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Job 1:6

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

and said, l will persuade him; or prevail upon him; evil spirits love to be employed in doing harm to men, they go about seeking whom they may devour. This could not be the spirit of Naboth, as the Jews say , seeking revenge on Ahab; that was in a state of happiness, could not move from thence, and be capable of sinning.

T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 89. 1. & 102. 2. Targum in 2 Chron. xviii.

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