Joram: Heb. Jehoram
returned: 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 22:6
had given: Heb. smote
none go forth: Heb. no escaper go forth, 1 Samuel 27:9-11
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2 Kings 9:15
2 Kings 9:15
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