her bowels: Genesis 43:30; Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:8; Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:1; 1 John 3:17
yearned: Heb. were hot, Psalms 39:3
give her: Romans 1:31; 2 Timothy 3:3
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1 Kings 3:26
1 Kings 3:26
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