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Barnes' Notes on 1 Kings 19:17

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Compare the marginal references. Shall Elisha slay - i. e., With a spiritual slaying by the “word of the Lord,” which is “sharper than any two-edged sword,” and may be said to slay those whose doom it pronounces (compare the marginal reference; Jeremiah 1:10). Elisha does not seem, like Elijah, to have executed God’s judgments on the guilty. return to 'Top of Page'
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