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2 Kings 2:12

2 Kings 2:12

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saw it: 2 Kings 2:10

My father: 2 Kings 13:14; Job 22:30; Proverbs 11:11; Ecclesiastes 7:19, Ecclesiastes 9:16-18; Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:15, Isaiah 37:21; Acts 27:24

he saw him: Proverbs 30:4; Mark 16:19; Luke 2:15, Luke 24:51; John 3:13; Acts 1:9; 2 Corinthians 5:2, 2 Corinthians 5:4; Ephesians 4:8; Revelation 11:12

rent them: Job 1:20-21; Isaiah 57:1-2; Acts 8:2

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