sons of Belial] i. e. Most wicked men, or desperately wicked, who had quite shaken off all law, and the yoke of government, Deuteronomy 13:13. beset the house round about] Genesis 19:4. Hosea 9:9. and Hosea 10:9. may know them] A modest expression of their slthy lust, according to the scripture phrase. See Genesis 19:5. Genesis 4:1.