Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 1:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 14:19 The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which…
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did,.... During his two years' reign, which yet were imperfect, and his acts must be but few:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? in which were written his father Ahab's also, and his predecessors', see Kg1 22:39.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) The acts.—Dibrê, i.e., history.
(18) The acts.—Dibrê, i.e., history.
Which he did.—Some MSS. and the Syriac read “and all that he did,” which seems correct.
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The book of the chronicles of the kings.—See Introduction, and 1Ki_14:19.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which…
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did. These may have included some months of warfare against Mesha, King of Moab, who seems to have rebelled at the very beginning of Ahaziah"s reign (ver. 1 2Ki_3:5) Mesha"s war of independence consisted of a succession of sieges, whereby he recovered one by one the various strongholds in his territory, which were occupied by the Israelites Medeba, Ataroth, Nebo, Jahaz, Horonaim, and others expelling the foreign garrisons, rebuilding or strengthening the fortifications, and occupying the cities by garrisons of his own. On one occasion, at the siege of Nebo, he declares that he killed seven thousand men. He found in the town a place of worship containing vessels, which he regarded as "vessels of Jehovah" (Moabite Stone, line 18); these he took? and dedicated them to Chemosh, the special god of Moab. How much of the war fell into the reign of Ahaziah, and how much into that of Jehoram his brother, is uncertain. Are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the tines of Israel? Mesha"s stone is a striking testimony to the contemporary record of historical events by the Palestinian monarchs of the time, which has sometimes been doubted.
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