Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 6:8

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8. Gilead . . . city —probably Ramoth-gilead, metropolis of the hilly region beyond Jordan, south of the Jabbok, known as "Gilead" ( :- ; compare :- ). work iniquity — ( :- ). polluted with blood —"marked with blood-traces" [MAURER]. Referring to Gilead's complicity in the regicidal conspiracy of Pekah against Pekahiah ( 2 Kings 15:25 ). See on Hosea 6:1 . Many homicides were there, for there were beyond Jordan more cities of refuge, in proportion to the extent of territory, than on this side of Jordan ( Numbers 35:14 ; Deuteronomy 4:41-43 ; Joshua 20:8 ). Ramoth-gilead was one. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-hos-6-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/hos-6-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological