Take: or, Apprehend, 2 Kings 10:25
Kishon: Judges 5:21
slew them there: Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 18:20; Jeremiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:2-3; Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10
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1 Kings 18:40
1 Kings 18:40
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