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So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son.
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A Terrible Prophecy Fulfilled
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Gill, Henry) stress that this horrific act was not random but a direct fulfillment of a divine warning. Centuries earlier, in Deuteronomy 28:53-57, Moses prophesied that if Israel abandoned God, they would face such terrible sieges that they would resort to cannibalism. This event, scholars note, tragically affirms the truth and justice of God's word.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophecy alluded to in the marginal references was now fulfilled, probably for the first time. It had a second accomplishment when Jerusalem wa…
19th Century
Anglican
she has hidden her son. —Perhaps to save him. (Compare 1 Kings 3:26.)
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So we boiled my son, and did eat him Thus what was predicted, by way of threatening, began to be accomplished, ([Ref…
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