John Bengel Commentary - Revelation 9:8

John Bengel Commentary - Revelation 9:8 - 9:8

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John Bengel Commentary - Revelation 9:8 - 9:8

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:5 - 9:5
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
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
9:19 - 9:19
9:20 - 9:20

Rev 9:8. Ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, as the hair of women) that is, hair growing long. Thus the Arabians in Pliny: and thus the Persians were in former times. Æschylus, according to Athenæus, l. xiv. f. 627, βαθυχαιτήεις μῆδος. The Persians were called by the Delphic oracle κομῆται.-Herodotus l. vi. f. 176. See altogether Thorn. Hyde Hist. Relig. of the ancient Persians, p. 369. The kingdom of the Persians, Dan 7:5, is represented as a shaggy bear.