8. Moab, Seir, and Ammon were contiguous countries, stretching in one
line from Gilead on the north to the Red Sea. They therefore naturally
acted in concert, and in joint hostility to Judea.
Judah is like . . . all . . . heathen--The Jews fare no better than
others: it is of no use to them to serve Jehovah, who, they say, is the
only true God.
JFB.
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