33And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
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Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-40)The matter in contest between God’s prophet and Ahab’s prophets is here soon determined, and it is made to appear which was in the right. Here, I. The two kings march with their forces to Ramoth-Gilead, 1 Kgs. 22:29. That the king of Israel, who hated God’s prophet, should so far disbelieve his admonition as to persist in his resolution, notwithstanding, is not strange; but that Jehoshaphat, that…
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