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Jeremiah 41:5

Jeremiah 41:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

came:

Shechem: , ; ; ; ,

Shiloh: , ;

Samaria: ,

their beards: All these were signs of deep mourning; which, though forbidden on funeral occasions, were customary, and perhaps counted allowable, on seasons of public calamity, and this mourning was probably on account of the destruction of Jerusalem. ; ; ;

to the: ; ;

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