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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 10:21 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 10:21	Strong Concordance	And Jehu [03058] sent [07971] through all Israel [03478]: and all the worshippers [05647] of Baal [01168] came [0935], so that there was not a man [0376] left [07604] that came [0935] not. And they came [0935] into the house [01004] of Baal [01168]; and the house [01004] of Baal [01168] was full [04390] from one end [06310] to another [06310].
	King James	And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
In order to understand how such numbers could find room, we must remember that the ancient temples had vast courts around them, which could contain many thousands.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

In order to understand how such numbers could find room, we must remember that the ancient temples had vast courts around them, which could contain many thousands.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The temple of Baal was filled לפה פּה, "from one edge (end) to the other." פּה in this sense is not to be derived from פּאה, a corner (Cler., Ges.), but signifies mouth, or the upper rim of a vessel. Metaphora sumta a vasibus humore aliquo plenis: Vatabl.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The temple of Baal was filled לפה פּה, "from one edge (end) to the other." פּה in this sense is not to be derived from פּאה, a corner (Cler., Ges.), but signifies mouth, or the upper rim of a vessel. Metaphora sumta a vasibus humore aliquo plenis: Vatabl.

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