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that of "the prophets" of Baal. On other grounds also this view seems to commend itself, and it is certainly not
incompatible with the text.
(^296) This, as surrounded by walls - is distinctive from the open court where the general worshippers were gathered – is
designated by the words rendered in the A.V. "the city of the house of Baal."
(^297) The words 2 Kings 8:16 "Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah," have been already explained in the text.
(^298) These are fully enumerated by Bahr, but need not be here set forth.
(^299) Comp. Schrader, d. Keilinschr. u. d. A. Test. (revised edition, 1883), pp. 465-567.
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