1 Kings 16:29

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In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Bethel was a northern worship center, Gibbethon a Philistine border town repeatedly contested, Jericho a rebuilt city under Ahab’s reign, Tirzah Israel

Places in this passage

1 Kings 16:29 mentions Bethel, Gibbethon, Jericho, Samaria and Tirzah.

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