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John Gill's Exposition on Hosea 10:6
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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It shall also be carried unto Assyria [for] a present to King Jareb, etc.] Or, “he himself”f195; not the people of Samaria, or of Bethaven, or of the calf, but the calf itself; which, being all of gold, was sent a present to the king of Assyria, here called Jareb; either Assyria, or the king of it; (see Gill on “<280513>Hosea 5:13”); this was done either by the people of Israel themselves, to appease the king of Assyria; or rather by the Assyrian army, who reserved the plunder of this as a proper present to their king and conqueror, to whom not only nations, but the gods of nations, were subject: Ephraim shall receive shame; for worshipping such an idol, when they shall see it broke to pieces, and the gold of it made a present to the Assyrian king, and that it could not save them, nor itself: and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel; of giving in to such idolatry, contrary to the counsel, mind, and will of God; or of the counsel which they and Jeroboam took to set up the calves at Daniel and Bethel, and thereby to keep the people from going up to Jerusalem, (<111228>1 Kings 12:28); as well as of their counsel and covenant with the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria, (<121704>2 Kings 17:4).
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