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1 Kings 20:40

And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall your judgment be; you have decided it.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Decreed. Thou must either die or pay the money. (Menochius) Thus the king pronounced sentence against himself, as David had done, 2 Kings xii. 1., and xiv. 4. The Rabbins assert, that Achab had received an express order from God to destroy and subjugate all the Syrians. He ought, at least, to have been consulted, as he had given the enemy into the hands of the Israelites; (Calmet) and thus insinuated, that he would have them punished, (ver. 28.; Rupert v. 13.) for restricting his power to the hills. (Tirinus)
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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