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x.xxiii.lxvi-p36.4

x.xxiii.lxvi-p36.450 words

10. Sharon—(See on Isa 33:9; Isa 35:2).

Achor—meaning "trouble"; a valley near Jericho, so called from the trouble caused to Israel by Achan's sin (Jos 7:24). "The valley of Achor," proverbial for whatever caused calamity, shall become proverbial for joy and prosperity (Ho 2:15).