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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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six hundred
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Jdg 21:13; Psa 103:9,10; Isa 1:9; Jer 14:7; Lam 3:32; Hab 3:2 |
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rock Rimmon
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"The rock Rimmon was doubtless a strong place; but it is uncertain where situated. It is probable however, that it was near, and took its name from, the village of Remmon, mentioned by Eusebius, fifteen miles north from Jerusalem. It appears that rocks are still resorted to in the East, as places of security; and some of them are even capable of sustaining a siege. De La Roque says, that ""The Grand Seignior, wishing to seize the person of the emir (Fakr-eddin, prince of the Druses,) gave orders to the pacha to take him prisoner: he accordingly came in search of him, with a new army, in the district of Chouf, which is part of mount Lebanon, wherein is the village of Gesin, and close to it, the rock which served for a retreat to the emir. It is named in Arabic, Magara Gesin, i.e., the cavern of Gessin, by which name it is famous. The pacha pressed the emir so closely, that this unfortunate prince was obliged to shut himself up in the cleft of a great rock, with a small number of his officers. The pacha besieged " |
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Jdg 21:13 |
And the whole congregation sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. |
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Psa 103:9 |
He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. |
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Psa 103:10 |
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. |
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Isa 1:9 |
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah. |
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Jer 14:7 |
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. |
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Lam 3:32 |
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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Hab 3:2 |
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Judges 20:47," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jdg/20/47.html>.
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