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He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
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Verse 23. Meats. So the apostle orders us to treat our enemies, Romans 12:20.—The robbers, these soldiers, who were dismissed. Bible.—No more, (ultra) or, “no farther.” ( Bible.) during this war, or in small troops; but, a little later, Benadad came with all his forces to besiege Samaria. Tirinus.—He was enraged at Eliseus and Joram, as if they despised his power. Salien.
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