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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:2

And after [certain] (b) years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to go up [with him] to (c) Ramothgilead.

(b) That is, the third year, (1 Kings 22:2).

(c) To recover it out of the hands of the Syrians.

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See also 2 Chronicles 18:2 in other biblical comments:

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּרֶד֩ לְ קֵ֨ץ שָׁנִ֤ים אֶל ־אַחְאָב֙

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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