And said unto them, Hear me, you Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filth out of the holy place.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Booty. Hebrew, "number of captives. "(Haydock)
The two kings had besieged Jerusalem without success: (4 Kings) but now their forces were divided. (Menochius)
The motives of this war were unjust, (Micheas ii. 8.)