An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

But Luther thinks that it is meant of some notable act of cruelty upon some that was very near to them;¹ but the particulars whereof we have not recorded in Scripture,² but ⟨p. 507⟩only here mentioned, some notable execution of Justice it was upon a City Beth-arbel not long before, that God sets forth as an example of his most dreadful wrath that they might expect against themselves; this Beth-arbel we find it not in the Canonical Scripture but in 1 Maccab. 9. 2. we find mention of such a place,³ and afterwards it was very famous for the great overthrow that Alexander the Great gave to Darius, ⁴so that it is as if the holy Ghost should say, Did you not hear of that horrid savage slaughter that Shalman caused in Beth-arbel when the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children, they had no pity of any sex or condition, the tender hearted mother embracing of her children she was dashed in pieces upon them; such dreadful wrath of God your Bethel may expect, for so he alludes to that.

But Luther thinks that it is meant of some notable act of cruelty upon some that was very neer to them;¹ but the particulars whereof we have not recorded in Scripture,² but ⟨p. 507⟩only here mentioned, some notable execution of Justice it was upon a City Beth-arbel not long before, that God sets forth as an example of his most dreadful wrath that they might expect against themselves; this Beth-arbel we find it not in the Canonical Scripture but in 1 Maccab. 9. 2. we find mention of such a place,³ and afterwards it was very famous for the great overthrow that Alexander the Great gave to Darius,