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explanation of the verse " He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel.

" R. Zera said in the name of R. Abbahu who quoted R. Johanan: These are the eighty thousand battle trumpets which assembled in the city of Bethar, when it was taken and men, women and children were slain in it until their blood ran into the Great Sea.

Do you think this was near?

It was a whole mil away.