spoiled the tents: 1 Samuel 17:53; 2 Chronicles 14:12-15, 2 Chronicles 20:25; Job 27:16-17; Psalms 68:12; Isaiah 33:1, Isaiah 33:4, Isaiah 33:23
according to: 2 Kings 7:1; Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 44:26; Matthew 24:35
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2 Kings 7:16
2 Kings 7:16
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