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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Micah 5:14

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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groves . . . cities--The "groves" are the idolatrous symbol of Astarte (Deu 16:21; Kg2 21:7). "Cities" being parallel to "groves," must mean cities in or near which such idolatrous groves existed. Compare "city of the house of Baal" (Kg2 10:25), that is, a portion of the city sacred to Baal.
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