OLD TESTAMENT

Daniel 4:24

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“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:

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Verse 24. Alms. Chal. “justice,” is often taken in this sense. Syr. &chapter 2 Corinthians 9:9. Calmet.—The prediction was conditional, and therefore Daniel exhorts the king to strive to obtain pardon by the powerful remedy of alms-deeds; as he did, after enduring some punishment. Worthington.—Yet this is very doubtful. verse 31.

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