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So Jehu struck all that remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel, with all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.
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Verse 11. Chief men, probably including those perfidious wretches, who had so basely betrayed their trust, and slain the 70 sons of Achab, “the nobles of the kingdom, his kinsmen, and friends.” Chal. Arab.—Friends. Some copies of the Septuagint have connoisseurs, of magicians. Leviticus 19:31.—Priests, princes of the court (2 Kennicott. 8:18) and those who offered sacrifice to idols, ( Calmet.) being of Achab’s descendants. Menochius.—He afterwards inveigled all the priests of Baal, to their entire ruin, verse 19. Bible.
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