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1 Kings 16:1 open_in_new
Jehu the son of Hanani. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:7-10; 2 Chronicles 19:2.
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1 Kings 16:2 open_in_new
prince: or captain. one raised up. Hebrew. nagid.
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1 Kings 16:3 open_in_new
like. Compare 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 14:11.
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1 Kings 16:6 open_in_new
slept, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.
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1 Kings 16:9 open_in_new
drinking himself drunk. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis.
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1 Kings 16:11 open_in_new
not one, &c.. not one male.
kinsfolks. kinsmen-redeemers.
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1 Kings 16:12 open_in_new
against. Some codices read "unto". Others read "concerning".
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1 Kings 16:13 open_in_new
vanities. idols. Compare 1 Kings 16:26.
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1 Kings 16:19 open_in_new
sins. Some codices read "sin", as in 1 Kings 16:26. Committed not merely during the seven days' reign, but during his whole life, of course.
make Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.
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1 Kings 16:20 open_in_new
are they not written. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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1 Kings 16:22 open_in_new
Omri. Note the Introversion of these names in this verse.
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1 Kings 16:23 open_in_new
thirty and first year. He reigned twelve years (833-821), and yet in 1 Kings 16:29 Ahab began in the thirty-eighth year of Asa. Omri began to reign de jure when he slew Zimri, in the twentyseventh year of Asa; but only de facto on the death of Tibni the usurper.
six years. Beginning in Asa's thirty-first and ending in Asa's thirty-eighth (1 Kings 16:29).
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1 Kings 16:24 open_in_new
owner. lord.
Samaria. This is the origin of the city.
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1 Kings 16:26 open_in_new
made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.
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1 Kings 16:27 open_in_new
which. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and all that".
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1 Kings 16:29 open_in_new
twenty and two years. For spiritual significance, see note on 1 Kings 14:20, and App-10.
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1 Kings 16:30 open_in_new
above all. The reign of Ahab opens. new era in Israel's history.
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1 Kings 16:31 open_in_new
Jezebel, daughter of. regicide and fratricide (Josephus c. Apion 1, 18, Antiquities viii. 3, 1), priest of the Phoenician goddess Astarte.
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1 Kings 16:33 open_in_new
grove. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.
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1 Kings 16:34 open_in_new
build. to fortify and complete. It had been partially restored (Judges 3:13; 2 Samuel 10:5), but now became. fortified city of Israel.
in. at the cost of.
which He spake. Compare Joshua 6:26.