Adam Clarke Commentary - Zechariah 9:8

Adam Clarke Commentary - Zechariah 9:8 - 9:8

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Zechariah 9:8 - 9:8

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15
9:16 - 9:16
9:17 - 9:17

I will encamp about mine house - This may apply to the conquests in Palestine by Alexander, who, coming with great wrath against Jerusalem, was met by Jaddua the high priest and his fellows in their sacred robes, who made intercession for the city and the temple; and, in consequence, Alexander spared both, which he had previously purposed to destroy. He showed the Jews also much favor, and remitted the tax every seventh year, because the law on that year forbade them to cultivate their ground. See this extraordinary account in Josephus Antiq. lib. xi., c. 8, s. 5. Bishop Newcome translates: “I will encamp about my house with an army, so that none shall pass through or return.”