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and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) emphasizing the five nations brought into Palestine. Compare 2Ki_17:24. Each brought its own gods. Thus (according to the language of the O.T.) Samaria committed adultery (idolatry) with five husbands (compare Isa_54:5 with Isa_23:17. Jer_22:20. Hos_2:10-12). Repeated individually in Joh_4:18. No wonder the woman worshipped she knew not what (Joh_4:22).