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‏ 1 Kings 20:1

20:1  a Whether this is Ben-hadad I or II is unclear.

• thirty-two allied kings: Confederations of kings were common in the ancient Near East. Shalmaneser III recorded Ben-hadad’s name as Hadad-ezer and reported that he was part of a twelve-king coalition that opposed him in the Battle of Qarqar (853 BC).
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