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Barnes' Notes on Lamentations 4:12

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Though Jerusalem had been several times captured 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 23:33-35, yet it had been so strongly fortified by Uzziah and his successors as to have been made virtually impregnable. Its present capture by Nebuchadnezzar had cost him a year and a half’s siege. return to 'Top of Page'
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