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The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and don`t take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
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A Rightful, Unfulfilled Claim
Commentators explain that Ahab's desire for Ramoth-gilead was not simple aggression. The city was historically part of Israel (a city of refuge in the tribe of Gad) and was supposed to have been returned by Syria as part of a previous peace treaty. Ahab is pointing out that they are failing to reclaim what is rightfully theirs.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
According to the terms of Ahab’s covenant with Ben-hadad, Ramoth in Gilead should have been restored long before now (1 Kings 20:34). T…
19th Century
Anglican
Ramoth in Gilead. —The city is first mentioned (Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:38) as a city of refuge in the terr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(And the king of Israel said to his servants His nobles, those of his privy council, his ministers of state; or "had…
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