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Hamonah

Ezek. xxxix. 16. המונהHamonah, Multitudo.HAMONAH, a city, where Ezekiel foretold what the burial would be of Gog and his people. We know of no town of this name in Palestine. Hamonah signifies Multitude; and the Prophet intended no more than to shew, that the slaughter of Gog’s people would be so great, that the place of their burial might be called Multitude.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Hamonah,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/h/hamonah/.

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