And at this house which is high,.... The house of the most High, as some render it, and in high esteem, fame, and glory, as well as it was built on an high hill, and was itself one hundred and twenty cubits high, 2Ch 3:4, the Targum is,"and this house which was high shall be destroyed:''everyone that passeth by it shall be astonished; at the ruins of the temple, and of the city of Jerusalem, which had been so magnificent:and shall hiss; in scorn and derision of the people of Israel, rejoicing in their ruin:and they shall say, why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
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1 Kings 9:8
1 Kings 9:8
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