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2 Kings 6:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

he prepared: 1 Samuel 24:17-18; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Proverbs 25:21-22; Matthew 5:47; Luke 6:35, Luke 10:29-37

So the bands: That is, for a considerable time. What is mentioned in the next verse was more than a year afterwards. See note on 2 Kings 6:8-9, 2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 24:2

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