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Ben-hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.
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The Illusion of Success
Asa's plan to hire a foreign army worked exactly as he intended, leading to a swift military strike against Israel. However, as Matthew Henry's broader commentary on the chapter points out, this worldly success was the result of distrusting God. This verse illustrates a critical principle: an action can appear successful in the short term while still being a sinful failure of faith in God's eyes.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Abel-maim, or Abel-beth-maachah (1 Kings 15:20), was one of the towns most exposed to attack when an invader entered Israel from…
19th Century
Anglican
Abel-maim. — In Kings, it is “Abel - beth - maachah” (compare 2 Samuel 20:14–15 and 2 Kings 15:29). This c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 16:1).
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