Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 19:18

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Yet I have left: or, Yet I will leave, Isa 1:9, Isa 10:20-22; Rom 11:4, Rom 11:5 the knees: Exo 20:5; Isa 49:23; Rom 14:10-12; Phi 2:10 every mouth: Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from ad, to and os, oris, the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers. Job 31:27; Psa 2:12; Hos 13:2 3 Kings (1 Kings) 19:19

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