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“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
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Verse 14. Bethel. Manahem seems to have sent one of the calves to engage Phul to come to his assistance. Osee 10:5 and 4 Kennicott. 15:19. Salmanasar had both. Osee 8:5. Josias afterwards defiled the profane altars. 4 Kennicott. 23:15.—Horns, made of brass, which the Assyrians carried off. Calmet.—The fairest possessions of sinners will at last perish. Worthington.
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