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1 Kings 17:18

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She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

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Verse 18. Remembered. Have I not waited upon thee with sufficient attention? or have not thine eyes been able to bear with my imperfections? Bible.—Before thy arrival, God seemed not to notice my transgressions. She is convinced that “all just punishment presupposes an offence.” Saint Augustine Retract. i. 9. This child died like Lazarus for the greater glory of God. Id. ad Simp. ii. 5. John 11:4. Worthington.

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