Iam one of them that are peaceableand faithful in Israel I am peaceable and faithful in Israel. The woman speaks in the name of the city, asserting its peaceableness and loyalty. By an irregularity of construction, hardly reproducible in English, the predicate is in the plural, referring to the inhabitants. Lit. I am peaceable faithful ones of Israel.

to destroy a city and a mother Lit. to slay: the personification of the city is kept up. On "mother" as applied to a city (metropolis) see note on ch. 2 Samuel 8:1.

the inheritance of theLord] Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 10:12; 2 Samuel 14:16; 1 Samuel 26:19.

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