1 Kgs 21:10

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two men.

Deut 19:15; Matt 26:59; Matt 26:60; Acts 6:11

sons of Belial.

Deut 13:13; Judg 19:22

Thou didst blaspheme.

Some, with Parkhurst, would render the original, {bairachta elohim wamailech,}

"Thou hast blessed the gods and Molech;" a sense, however, which seems extremely forced, and is not acknowledged by any of the ancient versions, though the LXX. and Vulgate render {bairachta} by [eulogese,] {benedixit,} "blessed." It is no unusual thing for a word to have opposite senses.

Exod 22:28; Lev 24:15; Matt 26:59-66; John 10:33; Acts 6:13