Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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Gill's Exposition
The captain of fifty,.... A semi-centurion, such an one as in Kg2 1:9. So far should there be from being captains of thousands, and of hundreds, that there should not be one of fifty:
and the…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The captain of fifty - By this was probably denoted an officer in the army. The idea is, that the commanders of the various divisions of the army should be taken away. The honourable man - Hebrew פנים…
The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had given a necessary caution to all not to put confidence in man, or any creature; he had also given a general reason for that caution, taken from…
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