ὠργίσθη. For a subject to scorn the summons to the royal feast implied disloyalty and rebellion.

τὰ στρατεύματα, ‘troops.’ Cp. Luke 23:11, where the word is used of Herod’s soldiers, σὺν τοῖς στρατεύμασιν αὐτοῦ, and Revelation 9:16. The soldiers of Titus literally achieved the purposes of God.

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Old Testament