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And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Nehemiah 9:25 — KJV
Strong cities. Among the strong cities taken were Jericho (Joshua 6), Lachish (Nehemiah 10:32), and Hazor (Nehemiah 11:11), to mention only a few.
A fat land. Compare Numbers 14:7, 8; Deuteronomy 8:7-9; 2 Kings 18:32. On houses full of goods, see Deuteronomy 6:11. The chief cultivated trees of Palestine were the olive, fig, apple, almond, walnut, mulberry, sycamore, and pomegranate. Date palms grew abundantly in the Jordan valley.
And became fat. Aside from this passage, the expression is used only in Deuteronomy 32:15 and Jeremiah 5:28. A comparison of these texts shows that these words are never used in a flattering way but always in connection with reproof (see also Jeremiah 50:11; Ezekiel 34:20). Nehemiah 9:25 is no exception.
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