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1 Kings 16:31

1 Kings 16:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

as if it had been a light thing: Heb. was it a light thing, ; ; ; , , ,

took to wife: ; ; ;

Jezebel: , , , , ; ;

the Zidonians: ; ,

and went:

served Baal: ; , , ; ,

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