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Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
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Verse 7. Israel. Hebrew simply, “Now thou wilt make the kingdom of Israel.” Calmet.—Prot. “Dost thou now govern the?” and so forth Bible.—Thou art a fit person indeed to establish a kingdom! Ought not a king to take what he has a mind to? Syr. “Are you fit to reign?” Arab. “You do not deserve to govern.” Calmet.—Septuagint “Dost thou now act the king over Israel, in this manner?” Bible.
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