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2 Kings 2:24

2 Kings 2:24

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cursed them: 2 Kings 1:10-12; Genesis 9:25; Deuteronomy 28:15-26; Judges 9:20, Judges 9:57; Jeremiah 28:16, Jeremiah 29:21-23; Lamentations 3:65; Amos 7:17; Mark 11:14, Mark 11:21; Acts 5:5, Acts 5:9, Acts 8:20, Acts 13:9-11; 2 Corinthians 10:6

she bears: 2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12, Proverbs 28:15; Hosea 13:8

children of them: Exodus 20:5; 1 Kings 13:24, 1 Kings 19:17, 1 Kings 20:36

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