Verse 5
Samaria. See Hosea 10:7 ; Hosea 7:1 ; Hosea 8:5 , Hosea 8:6 ; Hosea 13:16 .
Beth-aven. See note on Hosea 4:15 .
priests. Hebrew. kemarim = priests of Baal, or black ones, from kamar = to be black, from the black dress (or cassocks) worn by them. Occurs only here and 2 Kings 23:5 .Zephaniah 1:4 .
rejoiced = leap, or exult. Compare 1 Kings 18:26 .
glory . . . departed. Reference to the history (1 Samuel 4:21 , 1 Samuel 4:22 ).
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