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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 14:17

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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14:17-18 Tirzah was situated on the road from Shechem to Beth-shan. Noted for its great beauty (Song 6:4), the city was a royal retreat that apparently had become the capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:6, 8). • The child died, as Ahijah had predicted.
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