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Barnes' Notes on 1 Kings 22:36

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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About the going down of the sun - i. e. as soon as Ahab was dead. The abandonment of the expedition and dispersion of the army on the death of the king is thoroughly Oriental. The Septuagint version reads 1 Kings 22:36-37, “Every man to his city, and every man to his own country, for the king is dead: And they came to Samaria,” etc. return to 'Top of Page'
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