Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
Ver. 18. Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof.] But lost them again to the Philistines -
“ Non minor est virtus, quam quaerere, parta tueri. ”
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
Ver. 18. Mockers] Who fleer a when they should fear. See Trapp on " 2Pe 3:3 "
Who should walk after their ungodly lusts] Gr. the lusts of ungodliness, whereby the heart is turned away from God and godliness.
a To laugh mockingly or scornfully; to smile or grin contemptuously; hence, to gibe, jeer, sneer. ŒD