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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hosea 1:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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bow--the prowess (Jer 49:35; compare Gen 49:24). valley of Jezreel--afterwards called Esdraelon, extending ten miles in breadth, and in length from Jordan to the Mediterranean near Mount Carmel, the great battlefield of Palestine (Jdg 6:33; Sa1 29:1).
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