But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord,.... Not of any of his predecessors, even those whose families had been destroyed, as his would be, 1Ki 21:21.
See Gill on "1Ki 21:20".
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1 Kings 21:25
1 Kings 21:25
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comes in here to justify God in the heavy sentence passed upon him, and
to show that though it was passed upon…1 Kings 21:251 Kings 21:25 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeBut there: 1 Kings 21:20, 1 Kings 16:30-33; 2 Kings 23:25
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