Note 164 — Chapter XI
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The A.V. has, less accurately, "in the portion of Jezreel." See 1 Kings xxi. 23. Heb., חֵלֶק. The חֵיל of an Eastern town is the ditch and empty space—a sort of external pomœrium around it. It is the place of offal, and the haunt of vultures and pariah dogs.