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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 21:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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After all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.] What it was is not agreed upon; some take it be an “hernia”, or rupture; others, the falling of the “anus”, or a fistula in it; others, the colic, or iliac passion; but generally it is thought to be a dysentery, or bloody flux; the Targum is, “the Word of the Lord broke him.”
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