[577] 1 Kings xx. 34.
[578] 2 Kings iii. 4.
[579] 1 Kings xvi. 25.
[580] Micah vi. 16.
[581] Isa. xxviii. 1-4.
[582] Stanley, Lectures, ii. 242.
[583] 1 Kings xx. 1; 2 Kings vi. 24.
[584] Josephus, Antt., XV. vii. 7. One of the few instances in Palestine where the ancient name has been superseded by a more modern one. The early Assyrians call it Beth-Khumri, "House of Omri"; but the name Sammerin occurs in the monument of Tiglath-Pileser II.
[585] About £800 of our money.
[586] LXX., Σκοπία; שָׁמַר, "to watch."