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Zechariah 14:10

Context
NETBible

All the land will change and become like the Arabah 1  from Geba to Rimmon, 2  south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate 3  and on to the Corner Gate, 4  and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses. 5 

XREF

Jos 15:32; Jos 21:17; Jud 20:45,47; Jud 21:13; 1Ki 15:22; 1Ch 4:32; 1Ch 6:77; 2Ch 25:23; Ne 3:1; Ne 12:39; Isa 10:29; Isa 40:3,4; Jer 30:18; Jer 31:38-40; Jer 37:13; Jer 38:7; Zec 2:4; Zec 4:6,7; Zec 12:6; Lu 3:4-6

NET © Notes

tn Or “like a plain” (similar KJV, NAB, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT); or “like a steppe”; cf. CEV “flatlands.” The Hebrew term עֲרָבָה (’aravah) refers to an arid plain or steppe, but can be used specifically as the name of the rift valley running from the Sea of Galilee via the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.

sn The expression from Geba to Rimmon is a way of indicating the extent of all Judah from north (2 Kgs 23:8) to south (Job 15:32; 19:7). Since Geba (Heb. גֶּבַע) means “hill” and Rimmon resembles the word for height (Heb. רָמָה, ramah), this could be a play on words suggesting that all the high country will be made low, like the great Arabah valley.

tn Or “old gate” (NLT); or “former gate” (NRSV).

sn From the Benjamin Gate…on to the Corner Gate marks the northern wall of the city of Jerusalem from east to west.

sn From the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses indicates the extent of Jerusalem from north to south.



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