And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one single male, neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Wall. See 1 Kings xxv. 22.
Friends, from whom he had any thing to fear. (Menochius)