20. Rabbath of the Ammonites--distinct from Rabbah in Judah
(2Sa 12:26).
Rabbath is put first, as it was from her that Jerusalem, that doomed
city, had borrowed many of her idols.
to Judah in Jerusalem--instead of simply putting "Jerusalem," to imply
the sword was to come not merely to Judah, but to its people within Jerusalem, defended though it was; its defenses on which the Jews relied
so much would not keep the foe out.
JFB.
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