John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 17:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he said unto her, give me thy son, and he took him out of her bosom, etc.] Where she had laid him, mourning over him; from thence the prophet took him with her leave: and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed; an upper room, which was his bedchamber; hither he carried him, that he might be alone, and use the greater freedom both in his expressions and gestures.

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