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because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for the LORD will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
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Verse 4. Tyre. See Calmet. 47:4. Ezekiel 26. and so forth—Sidon. It had rejoiced at the downfall of its rival, (Isaiah 23:4) and of the Jews. Joel 3:4. Ezekiel 28:24. Artax Ochus punished it severely; ( Calmet.) and its own king, Tenner, betrayed his subjects, who were slain by the Persians, or burnt themselves in the conflagration of the city. Diodor. Olym. 177. a. 2.—Helpers; Philistines, who came originally from the isle of Caphtor, or Crete.—Cappadocia was not an island, or near the sea, ( Calmet.) but at a distance from the Jews. Sanct.
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