2And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-3)Here is, I. Jehoshaphat growing greater. It was said before (2 Chron. 17:5) that he had riches and honour in abundance ; and here it is said again that his wealth and honour increased upon him by piety and good management. II. Not growing wiser, else he would not have joined with Ahab, that degenerate Israelite, who had sold himself to work wickedness. What good could he get by a man that was so b...
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