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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Kings 8:14

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the king turned his face about--From the temple, where he had been watching the movement of the mystic cloud, and while the people were standing, partly as the attitude of devotion, partly out of respect to royalty, the king gave a fervent expression of praise to God for the fulfilment of His promise (Sa2 7:6-16).
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