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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 16:3

Thy birth, etc.] Though the allegory deals with the history of Israel as a nation it begins by tracing the origin of Jerusalem. It was a Canaanite city, inhabited by Jebusites, long before it became the capital of God's kingdom. Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:21; Judges 19:11; 2 Samuel 5:6.

Amorite] a general name for some of the tribes originally inhabiting Canaan: cp. Genesis 15:16; Deuteronomy 20:17. Hittite] The Hittites, or children of Heth, were another portion of the original inhabitants of Canaan: cp. Genesis 10:15; Numbers 13:29. Another branch of the Hittites had a powerful empire to the N. of Palestine (Joshua 1:4; Judges 1:26).

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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