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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 10:7

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, etc.] They did not in the least hesitate, but immediately complied with the contents of it: that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons; which was the whole number of them: and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jezreel; as a present to Jehu, just as they carried the firstfruits, as Abarbinel observes.
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