OLD TESTAMENT

2 Samuel 14:5

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The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

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Verse 5. Dead. Some conclude from verse 16, that this is a true history; but it appears rather, that it was only a parable, (verse 19. Calmet.) invented by Joab. Menochius.

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