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As per email from Chris Jarka.
2019-02-11 17:07:05 -05:00

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that is on the head of the rich valley

The city of Samaria, the capital of Israel, sits above a fertile valley. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

will be as the first ripe fig ... gulps it down

This speaks of the enemy soldiers seeing the beauty of Samaria and quickly plundering it as if they were a person who sees the first fig of the season and quickly eats it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)