seventy sons: Judges 8:30, Judges 10:4, Judges 12:14
in Samaria: 2 Kings 5:3; 1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 16:28; 2 Chronicles 22:9
the rulers: Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Kings 21:8-14
them: Heb. nourishers
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2 Kings 10:1
2 Kings 10:1
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