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Adam Clarke, on 2Kgs 6:21
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
2Kgs 6:21 · Douay-Rheims
“And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them?”
On this verse:
“My father, shall I smite - This was dastardly; the utmost he could have done with these men, when thus brought into his hand, was to make them prisoners of war.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.