John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 20:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thy silver and thy gold is mine, etc.] Not of right, but reckoning it as good as in his hands, Ahab not being able to resist him: and thy wives also; for it seems he had more than Jezebel: and thy children; which were many, for he had no less than seventy sons, (<121001>2 Kings 10:1), even the goodliest are mine: some aggravate this, as if his view was to commit the unnatural sin with his male children, when in his possession.

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