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2 Kings 3:15

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bring me: This was evidently intended to soothe and tranquillize the prophet's mind, which had been agitated and discomposed with holy indignation by the presence of the idolatrous king, and the recollection of his abomination. The soothing influence of music is generally acknowledged in every civilized nation. 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Chronicles 25:2-3; Ephesians 5:18-19

the hand: 1 Kings 18:46; Ezekiel 1:3, Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 3:22, Ezekiel 8:1; Acts 11:21

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