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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Kings 21:19

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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In the place where dogs licked, &c.--a righteous retribution of Providence. The prediction was accomplished, not in Jezreel, but in Samaria; and not on Ahab personally, in consequence of his repentance (Kg1 21:29), but on his son (Kg2 9:25). The words "in the place where" might be rendered "in like manner as."
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