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• Ninth Century rulers among the worst in Bible, ministers say

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - If you want a Bible story to take your breath away, read about King Ahab and Queen Jezebel in First and Second Kings.

Clergymen Todd Starnes, James McCrary and Ray Young say the couple, who reigned over the northern kingdom of Israel in the Ninth Century B.C., were murderers, thieves and idolaters and among the wickedest rulers in the Old Testament ...

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