| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Al- liances, offensive and defensive, were common, as Ahab and Jehoshaphat against Syria (1 K 22 2 ff), Jehoram and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom against Moab (2 K 3 7 ff), and the kings of (he West, including Ahab and Hadadezer of Damascus, to resist Shalmaneser II of Assyria, who routed the allies at (he battle of Karkar'in 854 BC. It is among the wonderful works of Jeh that lie makes war to
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