Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I say, how they reward us,.... Evil for good:
to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit; the land of Canaan was their inheritance, an inheritance given…
Adam Clarke
They reward us - Six of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. add רעה evil: "Behold, they reward us Evil." This is also the reading of the Targum.
We left Jehoshaphat, in the foregoing chapter, well employed in reforming his kingdom and providing for the due administration of justice and support of religion in it, and expected nothing but to…
Cambridge Bible
thy possession A "possession" means that which one takes possession of by the sword. Canaan is God's "possession" because it was conquered by His arm (Psa 44:3).
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