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John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 10:30
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Lift up that voice, O daughter of Gallim, &c.] In a mournful and lamentable manner, and yet with such a clear loud voice, as to be heard afar off: the word is sometimes used for making a joyful sound, and of the neighing of horses. The inhabitants of Gallim are meant by its daughter; of this place was Phalti, who married Michal, Saul’s daughter; very probably it was in the tribe of Benjamin. Jeromf200 makes mention of Accaron, a village, which was called Gallim. Cause it to be heard unto Laish; if this was the place the Danites took, and called it Dan, it was on the northern border of Judea, in the furthermost part of the land; hence the phrase, from Daniel to Beersheba; it was near to Caesarea or Paneas, from whence the river Jordan took its rise; and was a great way off, either of Gallim or Anathoth, for the voice of them to be heard. O poor Anathoth! this was a city in the tribe of Benjamin, (<062118>Joshua 21:18) it was the native place of the Prophet Jeremiah, (<240101>Jeremiah 1:1) according to Josephusf201, it was twenty furlongs from Jerusalem; and, according to Jeromf202, three miles: it is called “poor”, because it was but a poor mean village; or because it would now become so, through the ravages of the Assyrian army.
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