seven: 1 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 9:31; Job 20:5; Psalms 37:35
And the people were encamped: 1 Kings 15:27; Joshua 19:44, Joshua 21:23
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1 Kings 16:15
1 Kings 16:15
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