 26:17,. By their evil ways and their evil doings they procured this to themselves.
Glossary
- Gilead Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
- Amorites People
- Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan ( Gen. 14:7 ), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions.
- Jordan Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Jordan River.