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Samaria; the ten tribes, or kingdom of Israel, founded in rebellion and idolatry.
Committed half of thy sins; a proverbial speech, usual in comparison to set forth the lesser part, as 1Ki_10:7.
But thou hast multiplied: this explains the former.
More; more, or greater, the Hebrew word signifieth both.
Justified; not made them righteous, but declared them less unrighteous than thou in thy aboniinations; of the two they are less faulty.