The entering of Hamath was the northern border of the kingdom of Israel, Numbers 13:21, Numbers 34:8. Unto the sea of the plain, i.e. unto the Dead Sea, which once was a goodly plain, Genesis 13:10, which was their southern border. Jonah, or Jonas, one of the small prophets; though this prophecy of his be not recorded there; and therefore it is remembered here.

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