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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 21:26	King James	And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The Amorites appear here as representatives of the old Canaanite nations (Gen 15:16 note). It seems to be implied here that their idolatries were in the main identical with those of the Phoenicians which Ahab had adopted.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The Amorites appear here as representatives of the old Canaanite nations (Gen 15:16 note). It seems to be implied here that their idolatries were in the main identical with those of the Phoenicians which Ahab had adopted.

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¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.