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Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?
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Verse 1. Melchom, the idol of the Ammonites. Challoner.—Gad, to whom a part of their country was assigned. After the captivity this tribe, the Ammonites seized the country, regardless of God’s appointment. They joined the Chaldees afterwards; but the latter could not depend upon them, and sent them into captivity, to revenge the death of Godolias. Calmet. 41:2. Zephaniah 2:8. Ezekiel 25:3. Calmet.—They had taken the country as their right, as if all Israel had perished; which God resents. Worthington.
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