Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master`s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king`s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
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In the East, the heads of rivals, pretenders, and other hostile persons are commonly struck off and brought to the chief ruler as proof that his en…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The second time. —Some manuscripts, the Septuagint, and the Arabic read “a second letter.”
Take ye the heads.
John Gill
JohnGill
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them
Having gained his point by the former:
saying, if …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
In the most terrible events, though accompanied by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God should be recognized; and he never has co…
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Albert Barnes
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