a place] Not a possession of the land which he did earnestly covet, but contrarily, I will slay them, so that in that land, part of the enemies shall be buried, unto verse the 17. part unburied shall be torn of beasts, thence to the 21. verse: which declareth that the enemies shall have an horrible fall. the valley] There is no mention elsewhere of this valley; it is likely, it was a valley much frequented by strangers that came to Judea: the end is to shew the immense slaughter by the place destined for buriall, which was a great valley, which should be sild up and obstructed to all passengers by bodies and bones. east of the sea] It seemes he understands the dead sea, or the lake of Sodom: other say, the sea of Tiberias, or the lake of Genesareth. stop the noses] Or, mouthes. By reason of the stink. Hamon-gog] That is, the multitude of Gog.