7. withholden . . . rain . . . three months to . . . harvest--the time
when rain was most needed, and when usually "the latter rain" fell,
namely, in spring, the latter half of February, and the whole of March
and April
(Ho 6:3;
Joe 2:23).
The drought meant is that mentioned in
1Ki 17:1
[GROTIUS].
rain upon one city . . . not . . . upon
another--Any rain that fell was only partial.
JFB.
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