2 Kings 6:22 (WEB)
He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, then go to their master.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
““Set bread and water,” he said, “before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”” — editor's note: 2 Kings vi. 18–23.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Set before them bread and water, that they may eat and drink and return and go to their own home.”” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings vi. 22.
Read the whole comment“For he believed it was in his power to break up the siege and to avert the famine; or else he was angry because the prophet had not allowed the king to smite the Syrians whom he had struck with blindness.” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings vi. 22.
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Cross-references · 1
2 Kings 6:22 and Ezekiel 16:37 share the same wording (16 words).