John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 7:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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If we say we will enter into the city, etc.] Contrary to the law which forbid them: then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; not being able to obtain food to preserve life: and if we sit here, we die also; having nothing to eat to support nature: now therefore let us come, and fall unto the host of the Syrians; put ourselves into their hands, and lie at their mercy: if they save us alive, we shall live; if they do not put us to death, but give us bread to eat, our lives will be preserved: and if they kill us, we shall but die; which we must inevitably do, whether we stay here, or go into the city.

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