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The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” The man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as it was before.
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Verse 6. Thy God. He does not say my, being conscious that he had abandoned his service. Menochius.—Before. We may be surprised that God thus heals a man, whose heart was not changed, verse 33. E.—But miracles do not always work a conversion. Pharao, Saul, and Achaz beheld the in vain: only one of the ten lepers returned to give thanks. Lu. 17:17. This miracle rendered Jeroboam still more inexcusable. Calmet.
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