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Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 16:21

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1 Kings16:21

21 ¶ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts : half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king : and half followed Omri .

Fell into a Civil War: yet neither this, nor any other of God's dreadful Judgments could win them to Repentance; which is an evidence of their Prodigious Impiety, and Incorrigibleness, and how ripe they were for Ruine.

Disdaining that the Soldiers should Usurp such a Power over the whole Kingdom.

Because they approved the Person, though not the manner of his Election.

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