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They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
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A Reference to Past Chaos
Commentators unanimously explain that this verse refers not to Asa's time, but to the chaotic period of the Judges. The phrases "nation against nation" and "city against city" recall the tragic civil wars recorded in the book of Judges, such as the conflicts between the tribes of Ephraim, Gilead, and Benjamin. This historical memory serves as the backdrop for the call to reform.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in Judges 9:45 and Judges 20:33–48.
19th Century
Anglican
And nation was destroyed of nation. — And they were crushed, nation by nation and city by city. The verb khathath
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city Or one tribe of another; as the Ephraimites by the Gileadites, …
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