made a grove: Exodus 34:13; 2 Kings 13:6, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 21:3; Jeremiah 17:1-2
did more to provoke: 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:8
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1 Kings 16:33
1 Kings 16:33
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