[450] The prophetic revision explains the overthrow of Ahab by the fact that he had spared Benhadad in the previous war, when Jehovah had delivered him into his hand.
[451] Ninth and tenth year of Shalmanesar II.
[452] According to Nöldeke, "Inschrift des Mesa," the upper city of Dibon.
[453] 1 Kings xix. 15; 2, viii. 7-15.
[454] Joel iv. 19; Amos i. 11, 12.
[455] 2 Chron. xxi. 16-18; Amos i. 6; cf. infra, p. 260. n. 2.
[456] 2 Kings ix. 14.
[457] 2 Kings x. 12-14.
[458] 2 Kings xi. 1-3.
[459] 2 Kings x. 30. "To the fourth generation" may have been added by the revision post eventum.