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Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. Excused. “When the country is to be defended, all exemptions cease.” Leg. ult. Calmet.—Septuagint seem to preserve the terms of the original untranslated, “Asa called all.… to Annacim.” Hebrew en naki, ( Bible.) means, “no one exempt.” Calmet.—Rama belonged to the enemy; and, as it appears from this passage, was in the vicinity of Maspha. Bible.—Gabaa, the city of Saul, ( Menochius.) adding fresh fortifications, as this and Maspha were frontier towns, against the inroads of Israel. Bible.
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