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1 Kings 13:7

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refresh: Genesis 18:5; Judges 13:15, Judges 19:21

I will give: As great men in the East make no presents to equals or inferiors when visited, Sir John Chardin thinks that the king intended by this to treat the prophet as his superior. 1 Samuel 9:7-8; 2 Kings 5:15; Jeremiah 40:5; Malachi 1:10; Acts 8:18-20; 1 Peter 5:2

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