8. Gog and Magog--
(Eze 38:1-39:29;
see on
Eze 38:2).
Magog is a general name for northern nations of Japheth's posterity,
whose ideal head is Gog
(Ge 10:2).
A has but one Greek article to "Gog and Magog," whereby the two,
namely, the prince and the people, are marked as having the closest
connection. B reads the second article before Magog wrongly. HILLER [Onomasticon] explains both words as
signifying "lofty," "elevated." For "quarters" the Greek is
"corners."
to battle--Greek, "to the war," in A and B. But
ANDREAS omits "the."
JFB.
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