And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Earth. Hebrew, "to destroy it from the face of the earth. "The Vulgate insinuates that it had taken place before the author wrote. In the third year of Asa, 22 years after this revolt, Bansa slew the whole family, chap. xv. 29.