Verse 30
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) emphasizing the five nations brought into Palestine. Compare 2 Kings 17:24 . Each brought its own gods. Thus (according to the language of the O.T.) Samaria committed adultery (idolatry) with five husbands (compare Isaiah 54:5 with Isaiah 23:17 . Jeremiah 22:20 . Hosea 2:10-12 ). Repeated individually in John 4:18 . No wonder the woman worshipped she knew not what (John 4:22 ).
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