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29And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

2 Kings 8:29

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 25-29)

As among common persons there are some that we call little men , who make no figure, are little regarded, as less valued, so among kings there are some whom, in comparison with others, we may call little kings . This Ahaziah was one of these; he looks mean in the history, and in God’s account vile, because wicked. It is too plain an evidence of the affinity between Jehoshaphat and Ahab that they h...

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