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This volume, The History of Israel, surveys the events of Israel’s history from the crossing of the Jordan to the exile beyond the Euphrates. Noting the victorious conquest of the land, the dark days of the judges, the glory of the united kingdom, and the downward spiral of the divided kingdoms, the book gives a broad overview of Israel’s leaders and their influence, for good or bad, on the...

officials, had hidden 100 prophets of the Lord from Jezebel’s murderous fury. In addition there were prophets such as Micaiah (22:8) and several unnamed men who were part of the group known as the “sons of the prophets” (20:35). Elijah may have been unaware of these others at this point, assuming that during his three-and-a-half-year absence the others had been killed. He would later complain to the Lord that the Israelites had “put [the Lord’s] prophets to death with the sword” and that he was “the
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