Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 20:31

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his servants: Kg1 20:23; Kg2 5:13 merciful kings: Pro 20:28; Isa 16:5; Eph 1:7, Eph 1:8 I pray thee: Six of the citizens of Calais are reported to have acted nearly in the same manner, when they surrendered their city to Edward the Third, king of England, in 1346. See the whole story circumstantially related by Sir John Froissart (who lived in that time), with that simplicity and detail that give it every appearance of truth. put sackcloth: Kg1 21:27-29; Gen 37:34; Sa2 3:31, Sa2 14:2; Kg2 19:1, Kg2 19:2; Est 4:1-3; Isa 22:12; Isa 37:1; Jon 3:5, Jon 3:6; Rev 11:3 peradventure: Kg2 7:4; Est 4:16; Job 2:4; Mat 10:28 3 Kings (1 Kings) 20:32

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