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He said, “Take the arrows;” and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground;” and he struck three times, and stopped.
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Verse 18. Still. This shewed a degree of remission. Bible.—It was natural for the king to conclude, that the more he struck the earth, the greater would be his success; ( Calmet.) and the prophet had, perhaps, insinuated as much. Menochius.
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