Zechariah 9:6

bastard. half-breed, or mongrel.

dwell. sit [as king].

Ashdod. Now Esdud.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And a bastard shall dwell at Ashdod - o The “mamzer” was one born unlawfully, whether out of marriage, or in forbidden marriage, or in adultery...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And a (g) bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. (g) Meaning, that all would be destroyed, save a very few,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This paragraph, of which the beginning is mutilated and the text is otherwise corrupt, is written in verse, lines of three beats each, arranged in tr...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In this verse the Prophet denounces a similar ruin on Azotus, and the whole land of the Philistines, or on the whole land of Palestine. For wha...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. A bastard shall dwell in Ashdod - This character would suit Ale...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And a bastard shall dwell, &c.— And a foreigner or alien shall dwell, &c. Houbigant. In Ashdod — Ashdod, or Azotus, was burned and...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A bastard. — i.e., a mixed race. It was a special point in Alexander’s policy to break up nationalities, and to fuse different peoples.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod ,.... Some p take "mamzer", the word for "bastard", to be the name of a people that should dwell in Ashdod; this...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And a bastard, or mongrel, one of blemished birth, shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistlnes, four of whose city-state...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A bastard — Strangers, who have no right of inheritance.

⁶ And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 9:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 9:6