Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

Ver. 18. Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof.] But lost them again to the Philistines -

Non minor est virtus, quam quaerere, parta tueri.

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Ver. 18. Mockers] Who fleer a when they should fear. See Trapp on " 2Pe 3:3 "

Who should walk after their ungodly lusts] Gr. the lusts of ungodliness, whereby the heart is turned away from God and godliness.

a To laugh mockingly or scornfully; to smile or grin contemptuously; hence, to gibe, jeer, sneer. ŒD

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