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2 Kings 5:5

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go: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Isaiah 5:5; James 4:13, James 5:1

and took: 2 Kings 8:8-9; Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:17-18, Numbers 24:11-13; 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Kings 13:7, 1 Kings 22:3; Acts 8:18-20

with him: Heb. in his hand

ten talents of silver: This, at 353£. 11s. 10+d. the talent, would amount to 3,535£. 18s. 9d.

six thousand: If shekels are meant, as the Arabic reads, then this, at 1£. 16s. 5d. each, will amount to 10,925£.; and the whole to 14,464£. 18s. 9d.. Besides the value of the ten changes of raiment.

ten changes: Genesis 45:22; Judges 14:12; James 5:2-3

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