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Verse 1. Affinity, taking Achab’s daughter for his son’s wife. Tirinus. Calmet. 21:6. 3 Kennicott. 22.
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Verse 3. War. Josaphat was too complaisant. He was rebuked by the son of Hanani, as Asa had been by his father; (Calmet. 16:7) and, not long after, Eliezer reproached him for joining in alliance with Ochozias,. Calmet. 20. Calmet.—He acted without an ill intention, and was more easily pardoned. Worthington.
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Verse 14. Hands. He ironically ( Calmet.) alludes to the declarations of the false prophets. Bible.
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Verse 18. Ye. In 3 Kennicott. he addresses his discourse chiefly to Achab. Calmet.
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Verse 20. Said. See 3 Kennicott. 22. The Rabbins pretend that the spirit of Naboth came forth. But it was satan, or an evil spirit. Tirinus.
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Verse 21. So. The Lord permits evil, but he does not approve of it. Calmet.—Homer makes Jupiter send a deluding dream to Agamemnon. Iliad B.—The delusive predictions of impostors, are one great source of calamities. D.
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Verse 25. Amelech. Septuagint and Syr. “to Joas, the commander, son of the father. Bible.—He had perhaps the government of affairs at Samaria, during his king.” Achab’s absence. Tirinus.
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Verse 27. People. Mark what I say. The event will quickly prove whether I am a prophet or an impostor. Bible.
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Verse 29. Dress. Prot. “disguised himself, and they went.” See 3 Kennicott. 22:30.
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Verse 31. Turned. Hebrew “moved them from him.” They felt that he was under God’s protection; and discovered that he was not the king of Israel. Bible.