OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 8:13

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Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Syria.”

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Verse 13. A dog. He speaks with indignation, as if he could not be so brutal; ( Tirinus.) or he could not yet think that he should be king. Calmet.—He afterwards proved as cruel as the prophet had signified. Calmet. 10:32. Amos 1:3. Calmet.

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