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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 16:27 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 16:27 |
King James |
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| His might - Perhaps in the war between Israel and Syria of Damascus (Kg1 20:1, etc.), during the reign of Omri. Its issue was very disadvantageous to him Kg1 20:34; Kg1 22:2. |
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
34 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.