It may be proper to remark that the journey is about nine
furlongs, or a mile and one-eighth, so that the distance alluded
to is nearly ten miles.
The eight princes alluded to in Micah (v. 5) are Jesse, Saul, Samuel,
Amos, Zephaniah, Zedekiah, the Messiah, and Elijah.
THE TALMUD, _Succah_, fol. 52, col. 2.