Jeremiah 41:5 (KJV)

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That there came certain from Shechem from Shiloh and from Samaria even fourscore men having their beards shaven and their clothes rent and having cut themselves with offerings and incense in their hand to bring them to the house of the LORD

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came. 2Ki 10:13 2Ki 10:14

Shechem. Ge 33:18 Ge 34:2 Jos 24:32 Re 8:1 1Ki 12:1 1Ki 12:25

Shiloh. Jer 7:12 Jer 7:14 Jos 18:1

Samaria. 1Ki 16:24 1Ki 16:29

their beards.All these were signs of deep mourning; which, though forbidden on funeral occasions, were customary, and perhaps counted allowable, on seasons of public calamity, and this mourning was probably on account of the destruction of Jerusalem. Le 19:27 Le 19:28 De 14:1 2Sa 10:4 Isa 15:2

to the. 1Sa 1:7 2Ki 25:9 Ps 102:14

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