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The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
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Verse 40. Valley of Hinnom, or Topheth, (Calmet. 7:32 and 19:6) where Cedron flowed. Zechariah 14:4. Calmet.—The city was much enlarged on this side, under the Machabees. Jos. Bel. vi. 6.—Ever. Yet the temple was utterly destroyed by the Romans, so that we must explain this of the Catholic Church, founded on a rock, and proof against the gates of hell, and all the malice of heretics and persecutors. Matthew 16:18. Calmet.
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