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Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
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Verse 19. Bethel, the head of the calf worship; though Abulensis thinks it was another city, otherwise it would not have been spared. The calf continued there till the reign of Jehu. 4 Kennicott. 10:29. Menochius.—Jesana; perhaps Senna, (Numbers 34:4. Calmet.) seven miles north of Jericho. Eus.—The versions read differently.—Ephron. The Masorets have Ephraim. Calmet.—Prot. “Ephraim, with the towns thereof.” Bible.—Josue (15:9) places Mount Ephron between Juda and Ephraim; and we find a town of the name, (1 Maccabees 5:46) but on the other side of the Jordan.
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