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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on 2 Kings 2:15

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John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Bowed themselves - They had been trained up in the schools: Elisha was taken from the plough. Yet, when they perceive, that God is with him, and that this is the man whom he delights to honour, they readily submit to him as their head and father, as the people to Joshua when Moses was dead. "Those that appear to have God's Spirit and presence with them, ought to have our esteem and best affections, notwithstanding the meanness of their extraction and education." 4 Kings (2 Kings) 2:16
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