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When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.”
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Verse 7. Leprosy. The cure was deemed very difficult; as it generally kept gaining ground, and destroyed the constitution. See Numbers 12:12. Isaiah 53:4. Calmet.—Me. The letter was, in effect, written in a haughty style, ( Menochius.) and the king might naturally infer that war would be the consequence. Bible.
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