John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 8:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when the king asked the woman, she told him, etc.] The whole affair; how that she had a son according to the word of Elisha, when she had been barren, and her husband old; that this child was struck with sickness, and died; and that the prophet, through his prayers, restored it to life: so the king appointed unto her a certain officer; the word signifies an “eunuch”: him he ordered to attend upon her, and assist her, and see to it that she was put into the possession of her house and land: saying, restore all that was her’s, and all the fruits of the field, since the day that she left the land, even till now; not only her house and land, but all the rent, profits, and dues arising from thence during the time of her absence: the Jews except the rent of her house.

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