John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 15:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah, etc.] Summoned men of all sorts, ranks, and degrees: (none was exempted;) the Jews f348 say, not so much as a newly married man, whom the law excused from war the first year, nor the disciples of the wise men: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; or fortified the place; these; the men of Judah, whom Asa summoned, carried off: and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah; which were both in the tribe of Benjamin, and which he fortified, (<061824>Joshua 18:24,26) (<244110>Jeremiah 41:10).

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