That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,.... Places in the ten tribes, and which belonged to the kingdom of Israel; so that it seems even at this distance of time, though the body of the ten tribes had been many years ago carried captive, yet there were still some religious persons sons remaining, and who had a great regard to the temple worship at Jerusalem:[even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves; as mourners for the destruction of Jerusalem, and the captivity of the people.
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Jeremiah 41:5
Jeremiah 41:5
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Shechem: Genesis 33:18, Genesis 34:2; Joshua 24:32; Judges 9:1; 1 Kings 12:1, 1 Kings 12:25
Shiloh: Jeremiah 7:12, Jeremiah 7:14; Joshua 18:1
Samaria: 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 16:29
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