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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 2 Chronicles 22:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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went . . . to war against Hazael, king of Syria--It may be mentioned as a very minute and therefore important confirmation of this part of the sacred history that the names of Jehu and Hazael, his contemporary, have both been found on Assyrian sculptures; and there is also a notice of Ithbaal, king of Sidon, who was the father of Jezebel.
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